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The exhibition pt 2 (Read 264 times)

Oct 19^th, 2005 at 9:35am

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The other wing, the riveting is beginning to haunt my nightmares

All those ribs inside the wing need annealing. Oh no....

Rotol 5 bladed prop up front (with spinner)

The original Spitfire wind tunnel test model, never before seen!

The genius himself, RJ Mitchell

An oddity, the head of this hammer is made from one of the wing bolts from K5054 the first Spitfire, again never seen before!

Some odd bits, what are they? Doug and Will you're not allowed to play Wink

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #1 - Oct 19^th, 2005 at 12:43pm

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Well there is a drum from one of the 20mm cannon and some ammo including some of that .303 rubbish, but I have no idea what those other bits are. One looks like a header tank of some kind.
Interesting stuff here pal, love that wind tunnel model (you can see where RJ built in those rocker cover bumps to take a real engine at some point Wink

Good luck with the rivets pal Grin

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Reply #2 - Oct 19^th, 2005 at 3:38pm

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I'm surprised you didn't get these mystery items Roger. You are correct on the ammo drum Wink

The bulges I believe were meant to represent the exhaust stacks old bean, none of that Griffon rubbish Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #3 - Oct 20^th, 2005 at 1:05pm

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Is no. 48 a fuel filler funnel type thingy? ??? It would stop fuel splashing on to hot exhausts...

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Reply #4 - Oct 20^th, 2005 at 1:25pm

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Very close Simmer Wink

Actually it is the oil funnel for a Merlin engine!
As no-one even tried the other one I'll tell you that it is an oleo pump for adjusting the suspension on the Spit by changing the pressure in the shocks... imagine doing that by hand whilst the plane is sitting on its wheels Shocked