if he is not casting them (and therefore I understand that he is not even using near-net forgings) that only leaves a few options after CNC milling from solid block, ok can see why he wouldnt want to do that, but damn that will be expensive!

you dont have to host em anywhere………..if you click on the blue underlined ‘manage my attachments’ you can upload images

the ‘chucking it down shot’ is pretty damn nice!

nice photos!

coanda

they are all great but that tonka shot is fantastic!!! (last one)

any chance of a ~1024/768 for a screen wallpaper?

great stuff kev, seems you should post more!

JDK,

Another point to note:

Manufacture variability. It is noted that different factories built the same aircraft slightly differently.

I do not know how many factories the Lysander was built in, and as you say, there seems to be no rhyme or reason.

Given that, I would suggest that the ‘design’ of the spats was interpreted differently by different people.

When I say ‘design’ I mean that, while the factory drawings say one thing, the wo/man on the floor actually does somthing different.

I take it these spats could get damaged easily, so could well have been replaced with a pair (or even only one? )with a variation in shape.

I don’t know how the spats were manufactured but there are plenty of reasons at the manufacturing stage for the actual shapes to change a bit, over what was drawn at the design stage. This still happenns now, but we usually have the time to update the drawings.

I think those two pics do show different spat designs, but as PP says, pics can display things slightly wrong.

coanda

VC10 – we must have posted at almost hte exact same time, with the same thoery……………..spooky!