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Main Speaker: Nathan “Barf” Bosher
Other Speaker: Dave Homewood
Recorded: 1st of September 2019
Released: 12th of January 2020
Duration: 46 minutes 05 seconds
In this final talk given at the 2019 Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram, Christchurch, the museum’s resident Safety And Surface Technician Nathan “Barf” Bosher talks about applying paint to the collection’s aeroplanes. Barf’s fascinating talk goes into the whys and wherefores, the methodology, the chemical principles, and the decision making and planning involved in a historical Air Force paint scheme, whether it’s for a static museum aircraft or a flying warbird.
Above: Nathan ‘Barf’ Bosher during his talk on painting historic aeroplanes. (Photo Phil Treweek)
Photo by Dave Homewood
Photo by Phil Treweek
Below are Barf’s slides from his PowerPoint presentation:
Quick Links:
• The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Website
• The Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Facebook Page
NB: The music at the end of this episode is Wild Flower by Joakim Karud
Absolutely incredible presentation. Most enlightening.
Preserving the accuracy of any refurbished aircraft in an actual paint scheme of a selected period is a painstaking task of research, research and research. In my service career as a keen historian I endeavored to take photographs of the whole aircraft fleet every year, as it was not unusual to spot differences on individual aircraft finishes and markings.
Nathan is to be applauded for his approach to this often controversial subject; no two historians will every agree on a common scheme!