Let's see if I can respond to some of the comments posted this week with some pix I took today ......
This is part of the new trailing edge skin that's now in place. Essentially it's a "V" section piece that slides under the edges of the existing skins on both sides .....
That's one of the reasons why a hole finder wasn't being used ~ it cannot slide under the new skin panel.
The other reason it was being done this way is that the reskinning operation was being done by volunteers supervised by a
full time member of staff. This skinning process is one that can be performed accurately by the volunteers. ( 4 full time staff and 70 volunteers work on the aircraft )
Paint colors ! You'd be amazed how many questions we answer every day about the paint that's been applied .....
Take a look at the following images ~ there's only 1 green applied to these air frame sections and yet depending on the angle ~ the amount of daylight ~
shadows cast from outside and inside ........
I've made an attempt to draw your eye to the ends of the red lines I've daubed on the pictures ~ here we can see 3 shades of the same grey paint
Lastly ~ I've highlighted in red one of the air inlet filter panels in the spraying area. There's another one around the other side of the nose.
The fuselage is aligned so the extractor fans stream the airflow straight down the sides of the fuselage.
This is why there's only a single width of brown paper over the Olive Drab on the nose ~ which is close to the air inlets as any over spray should
be carried back away from the nose. I took this close up to try and illustrate how effective this has been.
I'll close this update by saying that all of the activities I try and illustrate and share on this forum are discussed and carefully planned by the full time
staff in the IWM Conservation Hangar. If there's any failure on this thread ~ it's my ability to explain everything fully on occasions
Ohhhh ! I nearly forgot Ken's question about the nose art ......
Ken ~ we're BOTH going to have to be patient for just a little while longer !
Another update soon
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