It has a Spitfire in it, so it’s not completely terrible…..

And Gillian Anderson 🙂

I cant stand the heat!!!
7075 in its full hardened state is not that easy to bend Passion san.Good for flat webs and what not.Why any forming that has to be done “HAS” to be done in its annealed state.Then ‘Heat treated” to bring it back to its full hardness.That plus steel fasteners in the spar would rapidly creating the intergranular corrosion shown on Japanese parts.
Fast forward to the mid 80,s when QANTAS Jumbo Jets had a problem with frames cracking around the forward fuselage area.Cause was fatigue cracking on the 2024 T3 material.A quick call to Boeing came back with the reply “Ummmmm will get back to you”..When Boeing finally got back QANTAS engineers said “Naaah we right mate we figured it out..Start remaking your frames in 7075 guys”…And born was the Work code “Section 41” to replace all frames from number 1 door foward.Spent many a day sucking up swarf from the avionics bay and replacing Hiloks as a Snork Tinbasher.

Get a set of drawings,print off full size,glue onto wood,cutout and cleanup,trace onto 1mm aluminium adding flange thickness of 15mm,cutout and clean,sandwich between wooden formers,hammerform,drill out rivet holes and do lightening holes,frame complete..Easy.?

More Mozzies the better 🙂 Unless your in Australia and they suck blood…

Gas patch?

Cant find anything on Fb yet.Nothing new to add on WIX..

The hull and turret survive so hopefully the majority of it can be reused.Theres a small but dedicated cottage industry remaking Panzer parts now.Will she be at Legends?

Im thinking it was either a quick fix to get her flying or the parts werent reliable enough to include large scale production.Hence the change to Kigas..