25 Pounder info needed.

[Private_collector]

As promised.
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Only a few parts yet to be cleaned and inspected, before undercoating.
In the end, I decided against leaving the large brass part unpainted. It would have been a HUGE job to remove every trace of paint and tarnish from every flaw and crevice of the casting. Paint stripper wasn't much help either. The original color, which was surprisingly light in shade, would hardly soften in places, but repeated applications got the most of it. Abrasion with a small wire brush got the remainder.
The main shaft is in excellent condition, and required little more than a modest degreasing. All 4 main bearings, likewise! If they were holding a wheel stub in place, I might consider replacing them, but as they will have little actual work to do, originals will be fine for that light duty work.
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I was surprised to find the telescope carrier (first photo) is made of aluminium. Would have expected that to be more valuable during wartime, and saved for manufacturing items that MUST be made light. Still, I'm pleased it was aluminium, with an appropriately reduced amount of corrosion to overcome.

It's roughly 2120hrs, as I write this, and I suspect spending too much time under the sun today, as I've been feeling unwell since about midday. The summer temperatures (around 36 Celsius) today, has done me in, I suspect. When I came inside at ~ 1700hrs, I showered and went straight to bed.....where I remain as writing this. The several hours sitting, cross-legged, cleaning and sanding parts, have also resulted in an odd pattern of sunburn to the legs.

I have a shipment of parts coming from Rob N, which should be here by late in the week. Those parts will fill the vacancy left by missing, or badly damaged, original pieces. Once they have arrived, things will get REALLY exciting, because I've had a few parts whch have been awaiting purchase of the assembly they afix to, and it will be wonderful to finally see them mated together at last. I'm not quite at the assembly stage yet though.