By: Mark V - 2nd November 2008 at 09:22
The exception to the advice regarding use of Grey Green/silver is on Westland built Spitfires and Seafires – they seemed to go mad with it and used it almost everywhere. I have even seen it on the internal structure of a Seafire outer wing.
By: mackerel - 1st November 2008 at 22:23
Thanx Fluffy, Steve and Ross…..this help is very useful (as you know!!). Have a great weekend.
cheers Tony
Hi Tony pleased i could help , & you have a good one too.
Steve
By: Rocketeer - 1st November 2008 at 11:12
Hi Rocketeer the fire wall behind the engine & in front of the fuel tank IS Frame 5. Silver on back face & green on the front .
Steve
Thanx Fluffy, Steve and Ross…..this help is very useful (as you know!!). Have a great weekend.
cheers Tony
By: mackerel - 31st October 2008 at 23:32
just behind the engine! sometimes wrongly called frame 5!!!:)
Hi Rocketeer the fire wall behind the engine & in front of the fuel tank IS Frame 5. Silver on back face & green on the front .
Steve
By: Fluffy - 31st October 2008 at 20:34
Green like this one
By: QldSpitty - 31st October 2008 at 20:16
Green it is… 😀
By: Rocketeer - 31st October 2008 at 19:49
Which firewall?The one in front or behind the fuel tanks.In both cases I would feel safe in green being the correct choice…..I think:o
just behind the engine! sometimes wrongly called frame 5!!!:)
By: QldSpitty - 31st October 2008 at 12:02
Which firewall?The one in front or behind the fuel tanks.In both cases I would feel safe in green being the correct choice…..I think:o
By: Rocketeer - 31st October 2008 at 09:35
cheers Steve and Ross, that is great…..
Next questions should deal with colour schemes……I know aft of frame 11 and fwd of frame 8 is silver, but is the front of the firewall cockpit green or silver? It appears that most modern rebuilds opt for Cockpit green, but for a wartime built bird should it be that or silver!?
By: QldSpitty - 31st October 2008 at 05:06
******..I thought I had sent you one with the cross section at the bottom of the drawing.Will try again but Mackerel is right and the material is 20G…Sorry old bean…Hard to know what goes on in my head sometimes.. 😀
By: mackerel - 30th October 2008 at 22:35
Does any of you great luminaries have the cross sectional dimensions for the intercostals/stringers fitted between Frame 11 and 12, and 12 and 13 please? Cheers!
Hi Tony the diamentions you want for these zed’s are .55″ x .9″ x .15″.
Steve
By: Rocketeer - 30th October 2008 at 20:07
AhhhhhhSooooo said Confucious..Email on it,s way… 😀
Thanx for the email Ross….but I really need the cross section dimensions (not lengths) so that I can fold the stuff right!!!
By: QldSpitty - 30th October 2008 at 10:16
AhhhhhhSooooo said Confucious..Email on it,s way… 😀
By: Rocketeer - 30th October 2008 at 10:12
Hi Tony,I think they are all the same.Check the MkIX drawings.Are you figuring out the aerial bracing and radio door positions?And no,there is no such thing as a dumb spitfire question 😀
Thanx Ross….but I do not have those drawings…..hence the request for the cross section dimensions:)
By: QldSpitty - 29th October 2008 at 12:15
Hi Tony,I think they are all the same.Check the MkIX drawings.Are you figuring out the aerial bracing and radio door positions?And no,there is no such thing as a dumb spitfire question 😀
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