Hawker Seahawk Gyro Gunsight

hi gentlemen, just thought i would let you see the new updated profile, and yes this one will be finished, promise
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GETTIN THERE

[QUOTE=WV-903.;1877476]Looking a milion dollars now G,

Great stuff indeed, If you’ve got one, the Sea Hawk used an E2A Stand-by Compass. But very folks would know the difference when peering in 838.

Now who do I know who would put it on e-bay for that kind of figure…..? 😀 Rory G used to say ‘Thanks a Million’ and I have to get back to a live concert on u-tube before I leave the office to remind me of Ireland’s finest and what exceptional guitarists youngsters are missing out on these days.

Have had great help from the museum as ever and looking forward to seeing school kids peer into it with their M&D’s saying cor! To this end Flixton’s welders Terry Elvy & Bob Palfryman with chippy David Hardisty have made some steps that hook over the mudguard to give safe viewing – the mudguards make up the third ‘step’ and green rubber to match will be put on them with contact adhesive.

Faffed around on Saturday looking at 5 different places for ali stair edging but nothing suitable so finally sorted out some anodized strip from B & Q and finished it off on Sunday with a metal countersink bit for the screws and added more layers of mahogany all-in-one varnish on the ply before putting a 2nd coat of Smooth Hammerite blue on the metal work.

Still unknowing where the port side wall radio box fits, none of the trays seems to take that later version that was hard to get but that we’ve all got one of now.

The job done on the headbox looks great thanks to David Dawson amongst many other things he’s done, I managed to find most of the bits and there was no time to de-rivet the strips on top that hold the old canvas in place – so he cut some new ones from ali strips and I sprayed them before he riveted them over the top of the originals.

I nearly gave the brand new ‘D’ ring-pull and face screen away awhile back! Your swap blue straps look great too thx Bill and I hope to do more on the seat refurbishment at a later date.

Mint triple press guage is still picking up dust on floor somewhere as I wonder where I’ve put its panel – couldn’t do anything with it as the two brass frames that hold info cards are off it and I wanted them sorted before refitting it – two different sizes are involved and I remember seeing stuff like that at the late-lamented Whittick Aeromart years ago, must do a time machine next.

I took some grabs from a Sea Hawk in flight on u-tube yesterday, will base canopy release handle stripes on that – I looked at Bill’s Sea Hawk, and one from the T & L site but I prefer yellow angled ones rather than the straight ones.

This could be even more of a project as a Buccaneer main fuel guage panel would set the stb’d console off a treat, would have been nice to see what a pair of Spey’s would have done to Sir Sid’s little bird too. Still unsure on that side also as to what is missing on side walls, will have to shoot both sides and leave it to the experts and see what gets thrown up.

Think I may have a 2A thx and will see if I can find it soonest, someone asked me to e-mail a logo today when I had a moment but I only know that word as a piece of confectionary at present.

Too much hassle to get my complete column in, so the the new stick top I bought off Mike Shaw at Popham years ago is now on while keeping the existing column in situ – it now goes back and forwards but no lateral movement, so assume bearings are no good but great to have some give in it and the end tubes have had extensions fitted so they don’t jam within the fuselage rear bulkhead.

Both pedals are now linked, the stb’d one being brand new inc strap (thx for not coming back to buy it off me at Shoreham 2 last year Naylan!) and I have a new Palmer strap on the existing port pedal too – from one of Hanningfield’s Canberras many years ago in the much-missed golden 90’s.

I repainted as much of the rear wall as I could including the front wheel receptacle – not on view really but good to give it a coat for future protection, and a brush and hoover were useful in getting any final dirt and debris out before painting started, I was surprised at how much was left when I started and I’m sure there’s some small pockets of mud in places still but that’s 40 years for you.. the rod and supports at back of guide rail right at the bottom was rotted through, have left it as a reminder.

I’d love to get her going ‘live’ but no great shakes at the doings of it, would be good to get some lights going at some point certainly, its crying out for it I think. I remember finding a company who advertised that sort of thing a year or so ago, must do a search on my folders as I’m sure I saved the URL somewhere.

Has anyone done a review of Shoreham yet? I ‘ll have to post a few pics on that sometime, better attended than last year I thought and got some excellent bits – WW2 people will probably moan but its still one to go to – fuel allowing. And the wife.

Beers, G

Looks geerait G !!!

Looking a milion dollars now G,

Great stuff indeed, If you’ve got one, the Sea Hawk used an E2A Stand-by Compass. But very folks would know the difference when peering in 838. The technical excellence you is amassing here will baffle even the most astute.–lol!!

Hows your virtual Sea- Hawk C/pit coming along SaginDragin ?

Bill T.

Is that the Gun camera I donated to Jon H for WV838? If so looks at home!… 🙂

The very same 🙂

Jon

Is that the Gun camera I donated to Jon H for WV838? If so looks at home!… 🙂

SIDE PICS WITHOUT REFLECTION = HEAVEN

hi guys,

just to show i am not sleeping, here is where i have got to, a very long way to go yet.

Hope this helps along the way, time to fill your boots thx to my having ‘838’s screens off recently.

I added my own side-screen demist pipe clip holders as mine didn’t seem to have any holes for them (port side had an elevated metal arrangement that didn’t seem to work well enough and the clip ends had rusted down) so I drilled the coamings and fitted a clip on each flat bottom of the coaming outer edges – see pics.

Then I just dropped the demist pipes done the nearest ‘hole’ further along near the front of the sight and it looks OK anyway – “the pipes, the pipes” are a bit puzzling as Bill says, so “If you’re in a tangle, let it dangle”.

Refurb of ‘838 is coming along well thx to the major input of David Dawson
at N&SAM and the week before last saw 4 trips plus Shoreham making up nearly 1,000 miles and over £300 in diesel for HM Excise Rip-Off Dept.

The headbox is notably transformed now and if anyone has the interfacing chart case that sits between the port console and weapons panel
I have the original ‘838 grip as a swap or whatever, in the meantime the WP is affixed temporarily to help make the ‘Fest in time hopefully.

The canopy recessess have been cleaned and hoovered out and metal strips put under the rails themselves to give a correct fit under the front screen when closed up while the Tucano mirror I bought off Mark J at Newark is
now painted up in black to help the overall effect.

Rudder bar is sorted and synchronized now along with some chopping and scheming that saw the oxy panel and column rubber gaitor fitted and coamings have the new main lights I got off Mr Air Ministry at Shoreham – remember to support your local and un-local aeroboots cockpiters!

Still need to sort an E2B from my kitchen sometime. Or was it the airing cupboard? 😮 Beers and good luck Sagin, if you need larger res then
e-mail me and I’ll sort something out.

G