blue_halloween
Airman
- 33
- Mar 2, 2007
Im not sure if this is the correct place to post this thread but im sure the senior members will soon correct me if its not.
Im hoping if possable to get intouch with other like minded fools, who build instrument panels and hopefully swap ideas, technics and maybe parts as well.
My project is building a complete and as far as possable main instrument panel from a mk111 lancaster sounds impossable but so far its going well.
From all the clocks and meters ive managed to be able to get my hands on 5 of the blind flying panel i just need the Slip and Turn meter to complete and from the other 10 or so auxillary clocks, rev counters boost gauges ect ive got 2 out of 10.most of the parts im buying through ebay world wide, the Altimeter for example came from canada and the engine starter push buttons came from Australia.All the Aluminium will be made as per from the original A.V Roe factory blueprints by myself. In a way im lucky alot of the parts were used on the majority of British Aircraft at this time so there is an abundance.The thing i am lacking is an insight to the older engineering methods of manufactur, alot of these skills are being lost.
Even the simple things like how to drill a round hole through a piece of 3 mm thick aluminium without
1) making a triangle... when the drill shoots through
2)Spending hours looking under the work bench finding that one part you were drilling had shot out of the vice at light speed and disappeared literally in a cloud of dust.
Ill post pics now and then and hopefully be able to get a group going that can exchange ideas ect.
Im hoping if possable to get intouch with other like minded fools, who build instrument panels and hopefully swap ideas, technics and maybe parts as well.
My project is building a complete and as far as possable main instrument panel from a mk111 lancaster sounds impossable but so far its going well.
From all the clocks and meters ive managed to be able to get my hands on 5 of the blind flying panel i just need the Slip and Turn meter to complete and from the other 10 or so auxillary clocks, rev counters boost gauges ect ive got 2 out of 10.most of the parts im buying through ebay world wide, the Altimeter for example came from canada and the engine starter push buttons came from Australia.All the Aluminium will be made as per from the original A.V Roe factory blueprints by myself. In a way im lucky alot of the parts were used on the majority of British Aircraft at this time so there is an abundance.The thing i am lacking is an insight to the older engineering methods of manufactur, alot of these skills are being lost.
Even the simple things like how to drill a round hole through a piece of 3 mm thick aluminium without
1) making a triangle... when the drill shoots through
2)Spending hours looking under the work bench finding that one part you were drilling had shot out of the vice at light speed and disappeared literally in a cloud of dust.
Ill post pics now and then and hopefully be able to get a group going that can exchange ideas ect.
