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04-27-2009, 11:52 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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__________________  Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. | |
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04-27-2009, 12:51 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Helsinki Finland
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| What a great plan! Keep working,mate and keep us posted, please!
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04-27-2009, 01:07 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Texas
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| Most excellent, can't wait to see the finished product. Oh, btw, whose pink xbox controller is that in the first pic? |
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04-27-2009, 10:29 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand
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| AWESOME! 
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04-30-2009, 02:39 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK
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| Hi guys.... Quick update. I managed to finish off the lower side panels this week...pics attached... and have centre-punched all the rivet locations ready for drilling out when I've built the internal ribs. Will be marking out the firewall tommorrow eve (Friday) and hope to get it cut out this weekend. Still on-track to start on the internal ribs next week....hope the weather is OK (When I got the side panels out to finish off, got everything laid out and then...had to run for cover due to a hailstorm !!!! All this flurry of activity is to get something presentable to take to this years Cockpitfest over the Fathers day weekend in June....so no pressure....really ! Oh yeah....hmmm....that manly X-Box controller...thats my sons...he's hoping to collect all of the colours avialable...gawd help me !
__________________ Cheers Gary  My P-51D Cockpit Project http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/sta...ect-18113.html Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls |
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04-30-2009, 03:12 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Nice work Gary. with a bit of luck and a following wind, I might see you at Cockpit Fest.
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05-01-2009, 07:20 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| Coming along nicely Gary.....
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05-01-2009, 08:36 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | Coming along nicely Gary, looking forward to seeing the finished product. Hope you get it done in time for Cockpit Fest.
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05-01-2009, 09:18 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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05-02-2009, 08:54 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK
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| The Firewall. Spookily enough....I'm right out of armour plate at the moment !. So...next best thing...MDF !. Its cheaper, its easier to work with, its bl**dy lighter to carry around and when painted, will look just right. As I dont have a spare Merlin lying around...yet... ready to bolt on the front of my Project (All donations greatfully received and put to good use !!) I decided to put a sheet of Ali behind the Armour plate (MDF) so that there is no ruddy great hole where there shouldnt be. I dont have the skill set or tools to make the pressed plate that fits in the middle, so its just plain and flat. Likewise, I will be fitting a flat plate to the r'send of the cockpit tub to finish it off, so I'm not following plans to the n'th degree. To strengthen the Ali, I added an inch around the firewall plate to peen over and to help with extra 'meat' for rivetting the panels on, when I get that far. Unfortunately, due to the curvature of the top profile, its all 'rucked up' so I either try and beat it into shape...but that will stretch the Ali... or take it all apart and trim off the extra. Not sure what to do yet. Not that you can see, but I'm using metric nuts and bolts here. My local hardware store doesnt have the type I should be using so for ease, and as its not going to be airworthy, I've decided to use the dreaded metric stuff. Before final paint, I will get a modelling grinder across the top of each bolt to remove the metric details. This will be an interesting job one evening as I still have 32 extra bolts to fit to each of the lower armour plate profiles....yup, my shop had run out of those too ! The blue on the Ali is a protective plastic sheet that will be removed and when I've finally got the 'tub' together, it will more than likely be polished....highly !. Hoping to get some right- angle Ali strips early next week, then I can start on the flooring and then look at adding the lower side panels and the firewall. With that done, I need to then make all the internal ribs, to give the required profile and strength and then I can look at mounting my instrument panel. woopee ! What I do need to find out, is a wiring diagram for the Mk14 gyro gunsight, so I can see if I can get the aiming reticule to work. I dont even know if its a 12 or 24 volt system so I have some research to do here. Right, thats enough for today, I'm off for a cold beer !
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05-02-2009, 08:57 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK
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Anybody else going to this event, if so, drop by for a chat as Tony will have his Spittie there, my 'Stang will be there for all to see and I will also have my pc running flight sims for all to have a go on.
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05-02-2009, 09:02 AM
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| “Archive”  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin
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| Great job there Gary, coming along nicely.
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05-02-2009, 09:31 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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| Looks great Gary!
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05-02-2009, 02:59 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Neat work Gary, looking good. If there's a bottle of Shephard neame on offer, I'll definitely be there mate! Far as I know, the gunsight would have been on the main 24 volt circuit. I can't promise, but a neighbour of mine MIGHT still have a manual for the (British) MkII GSCG sight, from which the K14 was licenced. He's looking in his loft to see if it's still in his box of 'junk', as he calls it! I'll let you know asap if he finds it, and get it copied etc.
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05-03-2009, 04:13 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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| You lucky sods....that sounds like a ball! I'll have an extra cold Guinness! Looks great mate!
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