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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 4, 2019 15:43:40 GMT 12
Des and I spent most of our day putting a second coat of paint on the cylinders and a first coat on the crankcase and exhaust collector ring. I failed to take any photos for some reason. Lois and I are going for a flight in the Air Chathams DC-3 tomorrow so will take some photos then.
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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 4, 2019 15:52:32 GMT 12
In the near future we will need to organise transport for the wooden prop for the Cheetah and some main undercarriage legs. These will need to be picked up from Ferrymead in Christchurch and delivered to Classic Flyers in Tauranga. Does anyone on this forum know of any person making such a trip that might be able to transport these items. Even contacts with transport companies who might be able to backload these items and are capable of collecting and dropping off at the respective locations.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2019 13:42:44 GMT 12
As a team of Kiwis are planning to put the Meteor NF11 back into the air, the Brits have just grounded their last flying one
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Post by baz62 on Jan 6, 2019 13:55:17 GMT 12
It's to be kept in an airworthy state and taxied so at least if someone would like to consider operating her at least they aren't starting with a "dead" aircraft.
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Post by ZacYates on Jan 6, 2019 16:16:21 GMT 12
From what I've read she was bought by the operators of the US Meteor, they took the airworthy engines (which they'd bought this example for) and then donated the aircraft to an organisation at Bruntingthorpe for preservation. A nice gesture - at least this way Brit enthusiasts will still be able to see it.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2019 18:13:14 GMT 12
Yes, that is what I read too.
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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 9, 2019 14:33:14 GMT 12
The 5 Wessex helicopters are no longer at Classic Flyers and I believe that they are now somewhere in Waihi.
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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 10, 2019 16:46:09 GMT 12
I see that Flickr has now frozen my account so I can't upload any more photos until I can find another program that allows me to do this. Does anyone have any ideas ?
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Post by isc on Jan 10, 2019 21:44:53 GMT 12
Probably, but you can't write that here. isc
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Post by Calum on Jan 10, 2019 22:37:49 GMT 12
I see that Flickr has now frozen my account so I can't upload any more photos until I can find another program that allows me to do this. Does anyone have any ideas ? I use postimages.org/ for most of my modelling images that I post into forums like this. It doesn't have a photostream or such like but is fine for what I used it for. I did pay for a FLickr Pro account for my aircraft photos as I liked the function for that. But at $70 AUD a year I'm not sure how long it'll last
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 11, 2019 8:00:06 GMT 12
'sued' ??
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Post by isc on Jan 11, 2019 13:34:59 GMT 12
used. isc
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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 11, 2019 20:39:41 GMT 12
We managed to free up the area around the Cheetah again so that we could get to it. We did some more cleaning and fixing of some of the baffle area around the heads and should be ready to start painting these areas next week. We have also found some BSF nuts to mount the accessories to the back of the engine so some of those have been fitted too. We still seem to be missing some items here so will have to see what we can find.
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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 15, 2019 9:04:14 GMT 12
Here is a photo of the Cheetah taken last week. They are not easy to detail when you can't or don't want to risk taking them apart. 090119 001 by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 15, 2019 12:07:30 GMT 12
What an amazing transformation you guys have done on that engine, wow. It looks so much better now. nd good to see you ahve sorted out the photo posting too.
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Post by ZacYates on Jan 15, 2019 20:05:54 GMT 12
Gorgeous! As an Oxford fan I'm always happy to see Cheetahs and, man, does that look good! Bravo team!
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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 16, 2019 15:20:05 GMT 12
We managed to get a bit of time on the engine today worked around getting the wing on the Avenger. It is all hand painting now and requires at least two coats so it is quite time consuming. We have managed to find a prop for the engine thanks heaps to Denys at Ferrymead. We are also missing a few of the accessories from the rear case so if anyone is aware of any BER parts we would appreciate a heads up. Thanks guys for all the kind words too. 20190116_135437 by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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Post by tbf25o4 on Jan 17, 2019 11:31:23 GMT 12
A grand effort with that engine, a lot of fiddly cleaning and hand painting required. Good luck finding the accessories.
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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 17, 2019 13:01:06 GMT 12
Just looking at the photos again and I see an R1820 behind it. Wonder if we might get the job of cleaning that one up too.
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Post by kiwi285 on Jan 23, 2019 15:43:49 GMT 12
More fiddly brush painting today for Des and I. It appears that we have only 1 of the accessories for the back of the case. The photos below show what we are missing. If anyone can help here even if it is only with some BER cases it will at least look more inspiring than it does at present. 230119 001 by Mike Feisst, on Flickr 230119 002 by Mike Feisst, on Flickr
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