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  • December 13, 2017 at 11:33 am in reply to: Projects Wants And Trades 2015 #792883
    jeepman
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    Bit of a long shot – and a bit off track but……………………..if you dont ask

    Looking for a No 19 Wireless Set (WS19/ 19 Set) B set tuning wheel – the one that fits in the vertical slot. Interested in wheel itself or distressed complete set that has B set tuning wheel still there, as most were removed in post-war REME rebuilds.

    Needed to complete restoration to go into the back of my MWR

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    Ive tried all the other avenues.

    thanks

    December 10, 2017 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Kent Battle of Britain Museum acquires a Blenheim #794238
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    Nice to see the Fordson WOT1 6×4 ambulance in the background but as a fully Coded member of the colour police, it is in post war colours……..

    November 29, 2017 at 9:30 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2017) #800268
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    DB

    Didn’t you mean to say

    Ewe are not flocking to the Mustang picture then??

    November 27, 2017 at 10:06 pm in reply to: RAF vehicles on 8th airforce airfields? #800842
    jeepman
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    Standard practice, a form of reverse lend-lease. Why waste space on transatlantic convoys bringing over non-combatant vehicles when they can be supplied locally. Fordson WOT1 fire tenders and Austin K2 ambulances were often seen on 8AF airfields. Apparently K2 ambulances were used by the USAAF for some time before they were used by the RAF contrary to what Airfix would have you believe

    November 26, 2017 at 9:26 pm in reply to: Mitsubishi Betty Reconstruction In Japan #801742
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    Any recent information on the progress with this restoration?

    November 24, 2017 at 8:26 am in reply to: Sískin #803286
    jeepman
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    VWC Hucks Starter = the “world’s best”?

    The Shuttleworth Trust might question that statement, given the fact that their Hucks is the only original 1920 build example remaining and every other one around is a reproduction

    November 22, 2017 at 12:27 pm in reply to: Colour Code For Anti Glare Green On Bristol Bulldog #804325
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    I seem to recall that the green decking on the Bulldog was NIVO, (Night Invisible Varnish, Orfordness) which although a late WW1 colour, was also used on planes like Hendons and Heyfords right through to the mid 1930s.

    Can’t offer a code I am afraid, as it was not a BS colour but the IPMS Stockholm colour charts can sometimes offer guidance.

    November 18, 2017 at 8:22 pm in reply to: Paint matching for restoration projects #806488
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    Never had any problem getting paint here in the UK -for restoring military vehicles – from a selection of local auto paint suppliers. Many places will match samples and/or do aerosols as well – at a price

    November 12, 2017 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Silver rubberised material for RAF aircraft canopy covers etc #809531
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    I guess Parachute training balloons are the modern day successor to Barrage Balloons. I would think any wartime rubber is pretty perished or rock hard by now. I recently had to restore some webbing strapping on a 19 set radio wooden carrier which had been doubled by sticking two layers together with a rubber solution glue. It was an absolute nightmare…..

    The rubber parts on 19 set control box drop leads, microphones and earphones are also challenging. They say oil of wintergreen helps but I’ve not used it yet

    October 14, 2017 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Third Vickers Wellington survivor, will we ever see it? #822015
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    Re the post two above.

    Wellington …….Unless Barnes Wallis designed the Hampden as well.

    Was at Flixton in Suffolk last week. There are substantial Wellington remains there as well

    October 9, 2017 at 11:18 pm in reply to: Spitfire T9 PT462 moves to Duxford #824137
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    Would be good to see one of the “Grace pattern” two seaters painted as a VVS Spitfire IX UTI, as after all this is the most original scheme for a two seat Spitfire fitted with two standard hoods with a clear tunnel between the two. OK the position of the cockpits might differ slightly but only the experts would know……

    October 9, 2017 at 3:47 pm in reply to: The Wesley Andrew Tierney – Historic Aviation Walter Mitty #824412
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    I think it was (or perhaps still is?) a Stamp Museum in London… the Royal Philatelic Society’s Museum of Philatelic History.

    October 9, 2017 at 11:27 am in reply to: The Wesley Andrew Tierney – Historic Aviation Walter Mitty #824552
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    Why do we need a new thread for this criminal. There is a perfectly good thread on page 2. Why clog up the forum with duplicate threads?

    October 7, 2017 at 6:53 pm in reply to: Hurricane BH173 in Russia #825019
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    Scrolling down that Facebook page, there is reference to problems with the Merlin III in R4118. The blurb says that it is the “original” engine, but I seem to recall reading in Peter Vacher’s book that during the restoration of the Hurricane, a Merlin III was borrowed from the RAF Museum to get the plane airworthy.

    I think I read that this was a loan arrangement pending the sourcing of another example. So is the engine that has problems still on loan from the RAF Museum or is this another engine and the original loaner has been returned to RAFM?

    October 2, 2017 at 8:47 pm in reply to: The Cost… #827106
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    Garratts and thus ultimately the Long Shop Museum were also the source of the original FE2B nacelle frame which formed the basis of the RAF Museum’s reproduction. It had been retained by the company when production was stopped at the conclusion of WW I

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