HP Halifax information

[Wingco57]

As I am working on a vacform Halifax in our favorite scale as seen in this forum, a lot of detailed information is needed. I am lucky to have my own full size Halifax cockpit section built over a periode of 14 years. Using hundreds of copies of the original drawings as well as as many parts and fittings I could find this is the result. It is supposed to present a fully fitted out Mk III cockpit. Together with a friend of mine, a very skilled metal worker, it was built from aluminium to a high standard.

 

Starboard side

 

Port side view looking forward

 

Canopy

 

Sloping instrument panel and compass

 

Fire extinghuishers buttons to the left of the pilot's seat

 

Better view

 

Instrument panel

 

Looks like a Halifax cockpit

 

Another view before the extension was added

 

Starter buttons, every aircraft needs them

 

Pilot's overhead panel with feathering buttons and morse key

 

Back view from frame 7

 

Fuel cocks and priming panel

 

Mission tally, one for every year

 

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