With some real parts:

http://www.mycockpit.org/forums/showthread.php/12672-Spitfire-IX-Project/page10
http://www.aerosimsolutions.com.au/spitfire.html

Sokol1

That is too cool, I love it!

Been quietly watching this one on the forum over there its really a remarkable pit!

More views of it here...
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/start-finish-builds/spitfire-ix-cockpit-1-1-a-17217-24.html
A lot of other nice pits going together as well.

Amazing Work!

Regards,

J. P. Kelly

Thankyou Gents, glad you like her.

Very soon now (when I finish these crazy work hours) she will get finished off. Still a bit of wiring, installing and an inside paint job (not happy with the current green which did not come mixed anything like the paint chip!!) to go, along with a couple of custom PRU bits and pieces.



Darryl H, AKA Killratio AKA Tony Hill

Hey mate,glad to see you here...Keep up the good work.Don,t stress on the "cockpit green" too much.Have an original throttle quadrant somewhere and the green comes in three shades on the front and back plates...
For best result I think Humbrol 66 is the best bet..

G'day mate!

Yeah, I know it is a bit of a dogs breakfast but I was hoping for something close. the paint I had mixed looked good on the chip but, oh boy, probably 1/2 to 1/3 of the tone when on the skin!

I got a new colour spray pack last night and gave one section a squirt...net result..TOO dark. BUT, at least it looks a bit better than too light. And I have seen a Spit XVI with a very similar toning that Tony Bianchi was flying, so I will go ahead with it I think. A bit more "manly" than the light green.

Cheers and glad to be here...



Darryl

At last a bit of progress. 3 full days work I had set aside turned into two half days..but never mind.

Before:


The completed Landing Lamp Unit:






I am half way through a respray of the interior to this new green colour..still not quite right but as close as I am going to try to get.


I spent a lot of extra time on the LLU because of the great pictures I had access to. Thanks mate!!

It is a nice looking unit and it looks great mounted under the panel. I just have to do a legend for it and finish the painting in the area and it can go back in. Pictures then!

The radiator shutter lever has been ditched and I have ordered another which will look spot on and work of a pot for controlling radiator shutters (or cowl flaps in GA aircraft Thunderbolt etc.)

More soon hopefully.


Darryl

OK, finally some photos of the Throttle (and you can see the new better green interior as well on the last two photos..the throttle pics washed out with the flash.).

1. Closed position, Prop Pitch full fine...as you would leave the aircraft.




2. Maximum weak mixture setting with the mixture lever (left) at its full travel. The throttle can be moved forward from here but will exceed the allowable boost if weak mixture is selected. When the throttle is closed from here it takes the mixture back with it to "rich" (fully back) position, so the engine can not be run at weak mixture and low power, which causes detonation if allowed to happen.



3. The warning horn switch (rear) and undercarriage indicator power switch(forward).



4. The label for the throttle...carved with an engraving dremel bit into the wood handle I made.



5. Full rated boost with the throttle at the forward stop...if moved a little left from here it can be pushed further forward to the takeoff setting (or to full boost if the boost override cutout is flipped. I've just noticed that this setting is NOT safe as the mixture is "weak"..it should be pulled back fully...Ill catch hell from the Mechanic for that!!




6. Top view..you can see the stop on the left for the mixture at half way...also the forward stop for Rated Boost and then the slip chanel of the gate to go sideways and a little further forward into Take off Boost.





And a couple of the monitor tray now ready to be installed after the wiring is finished.