I'm unloading all my parts

[waltermrich]

Ok thanks

[Ragwing nut]

Would you have a Luscombe exhaust ? or A BCD12D nose bowl ?

I don't have any luscombe exhaust. I have a couple nose bowls, but need to look at them for condition

[Ragwing nut]

Might you have the trim pieces that attach to edge of sliding side windows (in the middle...felt attached to it).

that should be easy enough to fabricate. I doubt it but will look

[waltermrich]

Would you have a Luscombe exhaust ? or A BCD12D nose bowl ?

[braol]

Might you have the trim pieces that attach to edge of sliding side windows (in the middle...felt attached to it).

[Jim Herpst]

I looked and so far have struck out

Mike ,

Thank you for looking.

Will re-address the weaker pilots side.

Thanks again.


Jim

[Ragwing nut]

Mike do you have any doors for an early 1946? The frame around the door attached to the fuselage is wood. Doors themselves are aluminum. Need some nicer than mine... I am fitting mine to close this week and Think they MAY work. The pilots side ain't the best but I have done as much as I can to make it look and fit...but I will never be truly happy with it even if others cannot tell.

I looked and so far have struck out

[Jim Herpst]

the "45" doors were prewar standard doors. The early "46" door is aluminum and looks like all the other 46 doors but had a wood door frame and curved top, later ones were flat. I think in another thread somewhere we come close to the timeframe they switch, which was april or may I thought.

CORRECT MIKE! At least as far as what I can tell! What I do know is mine is 43831 which was a late March or early April 46 completion. It has the aluminum doors that ARE CURVED THE TOP and of course larger than the prewar (given one an opening to the 45 degree brace along the seat is about all!) . Yup the door frame and all the stringers are wood! A bit of a unicorn.!

Thank you Mike for looking to see if you have any unicorns!

[Jim Herpst]

I will look. At one time I did.

Thank you Mike. Much help

[Ragwing nut]

Earliest post war doors were wood frame on the fuselage and the doors were "P" section steel tube (actually flat metal rolled into a "P" section). That was replaced with a few with sheet metal doors but still had the wood to close up the gape between the fuselage tubes and door frame. That was replaced by metal frames on the fuselage and a slightly different sheet metal door.

Hank

Open to corrections and additions. I am only going by what I have seen. My 42 has WOOD doors and wood door frames and the 45 is an early post war with tube doors and wood pieces to close up the gaps.

the "45" doors were prewar standard doors. The early "46" door is aluminum and looks like all the other 46 doors but had a wood door frame and curved top, later ones were flat. I think in another thread somewhere we come close to the timeframe they switch, which was april or may I thought.

[Ragwing nut]

Mike do you have any doors for an early 1946? The frame around the door attached to the fuselage is wood. Doors themselves are aluminum. Need some nicer than mine... I am fitting mine to close this week and Think they MAY work. The pilots side ain't the best but I have done as much as I can to make it look and fit...but I will never be truly happy with it even if others cannot tell.

I will look. At one time I did.

[Jim Herpst]

Hank,

I wish mine were 1945 doors (perhaps I wish mine were a 1945. ) Lighter planes all throughout. Those doors on a 45 in my opinion were the best. Light and strong . Fabric covered tube doors. The aluminum doors at this stage are mostly beat to hell and not easy to make right. I think mine will pass to the average eye. I probably ought to "just" have new doors built. I could get it done but holy smokes !

[Hank Jarrett]

Earliest post war doors were wood frame on the fuselage and the doors were "P" section steel tube (actually flat metal rolled into a "P" section). That was replaced with a few with sheet metal doors but still had the wood to close up the gape between the fuselage tubes and door frame. That was replaced by metal frames on the fuselage and a slightly different sheet metal door.

Hank

Open to corrections and additions. I am only going by what I have seen. My 42 has WOOD doors and wood door frames and the 45 is an early post war with tube doors and wood pieces to close up the gaps.

[Jim Herpst]

Which doors do you need? 4 options. Which trim system parts. doubt I have any good root fairings.

Mike do you have any doors for an early 1946? The frame around the door attached to the fuselage is wood. Doors themselves are aluminum. Need some nicer than mine... I am fitting mine to close this week and Think they MAY work. The pilots side ain't the best but I have done as much as I can to make it look and fit...but I will never be truly happy with it even if others cannot tell.

[Ragwing nut]

Mike-
We could use trim system parts, and wing root fairings. 'Maybe doors, as ours are mangled...
Thank you!

Which doors do you need? 4 options. Which trim system parts. doubt I have any good root fairings.