Super Guppy Restoration

[Xplumberlives]

Hell yes and a ping to your wife too!

[Gaz]

and to you and yours, a ping ping

[Dan4th]

[Xplumberlives]

Impressive PING D4th!

[Cluny]

[Xplumberlives]

Part the ONE


The Machine that goes PING!

[Saracenman]

one of my favourite lines from the film!

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[Xplumberlives]

one of my favourite lines from the film!

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You failed to mention - PING!

[Gaz]

Anyway, to be boring and bring it back on topic and so our ramblings make any sense to those clicking on the last page:

13.01.10

Couldn't do a great deal today due to the snow but, I did get the battery back in situ. Also, we've had some, fairly severe, leakage throught he cockpit windows so I've hilighted where it's coming in and, when it dries up, I'll scrape the old sealant out and re-do it. I've put bags of the cat litter type stuff, where the water is landing so hopefully it will keep the damp away.

Other than that, I helped the CWJ lads move some stuff about in the main hangar.

Couple of pics:

Frozen Guppy



And, I like how the prop tips "ping" in this pic...

[Xplumberlives]

Ping!

[Dan4th]

Pong!

[RLN]

Valiant effort to get it back on topic, Gaz. Doesn't take long to push it back off though, does it?

Nice tips, BTW.

[Xplumberlives]

Valiant effort to get it back on topic, Gaz. Doesn't take long to push it back off though, does it?

Nice tips, BTW.

Another aspiring member of the non existent Iconic Aircraft Forum police!

[Gaz]

Started t'other side today, did as much orange as I could before I ran out of paint, so a trip to B&Q is on the cards during the week.

We also got more electrical sytems working again. We think we've just about re-connected everything now, there doesn't seem to be any reason why we can't draw power from the GPU. Hopefully, we'll be allowed to use the thing soon and test it.

[Mackrick]

Started t'other side today, did as much orange as I could before I ran out of paint, so a trip to B&Q is on the cards during the week.

We also got more electrical sytems working again. We think we've just about re-connected everything now, there doesn't seem to be any reason why we can't draw power from the GPU. Hopefully, we'll be allowed to use the thing soon and test it.

Gaz let me know how it goes mate...

[Gaz]

Started t'other side today, did as much orange as I could before I ran out of paint, so a trip to B&Q is on the cards during the week.

We also got more electrical sytems working again. We think we've just about re-connected everything now, there doesn't seem to be any reason why we can't draw power from the GPU. Hopefully, we'll be allowed to use the thing soon and test it.

Gaz let me know how it goes mate...

Will do!

We have found out though that the Guppy was set up so that the cockpit could be lit up via mains electricity, for static exhibit purposes. Could this have bypassed something essential?

[Mackrick]

I really need to look at the wiring diagrams to see how it works.

[Gaz]

I really need to look at the wiring diagrams to see how it works.

Well, we'll try the gpu next chance we get, if it doesn't work, we can wait until you can get up to us. Be nice to have someone who actually knows what they're doing!!

[Gaz]

Ian came out to play today!!

So I set him to work!!! He managed to get all the green off the port side, outer prop. (Only the bottom 2 blades, ALL of the hydraulic steps seem to have vanished) This gave me the opportunity to paint them.

Before, with Ian hard at work:




And after:




And, well, the best I could do with my camera phone!!



*PING!!*



Whilst I was painting, Ian made a start on bending a load of metal. There are a load of puncture wounds, all over the aircraft. Dickon has measured them all and is having some aluminium cut to patch them. Ian went round bending the flared metal back into the fuselage so we can patch the holes, as and when.

[Cluny]

Theyre pinging nicely Gaz , might have to make a trip up soonish

[Mackrick]

Nice work Gaz and Ian ....you got that gust lock sorted yet ?

[Gaz]

Cheers Cluny! Once the weather picks up a bit we are hoping to hold a bit of an open day. It'll be on Facebook in due course.


Mackrick: Nope. Cherry picker has gone now too. We're now on the lookout for a big ladder. Bloody H&S

[Xplumberlives]

Ping!

[Yorkie]

It's certainly looking better. I'll give you a shout next time i decide to pop in

[Xplumberlives]

It's certainly looking better. I'll give you a shout next time i decide to pop in

OOOOOH, a royal visit!