Tango01  | 13 Jan 2012 12:14 p.m. PST |
This is an interesting article and work about a restored Zero from a wreck discovered in the Ballale Island jungles in the Solomons.
The link about Japan Aviation is good too.
Wonder to ask if you know that actually people still restored old planes from WW2 or this is an activity that was abandoned.
straggleresearch.com
Thanks in advance for your guidance. Hope you enjoy the link. Amicalement
Armand |
| Company D Miniatures | 13 Jan 2012 12:29 p.m. PST |
Thank you Armand- another good find. |
| Augustus | 13 Jan 2012 2:11 p.m. PST |
Restorations are still going on at the CAF in Texas. Not as many as there once were certainly, but more because of the fewer and fewer viable airframes being found. Excellent link. |
| Mikhail Lerementov | 13 Jan 2012 3:32 p.m. PST |
Not only is restoration ongoing,(another original FW-190 is in the works), but some new aircraft are being built using manufacturers plans. Most notably there is a new Me-262 flying. link |
| jowady | 13 Jan 2012 7:40 p.m. PST |
One of the hotbeds of restoration is a company in New Zealand that has recently restored, among others several Polikarpov 1-16s |
| Old Slow Trot | 16 Jan 2012 10:28 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 16 Jan 2012 11:31 a.m. PST |
Glad you had enjoy the link and thanks for your guidance boys!!. Amicalement
Armand |
| desert war | 16 Jan 2012 4:31 p.m. PST |
To "restore" an aircraft all you need is the original data plate, and some good machinists. I know of someone who restores P-40s, they are basically new airplanes with the original data plate. some of the original metal may be used. |
| spontoon | 18 Jan 2012 2:43 p.m. PST |
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is almost finished restoring their Bolingbroke! |
| Lion in the Stars | 23 Jan 2012 10:13 a.m. PST |
The challenge for a good restoration is finding an engine. If the Royal War Museum ever ground-loops their Bf109, it's done. The crankshaft cannot be replaced, according to Rolls Royce. For some aircraft, like P51s or P38s, it's not bad at all, thousands of engines were made. But for the Axis birds especially, finding an original engine is nearly impossible. Sheetmetal is sheetmetal, any competent aircraft mechanic can re-skin a plane. Fabric coverings are a little more complex, but still taught to new mechanics. And I'd love to have a CR42, just because. |
| desert war | 23 Jan 2012 11:38 p.m. PST |
The challenge for a good restoration is finding an engine. If the Royal War Museum ever ground-loops their Bf109, it's done. The crankshaft cannot be replaced, according to Rolls Royce. with enough money they can get one made, but it will not be cheap. |
| Lion in the Stars | 24 Jan 2012 9:00 a.m. PST |
What the RWM said when they got their 109's engine *back* from Rolls (and unpacked it from layers and layers of foam, armor, etc), was "This crankshaft is in the dead center of a set of tolerances that we cannot achieve with our modern CNC machines. Don't break it, we cannot make a replacement." |
| desert war | 24 Jan 2012 9:13 a.m. PST |
how do you think Daimler-Benz made it, Rolls may not be able to make one but if you give the original manufacturer enough money they will more then likely be able to make you one. Now to pay for the tooling and such it we are talking a lot of money but possible if not probable. |
's commission from one of our own.