Here’s a close up. It has the end of the next gate for the Landenklappen. What an excellent language German is.
I’m thinking Ju88 as it’s anodised. A cockpit line drawing shows the sprung gate at the end. I’ll try and photograph the book. It looks dug up and the kind of thing one would be pleased to own! On the side console, bottom left of the dashboard here: http://www.scalemodelnews.com/2012/03/cockpit-details-for-junkers-ju-88-model.html
Looking good. Everything in it’s place and a place for everything!
Hello wulfie, can’t get pms to work on my phone. Could I have a small table for spit panel and stuff next to Mr templeman again? Cheers, Ian.
I may have a copy somewhere Steve, as I’ve got the stick out of XA801 (allegedly) and remember seeing the photos. I don’t think it described which yard. The stick came from Germany! Do you still have a ‘surplus’ brake lever, I’m suddenly after one and was looking at old threads.
Interesting find Tony, always helps when there’s a label on it! Had to google the Curtiss H16. Looks like a cross between a Walrus and a Catalina. Nice.
That looks like the magic of 3D printing, Old Spitty. I’m looking forward to playing with one in a few weeks. Did try to laser cut a UC indicator for my panel project but found a real one so rather lost interest. Glad to hear you’re healthy, Firebex. I do a good trim gauge face and I think you’ve seen my labels on that ebay.
Amazing work. Love the detail on the braided wire. Is that an original yoke?
Yes he was. At least he isn’t claiming the paintwork is original! There are some very gullible people out there.
That is a very detailed drawing Langdon. The MkVII Spit in the Smithsonian, EN474 has the ‘Jettison’ label installed, as well as having a split panel and some of it’s instruments mounted from the front. Unfortunately an on line cockpit photo here: http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/multimedia/detail.cfm?id=1653
does not have the resolution to read the label. I’ve attached the best I can do from ‘At the Controls’ A book of Smithsonian cockpit photos, which is printed at a slightly higher resolution. Some of the lettering is still hidden behind the gun sight. It might be worth contacting the senior photographer at the museum, Eric F Long at the time of publication, to see if more shots were taken.
There are plenty of repro BFPs on ebay, although one I bought scarcely fitted any of the gauges so I can’t recommend a vendor! I had a go at a laser engraved modification plate a while ago but need to perfect it. This is a mod plate rather than the mythical data plate though. I need to improve the number stamping skills, got a bit carried away on this first go.
A very satisfactory result. Well done!
They look much like Blenheim, very nice!
Interesting story, are the other parts on line yet? I hope he turned his guns off before firing that footage of the chute.
I think Rocketeer has the remains of one of these, mentioned in another thread. The extra functions on the stick itself were autopilot controls. The same can be seen on some Luftwaffe bomber yokes.