A couple of questions I’ve not really thought about before

– were the two stage cowlings for this latest restoration held in stock – or did they have to be fabricated from scratch – and as a development airframe was the prototype installation/cowlings different from the production cowlings.

– is that bog-standard red ox primer – or had etching primers been developed at that time?

I see there’s a picture in Mosquito Survivors of the Mosquito as currently finished – must be time for an update of that book in a short while – now that the world population ofMosquitoes is beginning to grow.

The wings are not finished yet I believe.
Cees

Hi Cees – see the attached link

http://www.assaultglidertrust.co.uk/gallery/Horsa_Move.html

I think they just need bolting together at the transport joint, once the final destination has been determined. Hope they sort out the cockpit glazing before it goes on show though.

Here’s a clearer pic of said P-61 as found on Mt Cyclops, looking forward from the radar observer’s station in the back to just being able to make out the top of the gunner’s canopy (or what’s left of it) in the front. No turret. No cavity. Just intact, alumin(i)um skin.

Were the early P61Bs built with the turret ring in situ but no turret fitted because of production delays (with the resulting turret aperture skinned over) – or was the structure completely different? It seems clear that the necessary support structure for the turret has been incorporated into the rebuilt crew pod

Britmodeller doesn’t seem so kindly disposed to this poster

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234992055-the-most-secret-weapon-of-the-luftwaffe/

I have just noticed it reported on the Fighter Control forum that Tim has passed away.

Tim was a frequent poster on here as WH904.

Tim has penned numerous aviation books and articles over the years and is well respected for the depth of the research.

was he the Tim who used to be a member of Sheffield IPMS in the days when it met on West Street?

Hi Ken – i’ve pretty much given up with facebook. Any chance you can create a comet thread on this forum? I’m sure it would be very popular.

Ken – there IS a way of creating a Facebook page that is available to non users of Facebook like me and many others in this thread. There must be because I can see so many Facebook pages created by other groups – but sadly not yours at the current time

I can for instance see this one without being a member of FB
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1513533472243853.1073741834.1448107062119828&type=1

I look at the facebook pages for a number of restoration projects – none of which require me to be a member of facebook so there must be a simple way of doing it.