Adrian Dwyer Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Morning Simon. This is yet another great read concerning something about which I thought I had no interest! Your attention to detail is a pleasure to behold. Thank you for sharing the journey thus far. All the best. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzH Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 12 hours ago, simon king said: Everything restored, home printed transfers for the variometer and control box lettering. Smash moulded a new window for the variometer as well. Did you make the decals for the 19 set and PSU as well? It all looks really neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon king Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 Had those transfer sets printed professionally. The transfers that were available at the time were for Mk III British sets that had had the B sets stripped out, so I needed to create the lettering associated with the B set by copying the individual letters from other labels in the set. Then sent them off to Fantasy Printshop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon king Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 Got the rear hubs and wheels on today. The wheels are painted in the nearest modern match for SCC1A (VanDyk Brown) as part of the disruptive/countershading Mickey Mouse scheme. It can also be seen on the lid of the footstep generator storage box, as per the factory photos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon king Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 MWs (and MWRs) have a circuit diagram printed onto a thin metal plate riveted on the underside of the bonnet. Over the years this faded to the point where effectively it was a bare sheet of metal with a hint of faint lines representing the circuitry. Tasker and Co have now reproduced these plates. The picture show the new and original wiring diagram plates for my MWR. The blue cast is a protective film to be removed before fitting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon king Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 Another milestone in the ongoing restoration. First trial fit of the new canvas from RCH Canvas. A few adjustments are needed but nearly there for what is quite a complicated piece of canvas with lots of straps, leather patches and speaking tubes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob.Brindley Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Looking great, Simon! We've got our order in for canvas, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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