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Lancaster restoration project.
16 Sep 2017 19:26 #46
by Squirrelnet
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Hmm... the old loss leader , now we have the users we''l make em' pay approach ![[badass]](/media/kunena/emoticons/bad_boys_20.gif "[badass]")
Enjoying this thread though..Mr B is doing a great job
Enjoying this thread though..Mr B is doing a great job
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27 Sep 2017 19:59 #47
by Ex-Member
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After a weeks holiday i am back on this slow job.
Tony B
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28 Sep 2017 20:04 #48
by Ex-Member
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Painted the tailplane black this morning as it makes marking out the rivets easier.
then we started blobbing glue about.
as far as i can see and i am open to correction here, the elevators have a metal leading and trailing edge with fabric between them.
so i now need to find out if the fabric was stitched or how it was fixed to the ribs.
we plod on slowly.
Tony B
then we started blobbing glue about.
as far as i can see and i am open to correction here, the elevators have a metal leading and trailing edge with fabric between them.
so i now need to find out if the fabric was stitched or how it was fixed to the ribs.
we plod on slowly.
Tony B
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28 Sep 2017 22:59 #49
by Eric
if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
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Ask the BoB flight, or nip around to Duxford! 
if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
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29 Sep 2017 10:18 #51
by Ex-Member
it should look something like this... i hope
Tony B
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it should look something like this... i hope
Tony B
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29 Sep 2017 11:47 #54
by Quorneng
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It would appear that whoever painted the letters on some of 15 squadrons Lancasters did not exactly follow the Air Ministry instructions which states squadron letters in the appropriate colour (initially grey, then red and post 1945? white) are to be of 6" wide stokes.
I cannot find an actual photo of LS-P but there is one of LS-W that clearly shows it had that type of lettering although a photo of LS-H shows it had conventional ones.
Its anybodies guess!
which states squadron letters in the appropriate colour (initially grey, then red and post 1945? white) are to be of 6" wide stokes.I cannot find an actual photo of LS-P but there is one of LS-W that clearly shows it had that type of lettering although a photo of LS-H shows it had conventional ones.
Its anybodies guess!
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29 Sep 2017 15:23 - 29 Sep 2017 15:26 #59
by Quorneng
Replied by Quorneng on topic Lancaster restoration project.
It does appear that the elevator was fabric covered with the stitching taped over in the conventional way.
This period document (from the Haynes manual?) gives an idea of what it looked like compared to the clearly riveted tail plane. It also gives an indication of the sheet sizes!
Having said that this You Tube video shows the elevator skin of the Canadian Lancaster being removed by drilling out the rivets!
Maybe the Avro Canada ones were different.
This period document (from the Haynes manual?) gives an idea of what it looked like compared to the clearly riveted tail plane. It also gives an indication of the sheet sizes!
Having said that this You Tube video shows the elevator skin of the Canadian Lancaster being removed by drilling out the rivets!
Maybe the Avro Canada ones were different.
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