Need help with dash.

Ha, hope you let your kid know that it was you at some point, kids have a great memory.
Anyway , thanks again for all your help and advise, its put this thread to rest.
Aussiecockpit

I have a simple way to value anything it’s worth as much as the next person is prepared to pay. Or a dollar fifty a kilo.
As for fitting out the panel EBay is your friend. Mind you the what was a red light on the upper left of the panel was a red dome I pinched off one of my kids toys so that may be hard to replicate.
Cheers,
Ash.

I have a simple way to value anything it’s worth as much as the next person is prepared to pay. Or a dollar fifty a kilo.
As for fitting out the panel EBay is your friend. Mind you the what was a red light on the upper left of the panel was a red dome I pinched off one of my kids toys so that may be hard to replicate.
Cheers,
Ash.

Hi Ash,
Thanks for the information, handy to know , I will have a look in You Tube and see if anything is there,,,, and you are still ok from licking those gauges, LOL.
Do you think this panel is worth anything the way it is and how much do you think it would cost to complete?

Thanks to everyone who has made a contribution to this mystery item and clearing things up.

Cheers
Aussiecockpit

It was an ABC Series titled Half A World Away on the 1934 Air Race. The Dh88 Comet Replica we produced had 8hp Briggs and Strattons under the cowls. As to create the illusion of a ground running aircraft. The last I heard of this replica it was in a yard across the road from Tyabb Airport. As for the radiation danger of the gauges we did try to refrain from licking them too much.
Cheers,
Ash.

The last I heard of this replica it was in a yard across the road from Tyabb Airport.

Any pics mate..Its one aircraft I can say I am rather taken by..Did you have any plans to work from?

Going slightly OT here, but here is the sad story of what happened to Jeff Pearson’s business in California. Jeff is a super guy who flies a nice Cessna 195 out of Chino.

http://www.avweb.com/news/pilotlounge/191377-1.html?redirected=1

LOL – I suspect they weren’t broken when you fitted them.

Pragmatically, as long as you don’t have a room full of the things, they aren’t too dangerous if the glass is intact.

It was an ABC Series titled Half A World Away on the 1934 Air Race. The Dh88 Comet Replica we produced had 8hp Briggs and Strattons under the cowls. As to create the illusion of a ground running aircraft. The last I heard of this replica it was in a yard across the road from Tyabb Airport. As for the radiation danger of the gauges we did try to refrain from licking them too much.
Cheers,
Ash.

Bruce and Tony I appreciate your help and advise,
Great reading on this very important issue, extremely important information, will take care.
Thanks heaps,
Aussiecockpit

This might help

http://theaviationist.com/works/radioactive-materials-in-flight-instruments/

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=19924

Rate of climb and Turn and Slip are radioactive. Gyro compass probably is.

As the rate of climb is broken, I would get some modelling clay or something similar, and completely cover the face with it. Remove the instrument, and put it in a strong plastic bag. I cant tell you how to dispose of it, but I wouldn’t want to keep it in my collection like that.

There is another instrument with a glass missing that might also be radioactive. Treat it the same way.

Once that is all done, look at getting some instruments to replace the luminous ones.

Bruce

WOW,,, thanks guys for the information,
Ash tell me more about this panel you made and what series did it get used for, did you have any issues with the radioactivity from the gauges when you made it.
Bruce, what’s a safe way to handle this panel, and do you think the one with broken glass is highly dangerous not to mention the three on the left have the glass fronts missing.
Your thoughts much appreciated.
Thank you
Aussiecockpit .

LOL – not too dissimilar from Rapide! The DH88 replica in the Mosquito Museum has a vey similar panel. I bet Ash made that one too!

I actually made this panel back around 1990 for a replica Dh88 I built for a mini series which was produced here in Australia.
Cheers,
Ash.

Think Dragon or Rapide I think – some of the instruments are not correct. Some are. Many are radioactive – take care, especially the ones with broken glass.