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  • March 31, 2025 at 3:05 pm in reply to: Whitley Parts #1154274
    CeBro
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    Elliott,

    It appears your website address is no longer active?

    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 3:05 pm in reply to: Bristol Brigand. #1154282
    CeBro
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    Are there any drawings for the Brigand around, in case someone would give it a go to restore the Brigand?

    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 2:56 pm in reply to: Halifax Cockpit Project #1152368
    CeBro
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    Pics taken on saturday, thanks Harm for taking them.

    Hope you like the current state of build.
    Cheers
    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Halifax Cockpit Project #1151343
    CeBro
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    One more.

    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Halifax Cockpit Project #1151364
    CeBro
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    Thanks chaps,

    Yes, to say that I am pleased with the current progress is an understatement:) Thanks to Lex van Heusden who works every wednesday on it (and I every other wednesday or spare hours) the progress is kept up to speed.

    Peter: yes it will be fully skinned and I am looking for any suitable nose-art. Was thinking about “Ned Kelly’s Gang Rides Again”. I had a very nice profile of that in an old book by Gordon Swanborough but lost the book at some point.

    Mike: I have a part of Halifax VII NA347 with the original green colour in excellent condition. It was matched against colourchips from a local paint supply store. Didn’t want to pay over GBP 100 for postage alone for a tin of LAS paint. Spraypainting is not an option in the workshop so grey primer is first brushpainted and rollered on and after that the green coat. I am very please with how it turned out. The aim is not a factory fresh cockpit but one that looks like it has been in a museum (AKA PN323) for some time and looks used.

    Elliott: take your time, I am already pleased with the pics you put op.

    Cheers
    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 2:49 pm in reply to: Halifax Cockpit Project #1151107
    CeBro
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    John,

    If only, the structure of the Halifax also uses domeheaded rivets. In the first workshop when the project started we had pneumatic rivetting guns available and here we build the floorsection and some of the interior detals where rivets would be clearly seen. In the current building we do not have that luxury as we have no way to keep out water of the system that causes corrosion in the rivetting tools. Pop rivets are thus used but they are a very good alternative apart from the holw in the middle. These could be filled of course but that would be very tedious and together with the sawcuts in the frames for the radiuses we intend to keep it like this to show the workmanship that has gone into this build (97% Lex’s work), and apart from the use of commercial aluminium, the rest is exactly according to specifications.

    Cheers
    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 2:47 pm in reply to: Halifax Cockpit Project #1150661
    CeBro
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    Well skip the Ned Kelly nose-art. It won’t fit the cockpit or only the horse’s (you know what) will be seen. So, any suggestions for a representative nose-art for a Mk III? The cockpit will short just short of the triangular port window and just below the side windows of the WOP and Navigator.

    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 2:47 pm in reply to: Ezell Hawker Tempest #1150668
    CeBro
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    So the solution is either fitting the Tempest with a Sea Fury engine installation firewall forward or fitting a Wright with a fourblade propeller aka the various US Sea Furies (four blade prop is also Tempest II).
    Can it be done?
    The Tempest would be a fantastic sight in the skies over, …well anywhere.
    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 2:29 pm in reply to: Tim Wallis ME110 #1146980
    CeBro
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    Great pics, strange that the past few years the flood of Russian discoveries has almost died down. What caused this? No airframes left, financial crisis etc?

    Cheers
    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 1:59 pm in reply to: Fabric Wing Hurricane project update – Little Gransden #1141009
    CeBro
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    The chap posts here as Beaufighter VI (found the thread he posted on last year). I believe that Rochford was also an EAG member as well, but don’t take my word for it, I have a memory like a… like a… you know, with holes in.

    Adrian

    Peter Rushen of The Fighter Collection?

    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 1:59 pm in reply to: Westland Wallace At Shuttleworth #1141013
    CeBro
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    If the project has stalled, wouldn’t it be a great idea to finish the build for display in one of the UK’s major aviation museums (and providing funding as well of course). Pity that such a nice project is gathering dust in a corner of a hangar.
    Just my opinion
    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 1:59 pm in reply to: Fun at Hendon #1141027
    CeBro
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    No pics of Handley Page’s finest?
    Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 1:47 pm in reply to: Dangerous instruments again (yes I know) #1138522
    CeBro
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    Well, it seems like there are some developments going on over here where people are being harrassed for possession of certain instruments. Cees

    March 31, 2025 at 1:47 pm in reply to: Dangerous instruments again (yes I know) #1138553
    CeBro
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    Tony,

    Any samples? I like it when problems are being solved.

    Cees:)

    March 31, 2025 at 1:42 pm in reply to: How is LZ842 going? #1137509
    CeBro
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    So mor Spitfire parts came out of Russia other than two wrecks?
    Cees

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