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Old 03-02-19, 12:00
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I'm now starting the raiseable light that is inside the turret and can be raised to about 400mm. I'm not sure of its purpose but it was in them so I need to make them.
Hi Colin,
I believe the raising lamp was for signalling, probably used when it was not safe to wave the signal flags, or in the dark.
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Thanks Richard, that does make sense of its use and why it is retractable.
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Well into making the body for the signal lights.
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Old 06-02-19, 03:23
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I had made the allowance for these when I cut the top of the turret.
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Old 06-02-19, 03:26
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The light socket is out of a M35 light I dismantled to get the parts. The glass lens I bought on Ebay that was in India and about as close as I could get to the original shape and I gave it some volts to test it works.
I now need to make the sliding mounting brackets.
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Colin.

One of the photos in Post 834 shows a Vickers with one of these lamps deployed. Seems to be lacking the glass cover and the three steel studs look like they are completely above the top cover disc.

Perhaps someone can make more sense of the purpose of the lamp from this photo as it looks like if fully extended, it might be somewhat obscured by the cupola structure, except to the rear of the vehicle.

Some form of extendable Formation Lamp, perhaps?

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Colin.

One of the photos in Post 834 shows a Vickers with one of these lamps deployed. Seems to be lacking the glass cover and the three steel studs look like they are completely above the top cover disc.

David
David, it looks like the glass has broken and disappeared and the top plate has just dropped down. The nuts are still on the studs.

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