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25-01-19, 20:12
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came here as i am getting withdrawals, Colin how you getting on ?
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26-01-19, 02:59
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Hi Richard, sorry about your 'VWS' ( Vickers Withdrawal Syndrome) It has been extremely hectic of late but here is where I am. This is the double gun mount inside the turret. It has been rather difficult as information is extremely limited but with help of
 Dave Mills and the video of the inside of the PU%$#&)(AL Vickers, Photos of the Littlefield Vickers and various other snippets of information I was able to piece together what it was like and fabricate them.
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26-01-19, 03:06
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It was originally cast alloy so I had a bit of a time in the fabrication side. I did quite a bit of cut, weld, grind then cut off and do it again. It was one of those parts that was a lot of trial and fit until I finally was able to get the correct distance for the sight and the two guns. Thanks to Dave Lean making the Guns it made is considerably easier to distance parts out and it fits really well and it all elevates just as it should.
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26-01-19, 03:11
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This is inside the turret so you get the idea how it fits in. There certainly was not much room for two men, Two guns and lots of other stuff which I'm doing as we speak. The Engine and trans is off to a good friend of mine next Thursday. He's a mobile mech and is going to just do the final assembly of the engine, get it running and tuned before it goes back for the final time. So while he's doing that I am going to kit out the turrets with all the bits that make it complete.
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26-01-19, 03:20
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I am after another sight like the one in the mount if anyone has a spare. It is the same as a 25pdr and I have spare white eye rubbers to match.
I have started the Smoke Launchers as well and I will be making them operational too thanks to Adrian Barrell for the dimensions and drawings. These certainly are a very simple design with the use of off the shelf motorbike clutch/brake levers and cable for firing.
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26-01-19, 03:31
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Things seem to be progressing at a nice pace, Colin. How are you holding up with all the hot weather? We have lots of -30C sitting around if you need any!
David
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26-01-19, 03:40
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Hey David! yes it is progressing, perhaps not a fast as I would like but our weather here has been so hot which is quite draining on energy. Two days ago we just hit our all time record in Adelaide of 46.6 deg C and in excess of 47deg at the Edinburgh RAAF base directly behind us. I think I would much prefer the +deg rather than the -deg
 but thanks for the offer  .
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