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Cees Broere

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  • June 7, 2007 at 2:10 pm in reply to: Spitfire aerobatics over Amsterdam #1282411
    Cees Broere
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    Your office must be real close to mine then!

    Yeah, I saw the same thing, definitively MK732 showing its stuff. There is an event held at the football fields between the Gooiseweg and Duivendrecht and I’ve got a feeling this was related: European Controllers cup 2007

    Delta Lloyd, next to the Amstel Station. 8th floor I am looking at the Gooiseweg (when not working of course).:p

    Cees

    June 1, 2007 at 7:27 pm in reply to: Aircraft Cockpit Sections/Instrument Panel Projects #1287766
    Cees Broere
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    Some pics of the seat being made by a friend of mine

    Progress is swift these days.

    Cheers

    Cees

    May 27, 2007 at 6:03 pm in reply to: Aircraft Cockpit Sections/Instrument Panel Projects #1295329
    Cees Broere
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    Thanks Peter

    Now I only have the pilot’s compartment to worry about, things can speed up a bit.:D

    The pilot’s seat is hopefully ready before long.

    Cees

    May 27, 2007 at 12:58 pm in reply to: Aircraft Cockpit Sections/Instrument Panel Projects #1295517
    Cees Broere
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    Yesterday I picked up the side angles for the engine control duct. This
    is fitted next to the pilot chassis which is already finished. The engine
    cables etc. run through this and a lot of items such as the throttle box
    trunk and box as well as the trimming consoles are mounted on it.
    All I have to do now is rivet the thing together. Also some of the front
    windscreen frames are finished now so the thing is growing albeit in
    component form at the moment.

    Cheers

    Cees

    May 25, 2007 at 8:20 am in reply to: RAF aircraft type serialnumberplates #1297527
    Cees Broere
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    Come on, someone must know?

    Elliott, any idea where the serialnumber for the Whitley is located? Or is there no such thing as a RAF-serialplate. the Spitfire and Hurricane do have one. Is this different on the bigger types?

    Cees

    May 25, 2007 at 7:34 am in reply to: New set up production RAF-types (1946)possibilities? #1297546
    Cees Broere
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    Yes, that would be nice as well.

    But double the engines and the costs will multiply by four I think.
    The Tempest jigs can be used to reconvert some back to Tiffy status. Scratch some new wings and presto!.

    Is there a market for such aircraft (the list I mentioned in the initial post)?

    Cees

    May 23, 2007 at 5:13 pm in reply to: 617 Squadron Lancasters. #1298617
    Cees Broere
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    Thanks for the info. So the model is not really wrong. We can say that some, if not all, of the special Lancasters of 617 used for the Dams raid, had this FN64 installation.
    If not a help for aircraft model makers, this snippet remains a help for those just generally interested in the variations and modifications of type.

    I believe the aperture for the underturret was kept but faired over. When we recovered sections of fuselage from a Mk III Lanc, this hole was very obvious. We thought it was the dorsal turret position but some things didn’t match up:D

    Cheers

    Cees

    May 23, 2007 at 3:20 pm in reply to: 617 Squadron Lancasters. #1298781
    Cees Broere
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    Gibson’s aircraft def. survived WW11 and I have a picture of it in one of my numerous books at home taken on a very snowy airfield during 1947.

    Soon after it was scrapped! 😮

    Oh the short-sightedness of those years (hindsight of course is a great thing!)

    AFAIK the aircraft were not converted back to standard because of the intensive modifications. Some were kept in storage in case the Upkeep mine would be needed but this never materialised. The remaining aircraft were scrapped during 1945/1946.

    HTH

    Cees

    May 23, 2007 at 11:26 am in reply to: Bombing Device Identification #1298996
    Cees Broere
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    Mark,

    Are you still working on a Mossie panel?

    Cheers

    Cees

    May 22, 2007 at 3:28 pm in reply to: Spitfire on the move. #1299743
    Cees Broere
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    Mark

    So you bought it:dev2:

    Cees

    May 22, 2007 at 3:27 pm in reply to: Beaufighter JM333 #1299752
    Cees Broere
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    IIRC there was a pic of this aircraft in an old flypast article. Is this the same wreck a group of ATC cadets tried to dig out as well. Could it be Tetney Sands as well?

    From memory mind you

    Cees

    May 22, 2007 at 7:35 am in reply to: What are you working on right now at home? #1300191
    Cees Broere
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    You can always give AL682 a shout!

    Cees

    May 22, 2007 at 6:39 am in reply to: Part Identification #1300194
    Cees Broere
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    HP Halifax

    HTH

    Cees

    May 21, 2007 at 6:19 pm in reply to: What are you working on right now at home? #1300485
    Cees Broere
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    Looking good Peter

    Cheers

    Cees

    May 19, 2007 at 3:11 pm in reply to: Halifax help needed #1302393
    Cees Broere
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    Thanks for the link Phil, nice site.

    My 1/32 Halifax is very slowly progressing but nothing compared to
    your attention to detail though.

    Cheers

    Cees

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