Here’s an interesting thread. What projects aviation wise are you working on at home? These can be anything to do with aircraft be it parts, whole airplanes etc etc.
Here’s my latest project….:rolleyes:
It is a Wing leading edge landing light assembly from a Canadair CL41 Tebuan(Wasp) that saw service with Malaysian Air Force. The pics show it in as recieved condtion and I was busy paint stripping the paint from it this afternoon. I am replacing the missing glass with lexan and hope to adapt an automotive headlight to fit into it. Once its all cleaned and painted, I will have the landing light working on battery power.:eek:
Oh yes Does anyone know what the gold color is? At first I thought I had a piece from a Golden Centennaire aircraft but it looks like some sort of primer or something??
By: CSheppardholedi - 8th June 2007 at 18:01
Currant waste of time….a certain Glad…have quite a ways to go and finding details is tedious. Grainy B&W pics driving me nuts!
puzzling out a few bits though.
1. I believe I need a 3 bladed metal prop on this one, am I right? Just what prop/hub was that?
2. Solid wheel covers or the 5 spoked wheel variety?
3. Saw one illustration showing the underside of the A/C painted black on one side…don’t know if that is applicable or not?!?
By: Mark V - 8th June 2007 at 17:33
Artwork & stencils for the painting of Spitfire BL628.
By: pogno - 29th May 2007 at 10:47
Right now, I ‘as been mostly working on…..
Tom
Looks as if its just the tailwheel left to fit.
By: QldSpitty - 29th May 2007 at 10:07
Aussie Spits..
Hiya Graham..Best place to start on getting the paint right on your MkVIII is here
http://www.aussiemodeller.com/pages/discussiongroup/forum.html
😀
The guys are very passionate about getting paint schemes right..So unless you want a few hundred angry Aussie Spit enthusiasts knocking down your door…:diablo:
By: Fouga23 - 28th May 2007 at 18:16
Are you doing a complete panel or cockpit section?
Thanks 🙂 Ultimate goal is to have a cockpit section, but now it’s only parts. I’ve been looking for side consoles, main instrument panel and the right main panel for years now. But as I said, really hard to find parts 🙁
By: Peter - 28th May 2007 at 17:18
Nice job Fouga23
Are you doing a complete panel or cockpit section?
By: Fouga23 - 28th May 2007 at 15:36
And here they are:
Right side main panel, front cockpit. Fouga Magister CM.170. Parts are almost impossible to find 😡 If anyone knows where to find parts, this is what I’m looking for: www.fougamagister.be/wanted/
By: Fouga23 - 28th May 2007 at 13:17
Restoring a Fouga Magister panel. Should have some pics by tonight 🙂
By: Graham Adlam - 27th May 2007 at 16:33
http://www.spitfirespares.com/SpitfireSpares.com/Pages/undercarridge.html
Above is a link to Spitfirespares showing the Spitfire undercarridge leg which arrived in the post this morning. Cheers Graham.
Its got a some numbers on it 62607 and 1303 , doea any one have any details.
What should I do, leave it as it is or clean it up paint it ect.
Nice to have a big lump of spitfire either way:)
Glad you liked the leg ,havent posted for a while been locked away in the workshop. The Spitfire rep is really progressing and will be run in public this summer. We are still looking for details on the The Spitfire Mk VIII “Grey Nurse” paint. I have a picture in the Spitfire bible By Eric Morgan and Edward Shacklady of a Shark Tooth spit from the same Sqd . Is it safe to use this to match the colours???, its the best quality image i have as PC ones are unreliable for matching.
By: ZRX61 - 26th May 2007 at 23:56
This:
No idea what that eggbeater is behind it tho…
By: benyboy - 26th May 2007 at 19:10
Yes it is me on ebay.:o . Realised I did not like it as much as I thought. (sorry Graham) . Going to buy my self a new toy if it sells.
By: BlueRobin - 26th May 2007 at 15:53
When is it going for with a spray then Tom? 😎
By: CSheppardholedi - 26th May 2007 at 15:49
Bit of a memorial piece…..lost another one. RIP
By: Atlantic1 - 26th May 2007 at 14:29
Right now, I ‘as been mostly working on…..
Tom
By: stuart gowans - 26th May 2007 at 12:28
http://www.spitfirespares.com/SpitfireSpares.com/Pages/undercarridge.html
Above is a link to Spitfirespares showing the Spitfire undercarridge leg which arrived in the post this morning. Cheers Graham.
Its got a some numbers on it 62607 and 1303 , doea any one have any details.
What should I do, leave it as it is or clean it up paint it ect.
Nice to have a big lump of spitfire either way:)
An identical leg is on ebay at the moment; one of a pair?
By: Cees Broere - 22nd May 2007 at 07:35
You can always give AL682 a shout!
Cees
By: Peter - 22nd May 2007 at 03:31
additional info reqd
Thanks cees.
Would love any drawings or info on it especially what was fitted to it and also what the bracket is supposed to look like on the left.
By: Cees Broere - 21st May 2007 at 18:19
Looking good Peter
Cheers
Cees
By: Peter - 21st May 2007 at 16:38
My latest project
Apologies for the poor pics but here is my latest project. I recently dismantled and rebuilt this rear turrett armor plate section which will eventually go into our restored rear turrett in the museum
By: AVI - 21st May 2007 at 13:33
RE: Tools of the Trade
Thanks for the heads-up, Ol’Spitty. I’ll try to find those two programs.
I’d originally attempted to scale a couple of the drawings in Photoshop by using a known dimension but was thwarted by paper shrinkage in the originals. It was an exercise in futility, perhaps due to my inexperience with PS.
CAD made it possible to locate one of the important subassemblies on the rudder (the tail light assembly bracket). After creating a drawing of the subassembly from known measurements, it was located on the main drawing by first creating then inserting a block and fiddling with the block until it fit within known/confirmed locations/measurements on the drawing. It surprised me when it worked out, so I went off to celebrate with a cool one.
CAD was also great for plotting the ribs – after I figured out that one of the Messerschmitt spreadsheets was in fact a listing of the airfoil sections/stations.
Wow! That also was a cause for celebration.
Can’t be all that crazy when it’s so fun!
Now that the drawings are almost done, the next step is to figure out how to fabricate the various components! Now, that’s the crazy part – no metalwork experience, no workshop tools ….. but here I am, sitting here looking out at The Lake with nothing else much to do … my real project, a full size (composites) replica of a well-known military trainer is presently on hold, so …why not?
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