[Jordan Baker]

Work slowly continues on the various bits and pieces.

The drivers hatch was completed and rebuilt. It’s been fun spraying something else other than flat khaki green. When the parts have come off and apart I have been trying my best to determine what the original factory colours were. This is regarding what interior bits were white or painted in green. However with limited wartime interior pictures sometimes it is a challenging.

Lastly the crew commanders visor hatch. It got the usual disassemble process followed by sandblasting. I also spend some decent time on getting the hinges all nice and free. For getting them loosened up I’ll mount one end in the vice and then just start rotating the other end back and forth. I’ll use a combination of ATF, WD40, Brake Cleaner and Blaster. I find the Brake Cleaner does a great job of flushing the rust out. It’s just a matter of repetitive action until no more rust is flushed out.

Once everything is cleaned up the, parts were washed and prepped with metal prep spray. Next up will be painting.