de Havilland Tiger Moth Panel & screen – this is a work in progress as I reckon a bit of woodwork may see the screen mounted atop the panel ready for display in the Museum
….. But getting back to a point made earlier, there ARE enough parts around to substantially reassemble a second static Typhoon, if all the people owning parts would pool their resources together.
Yes, wings are missing, but to make a reproduction set for static use would hardly break the bank! One could approach the RAFM to measure theirs.
It is indeed a big aeroplane! The Stirling cockpit that I am loosly assisting to recreate will practically be the size of a Routemaster bus when finished! 😀
I have a picture of ‘TJK taken at Plymouth on 3rd January 1967, which will shortly be uploaded to ABPIC (http://www.abpic.co.uk). The original slide was badly damaged by fungus etc so it has taken a while to return the image to a viewable condition! If you would like a copy please contact me at [email]chrisengland37@gmail.com[/email], and I will send it to you.
Bruce,supplied which engines?? As far as I am aware no one has overhauled a Centaurus in the U.K since Vintech? I hope the recent overhaul by Mike Nixon for RNHF goes ok,does anyone know if its been run in VR930 yet? Magnetos for the Centaurus are not so rare,there is a shelf full of them here & I am sure given a test bench and overhaul manual any decent shop could sort em out:D,IMHO the main issue has always been the lack of sleeves and to a lesser extent master rod bearings,anyway I hope Nixons are successfull,cheers,Pete
The Centaurus from Sea Fury VX281 was rebuilt to airworthy standards at North Weald only 2 years ago.
Bruce,supplied which engines?? As far as I am aware no one has overhauled a Centaurus in the U.K since Vintech? I hope the recent overhaul by Mike Nixon for RNHF goes ok,does anyone know if its been run in VR930 yet? Magnetos for the Centaurus are not so rare,there is a shelf full of them here & I am sure given a test bench and overhaul manual any decent shop could sort em out:D,IMHO the main issue has always been the lack of sleeves and to a lesser extent master rod bearings,anyway I hope Nixons are successfull,cheers,Pete
The Centaurus from Sea Fury VX281 was rebuilt to airworthy standards at North Weald only 2 years ago.
Another month of beavering away at the many castings that makes up the flightdeck jigsaw has seen us assemble the seat chassis to the rails. This now slides back and fore with ease and the seat adjuster has now been fully assembled to lock the seat in the desired position. We’ve learnt several lessons from the P2 side which will assist us when it comes to the P1. It’s all temporarily assembled for the time being although we are within an ace of fully assembling the P2 seat and rails and putting it to one side and finished in primer for the time being.
John
Very impressive work John. As every assembly goes together, There is so much metal work in the simplest of structures.
Another month of beavering away at the many castings that makes up the flightdeck jigsaw has seen us assemble the seat chassis to the rails. This now slides back and fore with ease and the seat adjuster has now been fully assembled to lock the seat in the desired position. We’ve learnt several lessons from the P2 side which will assist us when it comes to the P1. It’s all temporarily assembled for the time being although we are within an ace of fully assembling the P2 seat and rails and putting it to one side and finished in primer for the time being.
John
Very impressive work John. As every assembly goes together, There is so much metal work in the simplest of structures.
Yes, they were attached to the remains of the spar, but that would be of little use except for curios after all this time.
Bruce
I agree, but some airworthy Spitfires have been “resored” from less!
Sure, there is a ready made industry able to process any identity these days, and a Mosquito would be starting from scratch, but the Spitfire does set a precedence!
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