Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:07 am
Great work, Gary!
Any chance she may make it to Thunder Over Michigan?
SN
Any chance she may make it to Thunder Over Michigan?
SN
Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:12 am
Steve Nelson wrote:Any chance she may make it to Thunder Over Michigan?
There was talk about it early on, but I haven't heard anything in a while. They might be working on it, but I don't know.
Gary
Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:17 am
Mustang51, let us know if you can view these photos taken last week.
Here are the four bomb racks received from Quest Master prior to installing them. Notice that they are all of slightly different lengths, this was due to the way they were removed from the original airplane.
This leg was the only one still full-length, notice how the scrapper carefully torched off the mount but didn't melt the aluminum leg.
Here is a shot of the aft right rack, the tubular structure is the mount that fastened the racks to the aft spar of the wing box.
This photo shows factory assembly men attaching the aft rack mount to the wing box.
Here is a photo of a very early B-24 bomb bay with the aft left rack installed. Notice that the catwalk over the keel beam is only 8 to 10 inches wide.
Finally, here is another shot of the current configuration in Old 927. When the full modification is performed the doors will be installed and a keel beam will have to be fabricated or donated if anyone has a chicken coop made from a B-24 fuselage that they aren't using.
Shorty, the cockpit is looking excellent.
Gary, good idea on the door rollers.
See you in a couple of weeks,
Scott
Here are the four bomb racks received from Quest Master prior to installing them. Notice that they are all of slightly different lengths, this was due to the way they were removed from the original airplane.
This leg was the only one still full-length, notice how the scrapper carefully torched off the mount but didn't melt the aluminum leg.
Here is a shot of the aft right rack, the tubular structure is the mount that fastened the racks to the aft spar of the wing box.
This photo shows factory assembly men attaching the aft rack mount to the wing box.
Here is a photo of a very early B-24 bomb bay with the aft left rack installed. Notice that the catwalk over the keel beam is only 8 to 10 inches wide.
Finally, here is another shot of the current configuration in Old 927. When the full modification is performed the doors will be installed and a keel beam will have to be fabricated or donated if anyone has a chicken coop made from a B-24 fuselage that they aren't using.
Shorty, the cockpit is looking excellent.
Gary, good idea on the door rollers.
See you in a couple of weeks,
Scott
Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:58 am
Gary, the paint looks great! Definitely flat, no if's, and's or but's. The rollers on the doors look like they should work for you the way you wanted them to. Nice job! I know I was one of the one's that suggested you just close up the tail gunner area with sheet metal and Lexan. Poke a gun out of a canvas boot and don't worry so much about the need for it to open. 
I know you want it to be right but try not to lose too many more sleepless night's over it. Hopefully in time, some photo's will surface from someone in the U.K. of the tail gunner area of an "A" model. This would obviously be an enormous aid, in the fabrication process. Having said that, Wixer's, put the word out that we need real photo's of that area. Inside and outside.
Great job again Gary!!
Dave
I know you want it to be right but try not to lose too many more sleepless night's over it. Hopefully in time, some photo's will surface from someone in the U.K. of the tail gunner area of an "A" model. This would obviously be an enormous aid, in the fabrication process. Having said that, Wixer's, put the word out that we need real photo's of that area. Inside and outside.
Great job again Gary!!
Dave
What is cool about the rollers.....
Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:53 pm
What is cool about the rollers Gary is that you get to use real B24 parts.
They may not be at their original location or serve the intended purpose....But B24 parts they are.
Cool, tks for the updates.
If it's worth anything to you. I am going throug a personnal ruff time right now. The daily read of this post always made my day a better one.
Thank you for the hard work & dedication you have had to both see this project through. but also to the fact that you have been gracious by letting all of us in it at the same time.
They may not be at their original location or serve the intended purpose....But B24 parts they are.
Cool, tks for the updates.
If it's worth anything to you. I am going throug a personnal ruff time right now. The daily read of this post always made my day a better one.
Thank you for the hard work & dedication you have had to both see this project through. but also to the fact that you have been gracious by letting all of us in it at the same time.
Re: What is cool about the rollers.....
Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:31 pm
Michel Lemieux wrote:
If it's worth anything to you. I am going throug a personnal ruff time right now. The daily read of this post always made my day a better one.
Thank you for the hard work & dedication you have had to both see this project through. but also to the fact that you have been gracious by letting all of us in it at the same time.
Well, Michel......I've been struggling through some personal issues as well, and the kind words from my peers on the WIX site are a pick-me-up for me, so I reckon we're even.
Thanks,
Gary
Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:37 pm
Hey Gary are you going to come to Oshkosh? If you are, it would be awsome to meet up. The work you are doing is great. This is the best that she has looked, well, ever. have you ever been through Pittsburgh, PA with it. it came here like a year ago.
Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:40 pm
mustangdriver wrote:Hey Gary are you going to come to Oshkosh? If you are, it would be awsome to meet up. The work you are doing is great. This is the best that she has looked, well, ever. have you ever been through Pittsburgh, PA with it. it came here like a year ago.
I don't have any intention of going to Oshkosh personally. Reno is more my cup of tea. However, I don't know if Ol' 927 is going to be there or not. If it is, I suspect that I'll have to go as well. Stay tuned.
I was in Pittsburgh with FIFI & Lil back in 2004, but haven't been back since.
Gary
Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:59 pm
If you go to www.indyairshow.com/Bombers.htm you will see that 927 will be at the Indianapolis Air Show!
Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:02 pm
Gary, please tell Shorty that has cockpit work is awesome! 
It look's great . Give him a big pat on the back for all his hard work and time spent down there in the land of tumbleweed and jack rabbits.
Dave
It look's great . Give him a big pat on the back for all his hard work and time spent down there in the land of tumbleweed and jack rabbits.
Dave
Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:21 pm
Wow! We actually met when you were here with her last. You were telling me about the stuff that you are now doing, and I remember think that it would be sweet if it worked out.
retroaviation wrote:mustangdriver wrote:Hey Gary are you going to come to Oshkosh? If you are, it would be awsome to meet up. The work you are doing is great. This is the best that she has looked, well, ever. have you ever been through Pittsburgh, PA with it. it came here like a year ago.
I don't have any intention of going to Oshkosh personally. Reno is more my cup of tea. However, I don't know if Ol' 927 is going to be there or not. If it is, I suspect that I'll have to go as well. Stay tuned.
I was in Pittsburgh with FIFI & Lil back in 2004, but haven't been back since.
Gary
Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:41 pm
Here's a few of the pics that were made yesterday at the CAF's main hangar. (3-22-2007).
Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:42 pm
Wow! It looks just amazing.
Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:53 pm
WOW!!! What a transformation!
Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:54 pm
Incredible. Just incredible.
kevin
kevin