[RichardT10829]

excelent pictures Doug welcome to the mad......i mean fun house....

you are pretty much in the same boat as myself and George Mckenzie we are both doing carriers in the same condition as yours.. mine is a tad worse in some respects...... you have an excelent basis for a fantastic carrier buddy, if you do a search on the this forum you will find schematics for armour... i have a set of DXF's for side armor and the center bulkhead but to be homest i would leave yours in and add the little skillets of steel back in.

i am in the process of communicating with ford Canada regarding my hull and georges hull, pending on how it works out i will forward the contact to you.

the only other way to date it all be it not fool proof is to get the date stamps off the components, i used my seat brackets and gear stick assembly the latter is more accurate in my humble opinion as it was least likely to have been changed later. the component will have a part number and something like FMCO 42 (ie 1942 in my case)

hope this helps.

i would advise leaving all the frame rails in situ and blowing out the rivets from the outside with an oxy torch and a punch, this worked best for me and was a clean way to remove armor segments left behind........ unless this has been done of course.

and my last tip from my experiences photo everything as it is removed and pop it in a plastic box i then taped the pictures of the bits onto the box lid.... works for my little pea brain you see.


cheers

Richie