Port side structure main elements mostly completed. Each station of two formers needs to be boxed in on the inside. Still quite a bit of detail work to go on this side.
About to start positioning stringers on Starboard side.

Early Boomerang

The first five Boomerangs built had the top bar of the rollover truss straight as shown in the photo.
This unidentified frame (one of the first five) was sold to a fellow Boomerang restorer to help fund my project.
The clamp built into the end of the rollover truss holds the radio mast.

Original flare cartrige box which was used as a pattern for the new build boxes in an earlier post. This box has been restored for installation in -147

Port cockpit panel from A46-10 showing camouflage green and brown and also red doped glycol tank access panel hole.

Wood fuselage shell progress

Progressing well on wooden shell. Hardwood front longeron, laser cut pine formers, stringers and other beams oregon.

Nose Art for A46-147 painted by Janice Eames on Canvas 2007.

This will be recreated on the nose of the Boomerang when it is nearer to completion.

Completed undercarriage.
Treaded tyres in better condition are also in storage.

New build flare box and gun cocking shelf