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Post by phil82 on Aug 11, 2012 17:09:51 GMT 12
The story is Gregory peck is a Canadian in the RAF whose wife is killed in a bombing raid on London, which cause him to not worry too much about living himself, so he goes to a Mosquito Squadron in Burma and does derring do's until he meets a Burmese girl who washes his socks et al, and he decides living isn't that bad. He then has a crash in the jungle, and carries his Nav about a 1000 miles to safety, and the Burmese girl...Sigh! Some excellent air to air stuff of the Mossies though, and the crash in particular if I recall correctly, although I saw it a very long time ago.
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Post by TriangleP on Aug 11, 2012 17:20:11 GMT 12
With all of the great updates we are getting about KA114 I have started to wonder if we will get the same level of information about TV959. It has been well publicised that Paul Allen doesn't like his rebuilds to be well publicised. Are Avspecs subject to a Non-Disclosure Agreement which will prevent photos like those above from being published as TV959 goes through it's restoration? If the past is any guide, the answer to your question is probably "yes"...its not even mentioned that they have such an agreement. TV959 is in the best possible hands now, it may be only a few years before she's rolled out like KA114 a few days ago.
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 13, 2012 13:25:40 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 13, 2012 13:27:11 GMT 12
Great stuff!
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Post by spongebob206 on Aug 13, 2012 16:12:11 GMT 12
Thanks Zac
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Post by bsalmon on Aug 13, 2012 16:38:33 GMT 12
Fuse has camo now.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 13, 2012 16:46:46 GMT 12
Wow!!
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nz104
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Post by nz104 on Aug 13, 2012 17:48:44 GMT 12
Far out it looks amazing Well done !!
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Post by beagle on Aug 13, 2012 18:11:12 GMT 12
Just think, a few more years of service and you could have been painting things like this Dave.
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Post by sqwark2k on Aug 13, 2012 18:22:05 GMT 12
Just found this link to a timelapse of the Mosquito build on the Avspecs facebook page. Dunno if it's been posted on these forums yet but it's a youtube clip, so don't panic those that don't do FB etc
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 13, 2012 21:09:13 GMT 12
Great clip there - almost makes it look easy!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 13, 2012 21:11:01 GMT 12
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Post by bsalmon on Aug 15, 2012 16:47:49 GMT 12
Painting the wings...
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Post by vs on Aug 15, 2012 17:15:02 GMT 12
Do they need to put many coats on since it is made of wood? Was the silver a primer?
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Post by steveh on Aug 15, 2012 21:34:22 GMT 12
Its my understanding that most/all of the wooden skinning has doped fabric over it. Traditionally doped fabric had a silver coat over it as UV protection & then any camo finish would be applied over that. Whether this is necessary with modern finsihes I don't know but I'd guess its being done pretty much just as they were back then. Steve.
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Post by Bruce on Aug 16, 2012 8:30:48 GMT 12
Most timber aircraft require a fabric covering as it stops the plywood from splitting and maintains its stability. Even modern synthetic fabrics will deteriorate with UV exposure, so a Silver coat with Aluminium pigment is always used regardless of the top coat finish (most top coat paints will let light through) The red finish that goes on first as seen in the video is an adhesive / sealer that bonds the fabric with the wood and seals the weave to leave a smooth finish.
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Post by setter1 on Aug 16, 2012 11:51:11 GMT 12
Nice Advert from 1945 Flight mag John
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 16, 2012 13:09:11 GMT 12
Nice Advert from 1945 Flight mag John The date on the page actually says 1943. You'd wonder why they needed to advertise at that point in WW2. It makes you speculate on their possible reaction if Goering had rung up DH and placed an order for a few hundred Mosquitos!
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Post by setter1 on Aug 16, 2012 13:14:54 GMT 12
sorry I copied this and the tempest ones out of two mags and went on the Tempest date which was 1945 - eyes letting me down. I was surprised also to see that they were advertising as leading builders of Transport aircraft to the empire - transporting Bullets and Bombs? John
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Post by baronbeeza on Aug 16, 2012 13:18:57 GMT 12
Goering had rung up DH and placed an order for a few hundred Mosquitos! He may well have. He just failed to picked them up from Hatfield.
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