Thanks! I like your choice of reading material over lunch!
I looked at this last night....when I discovered, much to my chagrine, that
it *appears* that the cheeks and front turtledeck are metal panels (I
thought just the turtledeck was). In fact a couple of the color plates show
a line of nails extending down vertically about the middle of the cockpit. I
guess these hold either the fabric to the panel or the panel to the frame.
Anyway the photos i have of the N17 in the Canadian War Museum don't show
this. It *appears* to be uncovered metal in both places but it is hard to tell!
>(Who is yet again confused by apparently contradictory information :-( )
You and me both! Time to get everything out and lay it out in front of me
and see if I can figure it out! Ain't it fun :-)
Doug
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