Nimrod MR2 based on what?

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MR2 fuselages at Woodford (with sibling), awaiting MR4 status.

Allan, the MR4 flight deck mock-up which I saw was at Warton, and IIRC was based on ‘147’ (ex Woodford). This forward fuselage generated many problems (unknown at the time) for the MR4 as the original ‘Comet’ / Nimrod was built by hand, and the nose section fettled +- ¼ inch. Thus when the MR4 avionics were fitted – they didn’t, because the 1thou precision of CAD was unaware of the actual dimensions.