Back in the war years there were a number of interesting planes around and one of these was the Hurricane. At the same time the intrepid model plane enthusiasts continued making and designing model engines. The engines from the early years are rare as engine technology advanced rapidly during the war years so castings for them equally rare so when my Supplier admitted to having some "spare castings" one had to check them out
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Sadly while there was one complete set but I was not allowed them
but I was allowed the partial set and could "borrow" the missing "Minor" part for a couple of days for a fondle
A piece of Ali was found on the come in handy pile and milled to the same size as the casting and H put a scallop in the side. The face of the casting was fettled flat
and used to draw round to give the profile, which H then roughed out. The finishing was done with a file.
So now the original casting can go back to my Supplier and all I have to work out is how to age the bit of Ali to get that nice dull colour
So that was the "Minor"'s problem... Did I mention the "Major" one
Jo
