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By: - 17th April 2012 at 19:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Cees, I make Spit type ones. Do you still need any others?
cheers
Tony
By: - 18th April 2012 at 06:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Tony,
Thanks, any pics of your work?
The gauges are similar to the Spit and Hurricane ones, but the scale is to 70 and 100 gallons.
Cheers
Cees
By: - 18th April 2012 at 07:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
We are having great difficulty tracking down the correct ones for the whirlwind.
By: - 18th April 2012 at 08:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I am after fuel gauges for the Comet project, the originals were similar to the spitfire ones but calibrated differently of course for the larger tanks.. Original Spit ones fetch a lot of money so I would be interested if you have more info, ie are they working ones or just static
Thanks
Ken
By: - 18th April 2012 at 17:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sooo, there is a market.
:cool:
Cees
By: - 18th April 2012 at 18:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Mine are purely static.....they take so much effort to assemble, I supply kits!!!
For the fuel gauge, I make the case, glass and a Spitfire face
The bezels for RPM gauges are a 50% failure rate due to getting them out the mould!!
There are a few phots on the website - I dont think I should post pix as I may get spanked!! That said, there is no profit in making them
By: - 18th April 2012 at 19:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I would agree that there is definitely a market for them with different calibrations.
I wonder whether Ian could knock some up using the same methods as he does for the excellent Spitfire cockpit labels and Trim Gauge face etc.
Ian....................?
By: - 19th April 2012 at 19:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Tony,
Your website doesn't show. I have tried several times, can you give me a price by pm?
Cees
By: - 19th April 2012 at 19:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Just a thought, but you might try one of the more prominent classic car magazines. Also, try the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust at Gaydon.
There are a number of establishments who make reproduction Smiths dials for cars. Perhaps they make aircraft ones as well?
By: - 19th April 2012 at 20:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The attachments show the replica instruments in my original P39 panel, and in my Seafire cockpit (triple brakes, oil pressure, fuel gauges, RPM, ASI, boost).
I have had a bit of interest from the NL at Shoreham.
By: - 19th April 2012 at 20:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks vacb, I've been toying with the idea and have a couple of originals as patterns. The cases or at least bezels are the difficult bit, and my painfully slow work rate. I must stop looking at that Saharan P40 cockpit pic and do something useful!
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By: CeBro - 17th April 2012 at 17:58
For the Hampden instrument panel I need three of the classic Smiths
fuel gauges. They are similar to the Spit/Hurricane/Anson etc. version but capacity between 70 and 100 gallons.
Does anyone know if there are good quality reproductions available? If not there must be a market for such items.
Any leads?
Cees