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Re: Interesting to note on the NMNA site
Posted by Richard Allnutt on Thu Dec 12, 2002 03:39:43 AM
In reply top Re: Interesting to note on the NMNA site posted by Owen Miller on Wed Dec 11, 2002 08:34:00 PM
Thanks for clearing that up Owen. I am really glad to hear that the awful workmanship I saw was not a part of the Naval Museum's work. I had been really impressed by the Vindicator restoration, but was a little worried that it was only a cosmo-job, and internally a bit of a mess. Glad to know that they are doing appropriate work now. Too bad about the P-40... I had heard it was a rough one!
By the way, do you know where they sourced those flat-head screws?
On another note, how well do you know Kevin... I've been helping him on his various projects for a couple of years now, including the Dauntless. Things have come a long way on the Dauntless recently, but there's still several years of work ahead.
Cheers,
Richard
: I believe the parts Kevin got that were second rate we
: re
: done for NMNA by an outside source. I saw the inside of t
: he
: wings on 2106 done by the outside source and they were as
: you describe; still had some mud in places. NMNA redid th
: e ones on 2106 as well as some other areas in house. That
: is
: one reson 2106 took so long to finish. The guys at NMNA
: wanted it RIGHT and that necessitated taking it apart amd
: redoing several areas.
: The Tomahawk they have was done by another vendor and
:
: yes it does have some issues. The SB2U-2 was done in hous
: e
: for the most part. Like the SBD it was taken apart and pu
: t together several times. For example I remember after th
: ey got the canopy back from an outside fabricator they too
: k it all apart to replace the Phillips screws with the pro
: per slot head type. Finding those screwd was quite a stor
: y in
: itself.
: I guess it's safe to say NMNA's restorations are not
: perfect but the ones they do themselves get better with
: each plane. We must also remember that unlike Kevin's
: SBD, the Pensacola birds aren't going to fly again.