I've been working through the many parts I've picked up in recent months and this week's project was this port side side panel which includes the undercarriage and flap controls.
I have two slightly different variations of the same panel and a number of components, so it was a case of figuring out which of the panels was the best fit for a standard Tmk7 and cleaning up the best of the components, some of which were quite heavily corroded.
I've got the panel populated now, all of the switches have been cleaned up and function as expected, both the Hydraulic Pressure and Undercarriage warning lights are now working using modern LED 'bulbs' and I hope to do the same for the undercarriage indicator once I've found the best solution for replacement bulbs. Sadly only one of the electomagnetic 'dolls eyes' I have still functions so I'll be on the look out for a some replacements for those in the coming months (it's a Dowty part, C5165 if anyone has spares they would like to donate!)
According to the pilot's notes the empty space labelled 'RADAR PRESENTATION' on my panel would be the 'Target Reject' switch or button, but I've not been able to find a part number or decent photo reference, I presume this was blanked off later in the aircraft's career. If anyone can help with that I'd love some more info or better pictures.
In other news I've made arrangements to move the ex RAF Oxygen/Ntirogen Trailer to the workshop in the next couple of weeks so the next project will be to refurb that and get the cockpit mounted - exciting times!