Smiler,

I used to work at Boscombe Down myself until 2001. I was there for 5 years at the HSMU (Harrier Software Maintenance Unit).

Me my old boss at Old Sarum, and my old Station Commander.....Both retired, but keeping busy.

Hey ho,

Steve

4 to 4.5 litres rings a bell, depending on how much oil you have left in your engine.

Doh! Peter got there first

What is you rev counter doing? If it is dropping to zero intermittently, it points to ignition circuit....all of it

Steve

Well done and congrats on your new purchase. I think the rear lights look good - I would be keeping them if they were of good quality.

Steve

Did the repair on the front of the bonnet, which had been there for some time. The Matt black is a temporary finish, applied with a brush, for the short/medium term and looks okay from a distance. But there are compatibility issues with the feathered edges of the underlying paint, so really should h...

Like the Yangste Incident?

More pictures. this time on the driver's side. Radial cracks can be made out in the underlying fibre glass. New layer of matting applied to cover.

Time for some rubbing down and filling before some temporary paint.

Steve

Actually it was nice to sit in all these cockpits and press all the buttons and pull all the toggle switches, even the red ones and those surrounded by yellow and black. In my days in the RAF, this was a bit of a 'no, no'....As you can imagine! Also I am particularly interested in the older British ...

An American pilot once commented that only the British could produce such a powerful aircraft that could not break the sound barrier.......But apparently good for low level strike and tossing 'red beards' about. A rather large aircraft for our small carriers though. I am sure that if P.A had one, it...

Even after the "Tidworth Incident" the day was not a complete write-off. Here is me in another Scimitar, of the Supermarine variety. I was surprised on how relatively simple the cockpit was for a nuclear capable, carrier borne, fighter bomber. Alas, it was not the complete aircraft, just the nose se...

Actually, the hinges are not too bad, although they would benefit from 5 minutes fettling in the vice, and the damage to the bonnet is only really the rear corners, which are now white and fluffy. Plus a couple of dings on the wings. So if the sun is out, I might do a repair on the bonnet at home. O...

Ian, that was the joke

jim, are you about Sunday? I believe you were saying a week or two ago, that you were going to be very busy....

I have a can or two of Satin Black

Steve

Today, I decided to take a run out to Old Sarum Museum and then on to Salisbury to buy the wife some cheap perfume... Any way, on the approach to Tidworth the bonnet of my SE5a decided to open. It was a shock, I can tell you, as we were doing 60 at the time. Brakes on! I managed to jam it closed eno...

Dash3.jpg Dash2.jpg Might be making this panel out of metal and once bent into shape, gluing on some veneer. But I am also thinking of trying 4mm marine ply and scoring the back to allow me to bend it. Then securing and strengthening using some glass fibre matting. Need to look at the console area ...