September 28, 2005 at 3:24 pm
Hello Guys.
Does anyone knwo where I can find drawings etc to build a spitfire cockpit? A friend is going to build a cockpit for a spitfire and I want to be able to point him in the right direction. 🙂
By: Peter - 29th September 2005 at 14:36
Thanks for the help guys will pass it along
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 29th September 2005 at 13:35
Try contacting Stuart Gowans via the International Cockpit Club website – www.internationalcockpitclub.org.uk – see the for sale/wants section – he is doing a cockpit – superbly I might add – he may be able to help you
TT
By: funhouse - 29th September 2005 at 11:54
Hello Peter,
they guys working on the Y2K project have been outstanding with their help and information regarding my own humble project, so it might be worth while if your friend e mailed them.
Bruce has already mentioned Spitfire Restorations. I would just add that Spitfire Resotrations will either provide hard copies of the drawings, or they will e mail them. The latter usually being the same day ( depending on time zones). I have no connection with the company, just a satisfied customer.
Dave
By: Bruce - 29th September 2005 at 09:01
Head on over to www.spitfirerestoration.com
They will sell you some of the drawings that are available. However, most surviving Spitfire drawings are not manufacturing drawings, but GA’s. So there is some interpretation to do. Also, you will need to speak to the RAF Museum, who hold what drawings there are, and go through their archive. They also have a number of uncatalogued drawings, which I am told are a gold mine.
Bruce
By: dhfan - 29th September 2005 at 08:36
He pops up here every now and then to show us how he’s getting on.
The quality of his work is astounding.
By: Peter - 28th September 2005 at 18:32
Thanks Tony!!
By: Tony Norman - 28th September 2005 at 17:11
here it is:
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=homebuild;action=display;num=1096765362
By: Tony Norman - 28th September 2005 at 17:10
peter, there is a chap who post on a sim website i read every so often who is scratch building one – looks good too. i will see if i can dig out a link for you.