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Title: spitfire
Post by: pauls on 12 October 2014, 22:03:13: Just watch guy martin and the spitfire rebuild project. Very interesting and lucky sod got to fly in one.
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Post by: TheBoy on 12 October 2014, 22:13:39: Guy is lucky to shoot a beemer with a 50cal. How I'd love to do. Virtually every day
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Post by: omega3000 on 12 October 2014, 22:22:16: Quote from: TheBoy on 12 October 2014, 22:13:39
Guy is lucky to shoot a beemer with a 50cal. How I'd love to do. Virtually every day

How he wept ;D Made a mess on the far side :o
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 13 October 2014, 08:27:10: Oh yes, so need one of those mounted on the roof!
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Post by: chrisgixer on 13 October 2014, 08:40:02: Yes I forgot that modification for TB's dream omega project. ;D
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Post by: Shackeng on 13 October 2014, 10:09:45: He also owns this beauty:

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/521921/Guy-Martin-claims-his-Volvo-fastest-car-in-Britain
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: omega3000 on 13 October 2014, 13:20:18: Quote from: Shackeng on 13 October 2014, 10:09:45
He also owns this beauty:

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/521921/Guy-Martin-claims-his-Volvo-fastest-car-in-Britain

Thats really nice :) :) :)

(http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/24/590x/secondary/210257.jpg)
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: Shackeng on 13 October 2014, 13:35:11: The article in the ST Drive section was even better. :y
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Post by: Terbs on 13 October 2014, 17:05:12: Bloody Sky decided to go on the blink and never recorded it >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Post by: TheBoy on 13 October 2014, 18:22:04: Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 13 October 2014, 08:27:10
Oh yes, so need one of those mounted on the roof!
Just the one, Mr DTM?
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 October 2014, 10:03:52: Quote from: TheBoy on 13 October 2014, 18:22:04
Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 13 October 2014, 08:27:10
Oh yes, so need one of those mounted on the roof!
Just the one, Mr DTM?

I would actually prefer a 40mm canon as used on the later Hurricanes....but would settle for a couple of Brownings
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 October 2014, 10:48:26: After her time as a 'land girl' my mother worked at Vickers-Armstrong during the 1940-45 period.

She worked on the production line where the Spitfire and Hurricane were built.

It was a dangerous job as the factory was regularly bombed by the Luftwaffe. :y
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: omega3000 on 14 October 2014, 12:12:53: Interesting how that machined pin wouldnt fit as his hand heat had made it expand a nats fskin too much :y
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Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 October 2014, 13:36:34: Quote from: Emd on 14 October 2014, 12:12:53
Interesting how that machined pin wouldnt fit as his hand heat had made it expand a nats fskin too much :y

That's the joy of surface grinding, fantastic accuracy :y
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: Andy B on 14 October 2014, 13:56:52: Quote from: Emd on 14 October 2014, 12:12:53
Interesting how that machined pin wouldnt fit as his hand heat had made it expand a nats fskin too much :y

Needed a bigger hammer ......... ::) ::)
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Post by: CaptainZok on 14 October 2014, 14:43:10: Quote from: Andy B on 14 October 2014, 13:56:52
Quote from: Emd on 14 October 2014, 12:12:53
Interesting how that machined pin wouldnt fit as his hand heat had made it expand a nats fskin too much :y

Needed a bigger hammer ......... ::) ::)
Ahh the hammer and oil can school of maintenance.
"If it moves, oil it. If it doesn't move hit it till it does then oil it."
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Post by: chrisgixer on 14 October 2014, 16:04:54: What a fascinating programe. Absolutely brilliant. ...and, as he said, emotional. Wow. :y
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: chrisgixer on 14 October 2014, 16:05:26: Quote from: pauls on 12 October 2014, 22:03:13
Just watch guy martin and the spitfire rebuild project. Very interesting and lucky sod got to fly in one.

Thanks for posting :y
Title: Re: spitfire
Post by: Tony H on 14 October 2014, 21:05:07: Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 14 October 2014, 13:36:34
Quote from: Emd on 14 October 2014, 12:12:53
Interesting how that machined pin wouldnt fit as his hand heat had made it expand a nats fskin too much :y

That's the joy of surface grinding, fantastic accuracy :y
Yep when I trained as a precision engineer the room I worked in was temperature controlled to consistent rate