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Thanks guys, I need the proportional info for the mid-to-late war style wing and fuselage crosses without the outer black outline. I work at a warbird museum outside Cincinnati, Ohio and we are building one of the Flug Werk replica FW190A-8s. Before it was shipped to the US it was given an...

Can anyone supply the proportional info for the national insignia for a FW190. Specifically the upper wing B6 style cross, lower wing cross B4 or B1b style, and the fuselage cross B4 style? Thanks in advance.

Hi Jim, Maybe "addendum" is the wrong term. What I'm looking for is the German national markings dimensional info. Back in the 1980's I owned a copy of the painting guide and I remember there were diagrams of the various styles of national markings complete with dimensions. This is what I'm...

Does anyone out there have a copy of the 1980 Monogram Painting Guide to German WW2 Aircraft with the addendum booklet? I recently bought a copy of the book on Amazon but it is missing the Addendum. Is anyone willing to copy theirs for me? I will pay copy and postage costs. I can be...

Eldon, try Aircraft Manuals Blueprints Video Publications They have listed a CD of P40 blueprints. Another source is the National Air and Space Museum. They have the complete engineering package for the P40 on microfilm. The reason I know this is because one of my clients is restoring to...

Vintage Radials, I'm interested in helping out in any way I can. Send me a private message and I'll send you my email address and we can discuss this. I've been busy with P40 work and I'm getting ready to get back into the foundry to cast some P40 parts. Thanks, Barry Home

The DB605 used plain main bearings according to the illustrated parts books I have on CD (from Hafner). This was suprising to me as I thought they'd have used roller bearings. But plain bearings obviously worked... There is the remains of a roller bearing in the crankcase that is related to...

Right now the goal is to amass as many original componets as possible while searching out the necessary engineering data (some of which I have). The drawings that Flug Werk digitized for their FW190 project were found in a German Archive. It may well be that there are engine drawings stored...

Well, I haven't contacted Mercedes-Benz or Daimler. It may well be that I won't be able to call any new engines "DB605". The name of my company is Black Cross Aviation so maybe I'd call it a "BCA605" or something similar. The idea is to use as many original components as possible. There...

Yes, nondestructive inspection will be done as well. Overall the casting is in pretty decent shape considering what it has been through. I have a fair amount of Daimler-Benz documents on mircofilm pertaining to the DB605; inspection of its manufacturing tolerances, material specs for its...

I finally made time to get these shots of the DB605A crankcase in my shop resized so I can post them. The next step for this is to determine if the crankcase is airworthy. That will require the removal of all of the original wartime paint and all corrosion that has attacked the aluminum...

Can anyone out there with a DB605 spare parts list tell me if part number 9-2002 J-2 is a DB605 part number. It should be for the Kraftstoff-Forderpump (fuel pump). I haven't gotten my DB605 Kompendium from Hafner yet (he's out until September 12). Thanks for any help.

Sorry for the delay. Tri-State's P40M has both coolant radiators installed but alas the oil cooler has not been installed yet so I didn't get any pictures of it. They had the wings attached to the fuselage several weeks ago and it was sitting on its gear but they have since separated the wings...

I' m not sure this will help but I will be delivering some parts to the Tri-state Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio on Friday June 18 and will see if they'll allow me to shoot some shots of their P40M. It is currently under restoration and should have its cowls off. As for the Merlin powered...