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[Gary t]

My car came with no door cover on the right side, so trace the left one using a mirror. This is left cover and the the mould that I hope to use to create a right hand door cover.
Also a picture of my car as I first seen it.
Gary

[EuropaTC]

One thing that constantly amazes me on this forum is the "can do" attitude of the members. Making your own door panel from a mirror image of the other side is a great example, very impressive Gary. I'm looking forward to the lay-up and trimming stages so take plenty of pictures. It would even make a neat article for the tech section because the info is transferable to other trim parts such as the centre console.

Brian   

[lotusfanatic]

Hello Gary,

Brian is right, the ingenuity and resolve of Europa addicts to repair, modify or replace parts never fails to amaze me!

[Gary t]

Thanks but the proof will be in the fitting.😁

[Gary t]

Still here.
Layups are now nice and sticky.
The last photo is a rebuild job that is also consuming some of my shop time, and of course honeydo.
Gary

[BDA]

It's interesting you used cloth. I would have thought mat would be easier to work with.

What are you rebuilding?

[Gary t]

Making a right hand door liner.
I am using epoxy resin as the mold is styrofoam so no matt.
Gary

[surfguitar58]

Are you making a plug to make a mold for the door liner, or are you going to scoop out the foam and use the shell you are laying up? ... Screw that, tell us about the wooden airplane!!!

[gideon]

Was the fuselage made by Fairey?

[Gary t]

Making one part so no plug just the part. Dig out the form out and trim.
Gary

Aircraft--- Dh-98.

[surfguitar58]

Very cool! (Thanks Wikipedia!) Do yo have 2 inverted 12 cyl engines to go with it?

[Bodzer]

Hi Gary,

Lovely photo of the mossie. Is it being restored to flight condition or just static? Either way it’s brilliant that it’s being looked after. Well done.

Regards,

[Gary t]

So the Mosquito. It is a post war aircraft operated by Spartan Air Services a Canadian company that used 10 Mosquitos to do photo mapping in Canada Central America South America,and a little bit in NW Africa.
We are doing a display restoration. An yes we have all the big unfindable parts.
If we're going to talk more about this aircraft we should go off this page, and trust me I could bore you to tears.
Gary

[lotusfanatic]

Hello Gary,

If you have the time, please do start a new thread/page regarding the Mosquito.
As we had a typically wet and miserable Bank Holiday weekend, I spent some time watching documentaries celebrating 100 years of the Royal Air Force.
The Mosquito was featured in one of the programmes, what a beautiful aircraft.

Mark

[gideon]

Fairey adapted the construction method used for the Mosquito to building sailing dinghies after the war.  Most of those boats are still sailing today.  Even today those old wooden boats are competitive against new fiberglass versions.  It was an incredibly good way to build boats. 

So that's why I made the connection to Fairey. 

I'm sure you all wanted to know that.