In the materials specs for the legend plates two types of material are called for,anodised aluminium [which i use]the base colour of which is specified,as is the lettering colour and a laminated material….. however that was an early phenolic based plastic and i have so far been unable to find any stockists carrying it …..most “multi” layer materials are too thick or wrong type of plastic

With regard to the pilots panel when made from aluminium [along with other “sub” panels] a “black crystalline finish” is specified ……this is the wrinkle paint finish so loved by early MG owners…….

It was not applied to the “phenolic” panels,the nearest equivalent we have to the phenolic s today are the “TUFNOL ” materials.These however have a laminated base structure,either made of paper [cellulose] or cloth.The trade names for various types ,use fish species to differentiate the various types [carp ,perch etc etc]

Smirky ….I think you will find that all marks used the red back ground for these plates, I am basing that statement on the AVRO drawing .

As for making the pilots panel plates in red ,nice thought but how about a lighter pink shade to go with your blood shot eyes????…custom colours are available at a premium

shrinkage allowance off the original casting when used as a pattern can vary depending on the thickness etc of the structure [anything from 3-6%]…..but if you have the skill and foundry practice and are using “old” ways of producing the mold boxes then that can be fiddled ….allowing very close dimensional reproduction of the new casting

TANGMERE 1940 thanks for your reply to my question I have tried to pm you but your box appears tyo be full

Peter whole seat assembly is copied including the head armour,with all its horrible stepped washers,all mounting brackets and boy some of them made my head hurt just thinking how to hold them in milling machine

Thanks for the kind words Peter and Tony,i will post pics of the frame as soon as its done.Tony you still building a hurricane around the firewall i made for you?That was another interesting project,mind you not as bad as putting the square ends on the tubes you wanted.I see that Graham Adlam has the hurricane center section,something that has been nagging at the back of my mind about that job,what was the identity of the genuine section i had in the workshop?