For Sale: Carrier parts: MK-II* Mantlets

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by RichCam

I understand if the moderator wants to more this thread. Proceeds of the sales of the mantlets will assist me in donating one of these mantlets to the Huntsville Legion's MK-II carrier that is missing it's front mantlet.

Rich,

Thread moved to the For Sale section.

Thanks,
Hanno

[RichCam]

Guys,

I've been in and out of my shop over the last 3 weeks so I've been playing catch up this week. I will attempt to answer my PM's and emails this weekend. There are similarities and differences between the MK-1* and the MK-II* mantlets. I want to make sure I understand those differences and how the mantlets fit to the frontal armour before I start agreeing or disagreeing with what I am trying to have fabricated.
Back at you all shortly.
Richard

[kevin powles]

Gents, when I made my first Mk1 mantlet, I borrowed a mk2 type with the hinged flap, the Manlet itself was made From a single bent piece of steel. It might of been a british one. The particular carrier it came off is featured in Nigel's vol 3 'Maccolm Caley' carrier. Ron Hows your Mk2 mantlet made?, bent or welded?.

Kevin.

[Lynn Eades]

Try Forged as opposed to Fabricated.
Note: A Universal MkI and a Universal MkI* are basically the same when it comes to the gunners upper protection plate or "mantlet" Both are forged armour plate (which will break if serious efforts are made to bend it cold)

Note; As Michael R's post came though while I was posting, I now see that they are all forged but that the later ones have a fabricated flap