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04-08-09, 10:51
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Right guys its crunch time, the center bulkhead.......does it stay or does it go ?
i want to keep as much of the original carrier in place but it will look like a patchwork quilt when welded up and the job may prove somewhat difficult (to do well) whats your thoughts on this guys ? i have decided to keep the original glacis plate and add a skillet of steel back in at the top, the join will be hidden by the angle bar so its dooable ! and the various holes i might even leave in situ rather than fill.
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05-08-09, 02:11
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bulkhead.........
Take it out do the job right or it will be in the back of your mind all the time and as your build gets on you wont want to remove it then, whats a few extra rivets...... if your worried about your hull twisting put a bit of 2x2 box across before you remove the bulkhead and tack it to the sides
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24-09-09, 21:02
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well managed to secure a pair of CTL94's on ebay the tuther day luckily these are the 20" diameter wheels i need to replace my smashed rear bogey wheels, unfortunately some doofus has sawn through one of the rubbers which as it happens was the better of the two, i just need to get them off the axel they have been put on which may be some task. the wheels had been used on an ammo cart then later ended theyre life in Dobbies garden center at Ponteland (just around the corner from me !!!) work has started on the plate cutting, i have decided i will fit the armour then get the entire tub shot blasted in a bid to make all the metal appear the same. work has grounded to a slow pace as my funds are going onto my Italy trip with the old man, we are going to travel up Italy from Salerno Uncle beach all the way up to cassino (basically what my grandad did) hopefully no facists will fire at us with flak cannons when we arrive at Salerno bay..........
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17-10-09, 07:52
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I was cleaning out the dirt from my MK1 and it is very much like yours There must have been an instruction book on how to cut up a carrier .In doing the cleaning I found the feul tank gage stick .It can eaily be reproduced has CARRIER UNIVERSAL MARK 1 . FMCo 42 CTL 7345 .Can't see any more on it .Should there be any thing telling you how much is in the tank? George
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George is hooked on OD 5 window DT969 8 ton Fruehauf trailer M2A1Halftrack ,CMP #11 F15A1 #13 F15A1 RAF Fordson Tractor, 42 WLC HD No.2MK11 CT267514 center CB24713 bottom hull25701 ,No.2 MK2 parts MK1 10128 ,(2) MK1 ,Parts Hull9305 .Hull 10407 Hull plate # 7250 all have walk plate on back steps 1917 Patent modle amphibious army tank
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17-10-09, 12:21
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yes if its the bakolight one thre is usually some measuring marks etched in the stick.......good find that George as they are rare it would seem..... i beleive it slots into a bracket on the engine cover plate...... still cant believe you have tub only 3 carriers away from mine !!! they would have been on the assembly line together !
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17-10-09, 21:26
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richards carrier
Richard keep up the good work Im enjoying the thread,...we cant wait for the day you bring it to one of our northern shows...take care malcolm
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18-10-09, 05:37
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Thank's for the reply . Mine has a square hole behind the gunners seat about 6'' hx 8 '' wide ?? I will EM you some pictures as I havn't mastered putting them on this site yet .George My daughter in law is in UK for a holliday with her mother . Her mother was in London during the bombing working in the bomb shelters .
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George is hooked on OD 5 window DT969 8 ton Fruehauf trailer M2A1Halftrack ,CMP #11 F15A1 #13 F15A1 RAF Fordson Tractor, 42 WLC HD No.2MK11 CT267514 center CB24713 bottom hull25701 ,No.2 MK2 parts MK1 10128 ,(2) MK1 ,Parts Hull9305 .Hull 10407 Hull plate # 7250 all have walk plate on back steps 1917 Patent modle amphibious army tank
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09-12-09, 16:33
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I believe you may even know my Boss Paul Gilroy.
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