Re the stand... I use one with a central swivel point which tilts to suit any instrument shape - some prefer to use racks that allow for sideways storage...
Re the scratchplate... wear you Alba pride on your bass and have the Lion, Rampant...!
Your knowledge on TSR2 is better than the average (tips hat) but some add info for any interested parties...
It is a fact that the peculiarity that "blinded" the crew, albeit temporarily, on landing, was part of an unresolved vibration fault associated with the undercarriage, causing a "shake", the frequency of which was similar to that of sight... that must have been a bugger of a thing to discover the first time XR219 touched down...
This is (afaik) at Brooklands in the 60's - foreground may be XR223 or 228, neatly sliced into three lumps and missing the wing/tail...
XR223 or 228, as above, prior to slice-and-dice...
There are well known images of XR219 with shell holes in the fuselage... they have (had) the "stick" on a mount, for posterity, in their office... no later images have ever turned up...
XR221 and 223 also went with 219 to Shoeburyness (Foulness)
Several wing sections were to be found there in the 70's, iirc...
XR220, the one that "infamously" fell off the back of a lorry and should have flown, was used for engine testing post cancellation... this, the most complete airframe, is on display at RAF Museum Cosford in the UK Midlands...
XR222 is structurally and visually complete, and on display at IWM Duxford...
There is a cockpit section at Brooklands that was never part of a complete airframe and not scheduled to be... this is stored adjacent to Delta Golf and not in the "long grass" - this is my local museum and I have a few pictures of this section...
There are four, maybe five engines I am aware of... there are probably more, unidentified... the one I posted (ebay) I believe was only found in 2010...
No TSR2 reference site seems to know of any radar systems still around, but as noted by Alanko, pieces turn up...
There is a well known image of multiple chopped-up sections in a scrappies yard...
Newark has an engine cover; maybe an engine...
Alanko... if you are on FB then join the TSR2 pages (I can pm) and there are a couple of "genuine" TSR2 people that would be interested in knowing more, if they do not already know... I personally know a RAF veteran (Eng, one time 230 Sqn) that witnessed the lorry debacle at Boscombe... it is an interesting tale and so stupidly avoidable...
This is a
fairly good forum site for additional info and some pictures... there is mention of the final fate of XR219 and the most likely destinations of the leftovers...