Lancaster restoration project.

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29 Oct 2017 19:41 - 29 Oct 2017 21:11 #106 by Ex-Member
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Been re designing the carb intakes today.





they look better now.

we are plodding on very slowly at the moment.

Tony B
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30 Oct 2017 18:53 #107 by Ex-Member
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well today i glued the cowls on and filled the joins.

then i at down and did this.



so i can print it off tomorrow... i hope.

we move forward one small step at a time.

Tony (crawling along) B
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30 Oct 2017 19:53 #108 by Neddy
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Phew - bit nice is all of that!
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31 Oct 2017 05:39 #109 by boz
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"Crawling slowly"well done tony, (get some knee pads) dear boy.
:woohoo:
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31 Oct 2017 18:02 #110 by Ex-Member
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started marking up the nacelles for the rivets today.
then i made a start on dobbing them on.

got bored with that, so i sat down and drew this up for printing.





Tony (slogging away) B
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01 Nov 2017 10:14 #111 by Ex-Member
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Printed this bit out this morning.



goes in here.
well it will once i have painted it.


back to riveting the nacelles then i suppose.

Tony (bored with rivets) B

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01 Nov 2017 10:43 #112 by Eric
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Didn't the pilot hold the sides of the wheel, rather than the bottom cross-bar? It would give a more natural hand position, and a bit more leverage on the mandraulic controls!

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
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01 Nov 2017 11:37 #113 by Ex-Member
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for crying out loud Eric, it's a toy aeroplane, sheesh. :P :P :P

he might be resting his hands before take off, or they have just landed, or i cocked up the pilots hand positions.
big woop, it is close enough for me. ;) ;) ;) ;)

Tony ( a bit peeved) B ;)

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01 Nov 2017 11:45 #114 by Mowerman
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Well said Tony, some people take things too seriously.
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01 Nov 2017 13:26 #115 by Mike Rolls
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Eric wrote: Didn't the pilot hold the sides of the wheel, rather than the bottom cross-bar? It would give a more natural hand position, and a bit more leverage on the mandraulic controls!

Yes he did - but to be fair the pilot's hands are pretty near to where they should be.
Mike

The older I get, the better I was!
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01 Nov 2017 17:49 #116 by Eric
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And people are SOOOO touchy! :P

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
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01 Nov 2017 19:23 - 01 Nov 2017 19:25 #117 by Ex-Member
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Printed the throttle station out as well today.


glued the pilot, control column and throttle station in place.


need to make the panels next.

finished the rivets on the nacelles.


we plod (touchily) on

nearly ready to start the other wing, phew.


Tony (grumpy) B
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25 Jun 2026 13:48 #118 by sidecarkeith
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What a great project. The 8th member of the crew on the day it was lost was my Great Uncle, Wilfred Fothergill. He had just completed heavy conversion on Stirlings and was getting some experience on Lancasters with an experienced crew flying as a "second dickie". His normal crew who were left behind survived the war and remained in contact with his sister after the war.
I visited Rhineburg war cemetery a few years ago where the drew were all together in a row.
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25 Jun 2026 14:00 #119 by THE BLACKBIRD
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The member doing this thread got the hump and threw his dummy out the pram and left
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