[David Dunlop]

Perfect weather for sanding today so I was able to get the wooden coil case stripped of its NATO Green paint and back down to pretty much bare pine. Some hand detailing left to do after all this Mouse work.

Not much filling will be needed compared to the four cases/boxes for the 52-Set. Mostly around the finger jointing on the bottom edges.

Absolutely no sign of surviving markings under the NATO Green, but the factory paint had been sanded prior to the NATO repaint, and I suspected that would be the case. I was able to confirm this case also had factory Flat Olive drab applied to it prior to the two Mounting Plates being fitted on the bottom of it. This is consistent with the findings on my parts coil case and confirms these plates were fitted in their basic plated finish as I had noticed on one wartime photo of a 52-Set a few years back.


David