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  • in reply to: Polishing Aluminium (Merlin) Parts. #1101823
    ZRX61
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    I copied this design to make my soda blaster:
    http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/G8TCarb002-1.jpg

    Everything within about 15ft ends up white….but it does a great job considering it cost me about $5.00.

    Obviously used for small stuff….

    in reply to: Polishing Aluminium (Merlin) Parts. #1101826
    ZRX61
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    Check out the hot rod shows or Street Machines.A lot of the aluminium parts on their engines are polished.
    http://www.ehow.com/how_4509549_polish-aluminum-engines.html
    Nice carb ZRX61..hope you got all the dust out of the fuel ports.Any update pics of this project 🙂

    Still knocking dents out, roof on the drivers side is almost back to the correct shape, got the hood straightened out & the left fender is looking better. Found a carb rebuild kit at the local AutoZone store.
    Slowed up on it this week as I’ve been working on the F350 crewcab dually to put that beast back on the road (520+hp 460CobraJet). Another project with my kid also took some time. She’s decided she wants to learn how to use an airbrush for painting, so I showed her how to use that & she ran with it. Looks like a natural.

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/008.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/004.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/003.jpg

    in reply to: Polishing Aluminium (Merlin) Parts. #1102119
    ZRX61
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    Plastic & soda also works well…

    As removed:
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/5-19-10-8T012.jpg

    After plastic:
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/5-19-10-G8T004.jpg

    Then dismantled & given another blast of plastic
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/G8TCarb005.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/G8TCarb006.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/G8TCarb003.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/G8TCarb004.jpg

    Then soda blasted…

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/G8TCarb009.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/G8T%20Project/G8TCarb010.jpg

    in reply to: Polishing Aluminium (Merlin) Parts. #1102256
    ZRX61
    Member

    What specific parts are they? If we know that, we will know what finish you’re trying to get.

    If you’re just wanting them to look all blingy we could use a pic of how they look now..

    in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1104219
    ZRX61
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    An entire month goes by & no news??

    ZRX61
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    I seem to recall some pics of a USN F4 on the Ark sprouting a new paint scheme overnight…:diablo:

    in reply to: Hardwick #1108431
    ZRX61
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    My mother still has one of those Singer sewing machines, altho it now officially retired. 🙂

    http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y322/billyjack_2010/h7.jpg

    in reply to: "Behind you…..!!" #1109962
    ZRX61
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    Find out his cell phone #.. call him up & give him an earful of “dakka dakka dakka dakka dakka dakka…”:D

    in reply to: Aircraft tool ID? #1110253
    ZRX61
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    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/CIMG2799.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ZRX61/CIMG2804.jpg

    in reply to: L-39 Loonie #1110267
    ZRX61
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    Defense attorney John Duran countered that the aerial display was a carefully choreographed event flown by a skilled pilot who maintained the required altitudes and distances between his plane, the beach, the pier and those on the ground.

    Citing court testimony, Duran asserted that some witnesses could not say if Riggs’ plane or the other L-39 made the high-speed passes. A safety expert retained by the defense also testified that the flight did not endanger the public because the plane was in good condition and was flown by a pilot certified for L-39s.

    Skip Holm was flying the other L39. I’ve seen the video & he (Riggs) made a run pretty much straight at the pier, screaming kids running in all directons etc….
    Riggs is a blithering idiot.

    in reply to: Aircraft Chocks #1113241
    ZRX61
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    hmmm, will last all of five minutes in English grass!

    Pressure treated or White oak 😉

    in reply to: Aircraft Chocks #1113706
    ZRX61
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    4×8 piece of wood, 5 minutes with a bandsaw, sorted…

    in reply to: Did you know… #1113716
    ZRX61
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    Did you know that midgets were employed by Consolidated for final assembly of the wings of B24s. From the inside. I think they let them out again.

    I wonder if Lockheed did the same thing with Connies? I think there’s a hive of very old midgets near Burbank airport….

    in reply to: Did you know… #1113808
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    Did you know it’s possible to fly a swordfish (in it’s frozen state) from Ascension to Port Stanley. Been done!
    Resmoroh

    Did you know it’s possible to get a curry from the Indian take away near Brize & have it for lunch in Stanley the next day? 😎

    Did you know officers in Stanley get pissed off if you don’t cut them in on the deal? 😡

    in reply to: French FlugWerke190 F-AZZJ Ditching Today, Pilot Safe #1114796
    ZRX61
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    I don`t know how quicly the salt water would wreck things.I remember years ago a picture on the front of MCN of Joey Dunlops motorcycles strapped to the deck of a trawler which had sunk in the irish sea.They raised the bikes and had them stripped and running for the TT races.

    When the bikes were raised they were sunk again in a huge tank of diesel…

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