New from Haynes: Lancaster Manual: An Insight into Restoring, Servicing and Flying Britain's Legendary World War 2 Bomber Spitfire Manual: An Insight into Owning, Restoring, Servicing and Flying Britain's Legendary World War 2 Fighter And a peek inside from Haynes themselves: Haynes Feature Look promising, I've got their 'Tiger Manual' which is really just one of the Spielberger series given a Haynes-like cover, these look more in the Haynes style. Anyone seen them yet? I'm tempted. Cheers, Adam.
Gee...what a book o own!....The book would be hard enough to find, let alone the Spit or Lanc....just where DO you buy a second hand Spifire or an Old Lancaster?
Wonder if they cover the whole Haynes palaver...you know at the start of the book where it gives you "a list of all the tools you'll need while working on this vehicle", and a 'spanner' difficulty listing for each job?! Chances of getting hold of 'Whitworth' tools these days?
Wonder if they cover the whole Haynes palaver...you know at the start of the book where it gives you "a list of all the tools you'll need while working on this vehicle", and a 'spanner' difficulty listing for each job?! Chances of getting hold of 'Whitworth' tools these days? Not to hard. I wanted a good set and had to order them from all places straight from Germany. Where else? I would be remotly surprised if whermacht standard issue Whitoworth sets where better than Britsh ones. Kev
I just had a memory of something.....theres a bloke I know in Darwin, his father gave him his own notebook for the operation of the Rolls Royce "Merlin" V-12s that these aircraft ran. It had notes in it, because his dad used to work for RR fixing and modifying these engines.....incidently, Dennis and the museum people once told me that the Merlin only had a service life of 25 flying hours before reqiuring a major overhaul.....these were VERY high performance military engines with a limited shelf life, but as effective as all hell..... they do say that the sound of a well tuned Merlin engine is very evocative of the period for a lot of English people that lived through it......
Are these Haynes manuals any good? I've been intrigued by these but never taken the plunge yet. Amazon.co.uk: haynes manual: Books
Craig They are great I got the Spitfire manual for my son he loves it, now wants me to buy him a plane so he can tinker with it.
In the real world, Haynes manuals are better than nothing but no substitute for a manufacturer's workshop manual. They usually include at least one incorrectly noted left-hand thread and invariably state 're-assembly is straightforward and simply the reverse of dissembly". - Not a lot of help when you're standing there with a Maglight between the teeth wishing that you had three pairs of hands.
Thanks guys - I think I might start collecting after Christmas depending on how good they are. I see they're doing one for the 'Titanic'.
I have the one for the Lancaster. I don't think the BBMF will let me play with the real thing though to put it to use though. Its a great book, loads of info and photos. Put it on your Christmas wish list Jim
I have the one for the Lancaster. I don't think the BBMF will let me play with the real thing though to put it to use though. Its a great book, loads of info and photos. Put it on your Christmas wish list Jim Thanks Jim.
I see they're doing one for the 'Titanic'. Let down a bit by Chapter Four - "Watertight doors and bulkheads"...
Following Craig's post I am getting itchy fingers for the Tiger Tank Manual. Have any of our members purchased or read it, with a view to comment on it. From the cover it appears to provide a lot of historical details as well. Regards Tom
