Pics of tank

Found these pics in my “stash”:rolleyes:

An even greater problem is the redrawing of existing drawings, which have been published in magazines which contain errors thus perpetuating problems.

written dimensions and actual measurements not matching.

We are finding that with the Spitfire.We have drawn up our designs off the original drawings as much as possible and have found errors.A good friend in the states (thanks Anthony) has used the Mornigford MkIX book to draw up a 3D lofted fuselage and tail.Guess what?They are different….:(
So I think it is a case of the drawings being used as a guide more than anything else or having the part built first then drawn up.Got to remember that they didn,t have the same gizmos we have today in terms of measuring or design.Just slide rules,French Curves,Squares and Wooden Rulers.

That’s a wonderful piece of work, your very lucky to have found someone so skilled… Beautiful, do you think the better of the two Peregrines Steve Vizard found would be able to be stripped and documented in that way to produce a working replica…

You can only ask? 50% chance of him saying yes…There is a machinest working at Shuttleworth who is a whizz at 3D Solidworks (*cough* Dave)…that might be able to help out..

CAD and 3D

For instance would it be possible using these few images, the repair and parts manual and some decent photo’s to recreate a good facsimile of our beloved Whirlys tail plane in AutoCAD and then to reconstruct a full size tail plane in real life from scaled up measurements, using the virtual model as the template…?

It can be done but it is vital that there are some measurements to go by for reference.Grab as many references you can,pics,notes,aluminium specs,anything!!
A friend in Japan is doing a Merlin for us in 3D just using the manuals.

For some good restoration pics..
http://www.leichtbau-gmbh.de/formenbau.htm

Bob Foster is still alive.A friend got some 54 Squadron photos of them at Richmond Australia signed by him not so long ago.

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Originally Posted by D1566 View Post
Was the Augsburg raid a failure? I know it was costly but I thought that the target was (well) hit?
Yes, in my opinion it was a total failure.

The slight damage to the MAN U-boat engine factory had a negligible effect on production and seven out of twelve Lancasters and their crews were lost (although mercifully twelve men survived as POW). Few, if any, of the surviving Lancasters were fit for operations the next day and the effect on crew moral of such losses can only be imagined. In short operations of that type were unsustainable and certainly did more harm to the British than the Germans.

However I say that with the benefit of hindsight and of course I acknowledge the near suicidal courage of the crews involved.
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And thats a bad storyline how?
Compared to Dambusters it was a more heroic story,having the crews manouver the lancs while under attack at low level by the Me109,s in daylight has always been a more vivid picture.