Have now replaced the damaged and ripped outer floor skin and inside stiffeners and fabricated brackets to enable securing to trailer at front and rear. Primed for paintwork. Bulkhead repairs next
That’s good I wasn’t experiencing lockdown fever then ?
The aircraft looked very impressive in the sun ?
Ian
Project coming on as time and weather allow, removal of lower tatty skin made easier by making new stands. Trailer mounting brackets to be made, fitted and will then re-skin around them.
Thanks to family members for Lifting operations ?
Hopefully two new progress pictures ?
A few pics of refurb on internal components to show things are still advancing?
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Many belated thanks at this stage must go to John B from New Zealand and George N from the UK, who have both very kindly donated various spares to the project.
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Modifications to trailer before mounting cockpit.
Thanks for the kind words, more pictures to follow soon.
Thanks VARSITY, please keep us in mind if you find a manufacturer/ supplier.
Thanks for the replies and positive comments, everyone. The cockpit looked much improved after the old paint was removed, I had found from use that generally available paint stripper nowadays is nowhere near as good as that of time gone by. However I found some on a well known auction site that was effective.
We will keep an eye open for parts, and hope that if anyone sees or hears of anything interesting out there, they will let us know via the forum or PM.
We hope to get the Dove into a decent ongoing condition for next years cockpitfest at Newark.
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Some more pictures of the progress so far, things moving forward.:eagerness:
Goodo thanks:eagerness:. Certainly a distinctive sound and heading southish.