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Old 9th Feb 2023, 02:16
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
I wish them well, but it needs to be stressed that they are building a Mosquito replica, not a Mosquito.
Unfortunately, it seems that is as about as good as it's going to get if you want a Mosquito to be 'airworthy'. Seems the original glues that they used don't age very gracefully, so any original Mosquitos don't have the necessary structural integrity to be airworthy, even if 'rot' isn't an issue.
Further, the sandwich style construction doesn't really allow the wood bits to be disassembled and re-assembled with modern glues.
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