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Wingnut Wings Sopwith Triplane

Yes dont forget we are used to Bight Stainless/polished or bright drawn as we call it but in its natural form its a dull Grey.
One of its very first uses coincidentally was by sopwith in the tripe engine exhaust valves, it was invented by mistake in 1913 by a guy trying to make an alloy for gun barrels that didnt rust so easily in WWI
 
RichB said:
Coward:)

For the curious, after filtering out the chaff, the RAF wires were made from the new metal, stainless steel. They would have been fairly bright when first installed weathering to a dull silver-grey. The control wires were twisted cable and heavily oiled to keep corrosion from between the strands. They weathered to a darker gunmetal color in use.

Cheers,
RichB
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Steel...got it. :rotf
@paddy you might notice I didn't spend a lot of time on the engine. The PE set I got has all sorts of replacement parts for the valves but I just do not have the patience for that. If I were to want to update the engine I would have gotten one of the replacement resin or 3d printed offerings. Hell I didn't even wire it. It'll be covered up mostly. I haven't installed the cowl yet because I don't want to get it scratched up.
 
ha ha yes i wasnt suggesting you fit stainless exhaust valves :), just mentioned it as it was a coincidence that one of the first uses was for this aircraft .
 
Well since I'll have some AlcladII Stainless out for the bracing wires I'll hit the valves. Need to wash the engine with castor oil anyway.
 
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