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Originally Posted by RichardT10829
Well got a bit more done today, this time the gunners left hand side folding armour I had to bend up a small joggle that catches the retaining latch from the front armour, which pretty much consisted of cutting a strip out of a bit of scrap 8mm steel then bending it to the required heights, followed by fixing it to the plate with two 3/8 rivets. Next I had to rivet on the spall strip which was used to catch any fragments of bullet should a round or two strike the armour where the fold down section meets the main plate..... This was fixed with five 5/16 rivets, two of which had to be ground flat afterwards to allow for the hinges to sit over them...
And here we are ready to rivet onto the hinges ! Tomorrow's job !!!!
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Looking good Richie, remember to put the hinges on the right way up, you can flash on the top corner flat once aligned with your gun port swing armour plate, as they did in the factory.
Only 11 weeks to go!.
Kevin.
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2pdr Tank Hunter Universal Carrier 1942 registered 11/11/2008.
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1941 Standard Mk1 stowage Carrier, Caunter camo.
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