SC 50 bomb fin

[kradbuilder]

hi guys

picked up a wooden sc50 bomb the other day for our museum....one of our chaps is a very skilled fabricator and has made bomb fins for many of our exhibits...he even made the 250 bomb fins on the hurricane at north weald.

now we have the sc50, we need some fins for it....he has made the 4 fins from drawings and pictures.......he tells me each fin is manufactured with a quarter of the cone on it....where he is struggling is how each piece is fitted together...the drawings are not clear neither are the pictures we have found

what we need are some pictures of sc50 bomb fins.....really detaiiled close ups please

can anyone help.

regards

philip

 

[waffenamt]

Hi Phillip,

Leave it with me,have a little patience and i will furnish you with a stack of pics over the weekend for you.
Be glad to help.

best

waff

 

[kradbuilder]

fin

brilliant

thank you

philip

 

[waffenamt]

Here you go Phillip,
pics of tails as requested!

cheers

waff

 

[waffenamt]

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[waffenamt]

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and yes,they fit my size 59 big bonce!:xd:

I hope the pics are useful?


cheers

waff

 

[kradbuilder]

fins

You are a star......that is just what we are after, well i think it is.....will print and drop them at museum in the morning......bet our man will have them finished and fitted by 11am..........we open a 10:30.....he is that good.

if he need more could i call upon you again?

thanks again

philip

 

[satan18]

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and yes,they fir my size 59 big bonce!:xd:

I hope the pics are useful?


cheers

waff

Ha ha nice one bud our very own cone head:tinysmile_fatgrin_t
ps where does your fuse go ahhhhhh

Best phil

 

[kradbuilder]

fin

one quick question.......is the fold onto each subsequent fin spot welded to the next one? or is it seam welded/ brazed

philip

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi Phillip
Was that the 50Kg bomb on ebay the other week !

 

[kradbuilder]

just done a search for ended ebay items and it looks like the same one....why do you ask?

 

[Fuzeman]

I saw it on ebay , ive seen it somewhere before but cant remember exactly who sold it, im thinking it was a television company prop ?
The museum sounds interesting

 

[waffenamt]

You are a star......that is just what we are after, well i think it is.....will print and drop them at museum in the morning......bet our man will have them finished and fitted by 11am..........we open a 10:30.....he is that good.

if he need more could i call upon you again?

thanks again

philip

Anytime pal,just give me a shout.


waff

 

[waffenamt]

Ha ha nice one bud our very own cone head:tinysmile_fatgrin_t
ps where does your fuse go ahhhhhh

Best phil

:xd: Good question with endless worrying possible answers! lol


best
waff

 

[waffenamt]

one quick question.......is the fold onto each subsequent fin spot welded to the next one? or is it seam welded/ brazed

philip

Will check in the morning for you. I do recall seeing that there are 'folds' on each layer of the tail.
Im no engineer regarding metalworking so i suggest you have a word with my mate 'satan18' as he is bang on when it comes to metalworking/restorations..trust me.

cheers
waff

 

[kradbuilder]

fin

I saw it on ebay , ive seen it somewhere before but cant remember exactly who sold it, im thinking it was a television company prop ?
The museum sounds interesting

really don't know what it was used/made for but it is ideal for our display.

sywell aviation museum......been going since 01......3 nissen huts together.....loads of stuff crammed in there....some nice bombs as well

we actually have a concrete sphere which was part of the blue danube nuclear thingy...some kind of training/loading /ballast type thing....prob unique

def worth a visit if you are down in northampton area

super site as well, live airfield with tiger moths, harvards, lots of general aviation flying about.

oh and we have an alan williams turret.......very rare

philip

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi Phillip
Sounds a nice museum , will pop up there one weekend , its not far from here a quick trip up the M1
the bomb display sounds interesting any fuzes!

 

[kradbuilder]

museum

anyone is welcome to pop in.....we do close at end of sept and re-open at easter next year

i don't think we have any fuses in the museum, there might be 1 in one of the cases but not my bag really

philip

 

[waffenamt]

A picture of it would be great please matey.
Always nice to see the fuze in its original case.

cheers

waff

 

[kradbuilder]

case

A picture of it would be great please matey.
Always nice to see the fuze in its original case.

cheers

waff

ooops, sorry, meant in one of the display cases, not a fuse case.

philip