Thanks for the update, Runway06. I was also tempted to make the journey from Wales but drank too much with Sunday lunch and had to abandon my car on the mean streets of LLandaff, so no stupidly early start. Hopefully Old Sarum will be better. Only a fortnight to wait.

They look great together. Well worth the investment. The panel looks immaculate!

As aeronut says, spinny thing from the back of a tractor.

Very nice stuff! Your B50 yoke really is a treat, Swifter. The personal connection makes the Herc yoke, Martyn. I must find my Air Cadet log book, just in case the Andover I had a go in with the ATC is the one I flew with cider at Glastonbury!
The triggerless grip could be a back seater/instructor. I’ve got a pair of Mig21 UMs, one triggered, one not. I’ll check my Seahawk grip for cast numbers tomorrow when the light is better.
On the acquisitions front, here’s a very agricultural spade grip from a Polikarpov R5. It needs a good soak in Deox C, but is still sound. Next, an Eastern European column which was a long term mystery until Martyn i.d it as from a Polish Iryda trainer. Also a couple of mystery helicopter cyclics. One is Bell 206/Jetranger but unlike anything in photos and dated 1967.

Yes please TwinOtter, I’ll be on stall 46 with my back to the Gnat. The joystick is already spoken for but the rest, and more, will be available. This is almost a virtual jumble. A pity you can’t make it Bill, hopefully you can be reintroduced to your Seahawk bits at the Fest.

It’s similar to a blast tube from one of the wing guns, although I think they are heavier grade stainless steel.

A bit more progress on the Cobra panel, with knobs and switches on the made up weapons panels and a selection of eyebrow and pillar lights. The artificial horizon helpfully has the aircraft type (Bell 209) marked. Next is a stand for the gunner’s panel.

In the second batch of photos, I think the first item is a corner of the radio racking. The round profile is the base of the spring. The numbering on the first piece looks like nothing I’ve seen on a Spit. Intriguing!
Googling shows the first piece to be the tuning dial from the radio. http://spitfirespares.co.uk/radio.html