Originally Posted by
tdracer
The Jan/Feb 2022 issue of Popular Mechanics has a really fascinating article on the flight worthy restoration of a WWII vintage Mosquito.
It's also available on-line but is behind a paywall (which I can't seem to get past even though I subscribe to the dead tree version)
How I Restored a Legendary Wooden WWII Fighter Plane (popularmechanics.com)
I was particularly interested in the construction of the fuselage - 1/2" thick balsa sandwiched between two layers of 1/16 spruce plywood. Made me wonder how they sourced all that balsa during the war.
I once had reason to source some balsa to reline the collector tank bay on a Jaguar from a fairly local supplier to Coltishall ( Watton actually ) Walked in and said I need 1/2" planks x however many metres it was.
Q: " crikey what are you building ? "
A; " A Jaguar "
Q " what scale ?"
A " oh 1:1"
