Cees, your bombbay and throttle pics.

The throttle box is enclosed so there is not much to see. From the front(pic 2) you can see the control rods dropping down and then they run rearwards in the tunnel(pic 3) under the seat. The sketch might help.
The bombbay is ‘black on black’ and very difficult to get much detail. Some shots of the hinge mechanisms. They intend to make the doors operable and they are working on the hydraulics.
Someone wanted some u/c details, that too is ‘black on black’. We set the oleos to simulate a loaded condition. One shot shows the u/c bay rear and the other the front. We are working on the bungee emergency lowering gear at the moment. The brake hoses have been added. Hope these are useful.

Hmmm! I guess the pics got lost!
I tried again, but they just will not attach!

Deryck

Hi Cees, I doubt they will be thrown out, but who knows when the project is completed and new folks move in needing drawing storage space!Right now the detail finishing of the interior is going on, oxygen piping, radios etc etc. There certainly are pics of the throttle box that were taken during the restoration, unfortunately the guy that took them has just had a knee op and will not be back for a while. I will see what I can find.
Deryck

Cees, Do Turretboy’s pictures give you what you need? Let me know if you need any more detail of anything.

Deryck

Interesting, in North Bedfordshire we lived under the ‘beam’ route to the Industrial Midlands, like Coventry and Birmingham and the Luftwaffe bomber stream was continuous. Occasionaly one would dump his bombs but generally it was very quiet. On moonlight nights we used to lie outside on the grass and try to see the aircraft cross the moon. Never did see one!The Duxford site is good, must get my kid to have a look at it.

Hey, really nice job Halibag-Phil. Cees he has set the bar quite high! You are going to have to do a lot of work to beat that. Are they Airfix, 1/72″ scale?
Cees, the guys are reinstalling the heater ducts right now, they could have used the model as a guide!
Deryck

Hi Peter, I don’t know. We all work our own little patch on the restorations and I only talk to the engine guys during a break. I could find out if it is important.

Hi Turretboy, I am not closely involved with the RCAF serial number research, that is a Frank Artes project he is a volunteer from the ‘front office’. From him I understand that from the manufacturer’s fuselage nameplate they have been able to establish the date of the Anson being taken ‘on charge’ but it was one of several taken on charge on that date so the selection of RCAF Serial will probably be made from those on that list that were assigned to Western bases. However politics always raises it head and who knows! After all if they tried to make the Halifax, NA 337, into a B. Mk. III to suit some of the vets who, no doubt, would have wanted it to carry their squadron markings, they will certainly try to influence the Anson serial. Fortunately I was the editor of the Halibag News at the time and I was able to raise a considerable groundswell of support to restore it, rather than construct a replica. Some of the Restoration Team supported me by saying they would quit if the change was mandated! Needless to say I was soon removed as the editor!