“I had a about 5 car related programme ideas”

And a Spitfire one as I recall……

See ebay thread for more “genuine” typhoon/ tempest items from same “private collection in London”

When in my possession Rocketeer had a quick look and said he thought it might be, and looking at a seafury throttle box on ebay, it had similarities, the knurled friction wheel for one, but I have to say I really don’t know; if someone here buys it and needs the missing levers they can PM me, and I’ll mail them out (always presuming that it’s bought to use or keep, otherwise they can f off!)

Thanks Dan; not much to report regarding the restoration recently, there is a piccy in the North Weald Diary thread.

Hopefully not too far off topic; I vaguely recall someone mention (maybe it was David Burke) a year or so ago, the existence of a C119 “center section” in one of the UK museums acquired for use in a Lanc project! anymore details?

What were Rolls-Royce trying to achieve with this altered firing order, crank rotation; Was the “R” same as the Griffon with regards rotation, and firing order?

Without absolute detailed knowledge, I could only say being as the prototype was hand built, how close to that was the mkI, in terms of tolerance, would the wing fixings line up, and if they didn’t, and they then changed the stub spars, would the holes for their fixing line up?

Wasn’t the issue of wing flexing solved by the introduction of a modified rear spar web?

As an aside the replica built by Clive Du crois was painted as K5054 when it was trailered around by Solent Sky, any pictures around of it in that trim; I wonder where that ended up? and another part built replica down at Hawkinge; I seem to remember the fuselage was mostly finished, was it painted? what did they use for reference, re, paint colour?

I believe Gordon Mitchell’s book suggests the wings were formed from long thin strips of alloy, possibly they were filled flush so as to appear one piece, and that is the cracking of filler you mention.

Are we getting hung up on the name of the colour, rather than the shade; if as you said previously the small model given to Mitchell was the basis for the colour match on the facsimile, then (always presuming it was painted in the leftover paint from K5054) that is surely definitive?

As you suggest much of the content of the aforementioned books are based on memories, but equally so is Jeffrey Quill, (and others) authentication of the colour.