I dare say, many of us have aviation related trench art. One piece I bought a few years ago comprised of what I thought was a blue annodised Mustang (razorback) on top of a WW2 Luftwaffe incendiary bomb – a very impressive ashtray. Any way, I managed to drop it (well, knock it off a shelf with a duvet – don’t ask!). And to my surprise, the top fell off – revealing a lighter made of a cannon case. At first I thought it might be a Hispano 20mm round – anyway it is beautifully chromed and dated 1944. It is a pretty cool item
Has anyone got any they would like to share.
By: powerandpassion - 27th May 2014 at 13:45
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp.
Sorry, didn’t see your post about my Kestrel rods; I’ll have to think about it.
Thank you for the P&W ID.
Kestrel rod experiments are part of this thread on Gilman bearings :
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?128767-RR-Kestrel-Gilman-bearings&highlight=
Latest is to stay entirely away from berryllium copper, highly, highly toxic !
But enough information has now been gathered to try and rediscover the lost process of centrifugally cast copper lead bearings…
By: Creaking Door - 27th May 2014 at 11:22
Not sure about the piston, looks like two valve cylinder with valves coming in at an angle…
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp.
Sorry, didn’t see your post about my Kestrel rods; I’ll have to think about it.
By: windhover - 27th May 2014 at 11:09
Here’s a little something I picked up for a Tenner in a local Charity shop.
(Fortunately, they had resisted the urge to polish out the patina.)
No prop; but the spinner is a wartime period Hammer-drive screw.
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By: powerandpassion - 23rd January 2014 at 12:02
8 1/2 pound practice bomb RAAF 1930’s
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If Liberace was into trenchart then this is the piece he would have on his piano !
Got this for the 8 1/2 pound practice bomb which was used in the 1930’s, in RAAF on Bristol Bulldogs and Hawker Demons.
Not sure about the piston, looks like two valve cylinder with valves coming in at an angle….
Does anybody have any information on 8 1/2 pound practice bombs and how they worked. I understand these were dropped and created a burst of coloured smoke on impact.
By: powerandpassion - 21st January 2014 at 07:41
Lab rabbits required
Not really sure if this counts as ‘trench art’ but it is definitely aviation related.
Any guesses as to what it is made from?
CD,
Would you part with the Kestrel conrods to allow them to participate in trials of cast in copper berryllium bearing material ? Bit like sending pet rabbits into the lab, they may come back changed or not breathing….
Ed
By: N.Wotherspoon - 18th December 2013 at 18:45
Nice one Ian ! – Baltimore Brass Company IIRC – same as the drum full we pulled out from a P-39 a few years ago 🙂
By: Rocketeer - 17th December 2013 at 21:06
shiny is good Ian!
By: ian_ - 17th December 2013 at 21:02
Some nice items. Not my usual area but I couldn’t resist this shiny pair in a local antique shop. US 20mm.
By: Creaking Door - 17th December 2013 at 11:54
What about Kestrel?
Bingo! 🙂 They are a pair of Rolls-Royce Kestrel rods.
Actually they are not in as good condition as they look; they’ve obviously got very damp at some point as the back (and to a lesser extent the front) of them is heavily pitted with rust. They are proper ‘trench art’ crude though; the wooden base was very rough and although the rods have had some sort of lacquer painted over them it was done right over all the oil left under the big-end bearings (as I found-out when I dismantled them)!
(You can always delete the extra posts.)
By: Sopwith - 17th December 2013 at 11:06
Sorry about posting twice, there’ll probably be a third one off me , computer went a bit ape. What about Kestrel?
By: Sopwith - 17th December 2013 at 11:01
Definitely from an aero-engine (but with a automotive connection)…
…not Tiger Moth…..not many ‘V’-configured engine Tiger Moths about? 🙂
Hispano-Suiza?
By: Creaking Door - 17th December 2013 at 10:59
argus?
Hispano-Suiza?
Nope. Getting colder! 🙂
By: Sopwith - 17th December 2013 at 10:57
Definitely from an aero-engine (but with a automotive connection)…
…not Tiger Moth…..not many ‘V’-configured engine Tiger Moths about? 🙂
Hispano-Suiza?
By: oz rb fan - 17th December 2013 at 05:18
Definitely from an aero-engine (but with a automotive connection)…
…not Tiger Moth…..not many ‘V’-configured engine Tiger Moths about? 🙂
argus?
By: Creaking Door - 17th December 2013 at 01:24
Definitely from an aero-engine (but with a automotive connection)…
…not Tiger Moth…..not many ‘V’-configured engine Tiger Moths about? 🙂
By: hampden98 - 16th December 2013 at 19:25
They look a bit like car piston arms. If not I would guess at Tiger Moth?
By: Rocketeer - 16th December 2013 at 18:54
very nice indeed!
By: ozjag - 16th December 2013 at 10:51
This was made by my grandfathers brother in New Guinea during 1943-44. Constructed of various 50 cal and 303 rounds/cases.
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By: Creaking Door - 15th December 2013 at 15:47
DB 601 by any chance?
Sorry, you’re heading in the wrong direction.
By: Rocketeer - 15th December 2013 at 15:37
very nice piece that
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