P47 K4-S 'Dottie Mae' restoration - Newsletter No1

Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:24 am

Newsletter No 1

Slightly updated as you can now subscribe to the newsletter.

Link, photos and text.

Progress report
Obituary for Henry Mohr
In depth interview with Larry Kuhl

http://www.alliedfighters.com/newsletter.html

Looking good

regards

MS

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Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:58 am

Mark

Interesting stuff -Nice job (oh and welcome to planet WIX)

Dave

Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:18 am

Very cool stuff.., will be a beautiful restoration over the next couple of years!

Thanks for sharing!

Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:47 pm

Some top notch restoration work going on there - not sure we will ever see any significant improvement on this standard. Truly superb.

Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:04 pm

So, does this mean that restoration of "Dottie Mae" has started in earnest yet? I thought that Vintage was going to finish that Mustang first. Is it done yet?

Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:27 am

Yes, the Mustang metalwork was completed and went off in Feb? to have the systems installed. Not sure where - Westpac?

From Feb Vintage Airframes are cracking on with the restoration of K4-S. Only been 7-8 months and working on the lower fuselage as the main area which was the most damaged. Currently undertaken this

Fuselage split and tail cone removed. All internal fixtures removed.
Lower fuselage being re-assembled
Wing skins removed and undercarriage and pivot castings removed
Tail cone de-skinned and dis-assembled - cleaning/anodizing
Section Firewall extension - cleaning/anodizing
Part sourcing.

Not bad for 7 months

Beautiful restoration

MS

Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:35 am

Hi

Slightly updated (you can now subscribe to the newsletter on the link)

regards

Mark