At Legends in the summer, the chap on the Blenheim stand said that they were seriously considering putting the Mk1 nose on it. However, I seem to remember him saying that it is not just a case of swapping the two as the controls, pilots seat etc all have to be moved to maintain the correct centre of gravity.

Hi all,

If you are finding it hard to find the book shown above, it may be worth investing in a ‘Zeus’ book. This contains numerous data tables & information predominantly for machinists, but includes thread information along with tapping drill sizes etc. As an apprentice, this was somewhat of a bible. Here is a link to a site in Aus that sells it.

http://www.justtools.com.au/prod2065.htm

On another note, has using metric sizes been ruled out? I can see that American and British have some commonality, but in my opinion the availability of BS taps/dies etc will reduce and their price increase over the next few years. I mean, most of the world uses metric as the standard now.

For authenticity, obviously I would recommend to use the original bolt sizes/type.

Cheers,

James

Here are a few more. I don’t have any pics of the Japanese planes I’m afraid. They were all inside the mountain, which has lighting 50 times worse than Hendon’s!!

I’m not sure if the Trident should be in the historic or commercial forum, but then I think it’s both.

I hadn’t heard about the Institute, and was wondering if they are the same place, although I do not recall seeing a P-61. If it is the same place, getting there involved a few bus rides and lots of help from local people. But it was well worth it.