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In an attempt to make a Bristol Hercules engine from a Handley Page Hastings look more like one from a Halifax bomber I painted the front end black....
To make it look a little more period I am tempted to remove the exhausts and tin ducting from around the cylinders .....
What do you think ?

I'm sure this will annoy the purists! This Bristol Hercules engine from a Handley Page Hastings is to be displayed at the RAF Snaith museum, in the former Officers quarters on WAAF site No.1 , a dispersed site close to the main airfield that was home to 51 Squadron and the Halifax bombers.
To try make it look a little more period the non original lime green paint was removed and today painted.

With only a few days before the first opening of 2024 there is still quite a bit to do at the RAF Snaith museum....

Just making use of whats available to support the front of this Bristol Hercules engine while I prep and paint the reduction gear casing .....

While removing the non original lime green paint off the reduction and gear casings from this Bristol Hercules engine prior to repainting it before it goes on display at the RAF Snaith museum I can't help but think how well a Hercules engine would look if completely polished to a mirror finish 😀
No.... I'm not going to polish it but imagine what it would look like 😍

A big thank you to all that commented on the last video about paint colour for the reduction and gear casing on the front of the Bristol Hercules engine that is to be displayed at the RAF Snaith museum....

After consulting with Karl Kjarsgaard of Halifax 57 Rescue/ Bomber Command Museum of Canada (who technically own the engine) we have decided to give more of the WW2 look....

In the workshop for some preparation prior to being on display at the RAF Snaith museum is this Bristol Hercules engine , an engine used on the Halifax bomber however this actual engine is from a Handley Page Hastings .
The lime green paint needs to go.... but what colour should it be ?

When a reduction gear from a Bristol Hercules engine from Halifax MZ763 which in September 1944 was shot down over the Netherlands by a Heinkel HE219, I was asked if I could lighten the casing by removing the gears and to fabricate something to hold the cut off end of an airscrew.... Well.... I noticed that Rover Streetwise brake disks were perfect diameter for the task.... oh, and an off cut of P.T.O shaft !

With the final push to get the RAF Snaith museum ready for it's first open day of 2024 I just have not had the time for my weekly video..... Here we take a little look why.

A little then and now in the former Officers quarters at the RAF Snaith museum

Raf Snaith was a bomber airfield during WW2 located in East Yorkshire, England. The main airfield had many dispersed sites for accommodation and communal activities, the RAF Snaith museum is located in the former Officers quarters on WAAF site No.1 , a building that after the war was used by the Women's Land Army until the 1950's when it was used for farm use. Over the years there has been many stories of sightings and spooky experiences...
Even some visitors to the museum have expressed strange feelings in some of the rooms.
Could this place actually be haunted ?

So after the crap Parkside enderscope camera was poor quality I decided to try an Ebay special , 1080 HD and Android compatible.... my arse!
I have another camera coming soon 👍

Currently in the workshop for inspection on behalf of the Bomber Command Museum of Canada and then to be displayed at the RAF Snaith museum is this Bristol Hercules engine.
The Bristol Hercules engine first saw service in the 1930's and powered WW2 bombers such as the Handley Page Halifax.
Amazing British Engineering that is pleasing on the eye from any angle 👌

Today at 8pm GMT we get up close and personal with a Bristol Hercules engine that is to be on display at the RAF Snaith museum once an inspection of the cylinder sleeves has been conducted.
https://youtu.be/ytiZL2FPSuQ

On July 10th 2023 I stood in one of the rooms at the RAF Snaith museum and asked the universe for a Rolls Royce Merlin and a Bristol Hercules engine that we could display , both engines powered the Halifax bombers and 51 Squadron flew them from RAF Snaith airfield.
It is with great thanks to The Bomber Command Museum of Canada and Halifax 57 Rescue that we have both engines for display 😀

So this arrived today.... a complete Bristol Hercules engine.... More videos soon.

Just some sunlight beaming through a small hole in the tin sheet wall of my workshop.

This is a reduction gear from a Bristol Hercules engine fitted to Handley Page Halifax MZ763 which was shot down over the Netherlands by a Heinkel HE219 in September 1944, sadly three crew members remained on the stricken bomber.
At some point the reduction gear was recovered and eventually made its way to me.... it looked in a sorry state but I managed to get it to rotate once more.... First time since 1944!
I was blown away by the engineering and history, I really wanted to get my hands on a complete Bristol Hercules engine.....
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Progress at the RAF Snaith museum is at full steam ahead prior to the first open day at Easter, here we take a look at some of the changes.
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Feeling excited here at the workshop, just had "The Call" .... one I have been waiting for, the delivery of a complete Bristol Hercules engine!
After the amazing moment I managed to rotate the reduction gear from a Hercules engine fitted to Halifax MZ763 which was shot down over the Netherlands by a Heinkel HE219 in September 1944.
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More progress at the RAF Snaith museum...
The building was built for RAF Snaith airfield to house the female WAAF Officers, after the war the site was used by the Women's Land Army until 1950 when it had its windows bricked up and was used to house both pigs and chickens by a local farmer for many years.
Now the history comes to life..

It is amazing how many ww2 buildings are used to this day, pretty much all have had the windows removed and bricked up, the Crittal window frames that remain are over 80 years old and have suffered with corrosion so when the chance came my way to restore some original airfield buildings and create a museum the easiest way for me was to make my own window frames, simple yet very effective.

Just me making T section steel for replica WW2 window frames ...

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