23-06-2007, 12:11 AM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Senior Member   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Middlesex, UK
Posts: 158
 | Building a Mosquito Short film from Pathe showing a little of how the Mosquito was built. http://www.britishpathe.com/images//...0/00038046.WMV |
|  |
|
23-06-2007, 01:35 AM
| #2 (permalink) |
| Junior Member   Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 23
|
__________________  Guy Smith Use WW1 Trench Maps with GPS - Where history and technology meet. http://www.greatwardigital.com |
|
| |
|
23-06-2007, 02:16 AM
| #3 (permalink) |
| Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NW Kent, England
Posts: 758
 | This points up the reason why so few Mosquitos survived - the wooden construction which rotted away. I hope these people succeed in their rebuilds but I wonder how easily they will find two Merlins, and getting the perspex parts cast may be problematic as well.
__________________ for heathen heart that puts its trust in reeking tube and iron shard all valiant dust that builds on dust and guarding, calls not thee to guard thy mercy on thy people, Lord (Kipling) |
|
| |
|
23-06-2007, 08:07 PM
| #4 (permalink) |
| Very Senior Member   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Posts: 4,585
| rebulids or not, it would be great to see one in action again!
__________________ WWW.WARFARETODAY.com |
|
| |
|
23-06-2007, 08:58 PM
| #5 (permalink) |
| Legendary Member Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 5,121
| my best friend has been telling me for weeks they are rebuilding Mossies from the original moulds, but he's always had it as in this country. excellent find. And it's technically not perspex they should be using, but i always forget what the plastic is called when I need to remember. It'll come to me. |
|
| |
|
24-06-2007, 12:15 AM
| #6 (permalink) | |
| Very Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,968
 | Quote:
Mosquito Aircraft Production at Downsview
__________________ _______________________________________ Squadron Leader Pujji - Audio Interviews (half way down the page) | |
|
| |
|
24-06-2007, 03:27 PM
| #8 (permalink) |
| Legendary Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Neverland
Posts: 5,648
| Would it be Plexiglas?
__________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by |
|
| |
|
29-06-2007, 01:54 AM
| #10 (permalink) |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: House of Bedfords, Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 760
| Glyn Powell has been beavering away on the Mossie fuselage moulds etc since the 70s, IIRC. He was doing the work for himself but as he's progressed, more people have found out about him and now his dedication will be responsible for, I reckon, returning the next Mossie to the skies. Keeping history alive. The Merlins shouldn't be too hard in the great scheme of things, the guys working on the Mossie have a lot of experience with them. Usually a restoration/rebuild such as this will have a core aircraft/wreck to build from so I imagine most of the metal "bits" will be originals/NOS etc or can be used as patterns. The really hard work was the moulds. Kyt might be able to answer this. Mossies weren't as popular in Burma because the humidity and weather played havoc with the wooden "sandwich"?
__________________ Cheers Andy Apres moi le deluge But there are deeds that should not pass away....And names that must not wither - Byron HMAS Sydney II - lost with all hands and waiting to be found |
|
| |
 |
« Previous Thread
|
Next Thread »
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Mosquito Memorial | Dieppe | World War II News Articles | 0 | 29-09-2007 07:27 AM |
| Mosquito video on you tube | morse1001 | The War In The Air | 4 | 21-05-2007 05:22 PM |
| Flying Mosquitos? | von Poop | The War In The Air | 39 | 28-02-2007 02:15 AM |
| Last 'Blitzed' Building | Kyt | World War II News Articles | 4 | 02-02-2007 07:51 PM |
| The Mosquito - A Good Story | spidge | The War In The Air | 15 | 19-05-2006 08:07 PM |
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:23 AM.
