In the eye of the beholder

The following pics aren’t much to write home about – just pictures of a bunch of old microlight bits really. But to me they are very special because they show all the parts I need to repair the front end of MYRO – the pod, the cabin floor tubes, the down-strut, the forks and the nose wheel.

This morning I nipped out and bought a heat gun – quite an inexpensive one because I’ve never used one before and I didn’t know what I’d be doing with it once I’d done the job I bought it for, which was to remove the Cyclone AX3 transfers from the pod I got hold of. Well, as you can see from the pics, it worked a treat and it only took about 45 minutes to get all the lettering and stuff off the pod. Here’s a shot of the AX3 that the pod and the other stuff shown in the above pics came from.

Yes, it’s MYFI, the old Medway Airsports AX3. What a coincidence that I was supposed to be moving MYRO to Stoke before the accident happened, and will do when I’ve finished the repairs, and how fitting that although MYFI is no more, some parts of it will be moving back to its old home, in MYRO. Because MYFI’s pod was blue, I’ll have to have it repainted of course. When I originally repaired MYRO’s pod, I tried to avoid painting it to save weight, but this time I’ll have no choice. The up-side is that the pod will end up looking much better than last time, because instead of just having bare gel coat, this time it’ll be finished in glorious glossy red! It also means that I’ll be able to apply my pod graphic straight away, and this is how I expect MYRO to look with it on.

Ironically, MYRO could end up looking better after the repairs than when I did the job the first time. I hope that is the case, because at least then all of the work will have been worth it. I’ve shown MYRO without any prop at all. In fact, the one I’m looking to acquire is actually the same type as is shown fitted to MYFI in the pic above.

To finish off, here’s a final shot of that collection of old microlight bits on my back lawn – sorry about the state of the grass, by the way.

And that reminds me – must get the mower out and beat the dandelions into submission again before they take everything over 😉