Vampire Parts

Hi,

After a few parts for a single seater project. If anyone has or knows of the following please shout:

Pair of bullet fairings for the tailbooms where the verticals and horizontal join (not a T.11 part)

Pair of drop tanks (ideally RAF type but Swiss also welcome)

Upper nose section for normal RAF (non Swiss) style of nose

Many thanks

John Lilley

I had the opportunity to meet John when he was back from China a few months ago. From what he ws saying he was involved in working on aircraft at Duxford (incuding their Mosquito I believe) and he looked after some websites for other people. Not sure any physical “hands on” involvement beyond that, but I may be wrong.

Epoxy

I have seen two part epoxy resin used for this in the past – built up rough to the required depth, a small file used for obtaining the surface finish required and then finished off with a suitable paint.

On the subject……

While on the subject of odd old tyres, I was recently asked to track down a tyre to fit a 2 inch diameter tailwheel. Width across the tailwheel is also 2 inches, and the tyre itself must have maximum diameter of 7 inches. Odd sizes I know, but that’s what will fit.

If anyone has a garage full of really odd old tyres, perhaps you could grab a tape measure?!

Sabre

ps, it would be great to see a copy of the O’Leary photo of the old bird at Mojave if anyone is able to post it.

Brakes

Are you looking for the early brakes or the later type? We have later style brake parts (for the T11) but are after parts for the early style as used on the RAF single seaters.

What type are yours Stan? If they have one set of shoes rather than two smaller sets per wheel then they are single seater and if no good elsewhere I would be interested.

A matter of perspective

These projects are private endeavours, in the same way as one’s financial dealings, marital stability, family dynamics and sex life.

Before those with loose tongues sit down in a public forum and discuss other people’s private rebuild projects (remember, it’s an open public forum, not a cosy chat with mates around a pint of beer – the consequences of some seemingly throw-away comment may go further than you think) perhaps they should first consider how they would feel if the state of their marriage or the health of their bank account was similarly discussed openly in public by others. Just because technologically you can post comments or questions about an individual’s private business does not mean that you should.