This Years Tokens

As it is typical Bank Holiday Weather in Cumbria – we progressed further with the Cockpitfest 2013 Tokens.

Just for information – the stages are:

1. Aluminium Bar – guillotined to size
2. Tokens edge cleaned, chamfered and scoured
3. Etch Resist prepared and Printed
4. Heat Tokens to 170C and iron on etch resist.
5. Spray back with paint.
6. Etch with a Cu2SO4/NaCl solution
7. Remove paint from rear with solvent
8. Polish surface
9. Drill Mounting Holes
10. Paint two Gold Tokens for winners.

Repeat above x 60.

They are now printed with etch resist and will move to the next stage.

All remaining stages should be completed this week.

As I am in Holland on business this year,we cannot attend Cockpitfest – so I will post to TO before the event.

Have a good time and I earnestly hope the weather is better than last year.

There have been a few V1 rudders and elevators available – about 5 intact rudders in the last few years.

Most rudders have the push rod from the lower stbd side broken off.

I was tempted by an original wooden front edge of the wing from a Reichenberg for sale at Speyer but it was really quite long!

There is a downloadable few pages from a wartime engineers magazine available. It is an article covering a few pages and discusses the Oxford production with pictures.

We downloaded it about 5 years ago and I passed the copy to Bob at D&G as he was working on an Oxford.

I cant remember what the name was – but it came up on a google search back then.

Other wise contact Bob Sloane.

I scanned a lot of old B&W and Colour negatives into the computer using a simple scanner from Maplin.

Amongst the photos from early 1960’s Cornwall was this one of an RAF Launch.