"AFV Profile" Series Pictures

[Lynn Eades]

Thanks Bruce and Hanno.
Firstly Bruce, I have all of the aerial mount, just looking for the aeriel its self. It must be pretty rigid because it would take a fair load to overcome that spring and let the mount tip over on the bronze teeth, as its designed to do. Of note is that my one is not porcelain, rather bakelite. Quite a pretty and clever design when cost is not a consideration. once again, thanks!
And Hanno, Great to see. Shame about the condition. You might be interested to note a couple of things about the construction of the brens. Firstly the air ducts that bolt to the back of the hull division plate(on either side of the engine cover, are a different shape to the universals. if you look at the pic Hanno posted you will be able to see how they curve from the outside to the bottom. The universal ones are formed from two straight lines.
The next thing that stands out in the construction is the floor pans. Universals have a basically flat floor, that is fixed to the front ,sides, and rear, by means of being riveted firstly to sections of angle iron, which in turn are riveted to the hull sides, front, and rear. The Bren floors had "returns" bent up on them, and so, the floors were riveted directly to the sides, front, and rear plates. This would make identifying one with the armour cut off easy to pick. (there are other differences)
SO......Anyone got a spare aeriel??????