Alex,
The tires are original WWII Canadian production Firestone 9.00-13 tires. I will take some photos of them for you. I lucked out and got 5 very decent tires. I don't think I will actually use them for towing, but will bring them out for displays and perhaps the odd Parade.
Lots of work since my last post, but mainly of small things, cleaning original bolts, more sandblasting and a whole Sunday afternoon removing the cradle/turntable to clean the 63 pounds of sand out of the 65 year old grease and ball bearing assy. Oh what fun.
A few more photos...
Royal Cypher of King George VI on the Barrel. Will look nice once its cleaned up.
Ground spikes installed with mounting cups/springs...
Various parts sandblasted and etched primed, awating Paint and assembly...
Breech Casing just back from sandblasting, an amazing transformation from what it was...
PAINT! This is going to be the color...34087 OD. Strong evidence of this color applied to the gun and the carriage, Navy Grey as well !!! Original color seems to have been Brown on some parts of the gun, but not the breech casing. With the Armoured shields and Stiff-Key sights, OD works better for the Late 1944/1945 period.
