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Old 14-01-10, 11:56
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gerat stuff Martyn... Kevin the front steering box arrived mate so cheers for that. on the rivet front i dont want the outside to appear like boiler rivets if you know what i mean, so will need to have a think on what shape to make the form.
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Old 14-01-10, 20:46
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Hi mate you will just have to try a few on a srcap bit of plate and see how they look we went for the uniformed look it works well.
how ever just make sure you fold them over enough and rember if your not sure if there holding just try and remove one hahaha
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any special reg that i nede for doing this ? i rigged up a butane bottle to a farfiers forge but just could not get the rivets white hot ? i know that Propane burns at 10 deg more than Butane but is there a special flow rate that i should use ?
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War Department CT54508 (SOLD)
1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration).
1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration).
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I used an Acetylene cutting torch to heat the rivets on my 2 Pounder for removing them. Ron
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Old 03-02-10, 11:50
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Is the blower working on the forge?
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Old 04-02-10, 20:41
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did not have a blower matey. i have contacted the farrier, it eems that butane does not poperate at the same preasure as ropane, so he has got em a large propane bottle and an adjustable reg. i will keep you all posted on how i progress with this.

cheers guys.
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1942 Ford Universal Carrier No.3 MkI*
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War Department CT54508 (SOLD)
1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration).
1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration).
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Old 12-02-10, 18:36
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christ i need a new keyboard hahahahaha my reply above is insanity typing......

have confirmed (on a side note) that the cammo style i am going with as per the model was also used on BEF vehicles during Scicily this is from an actual mod document so happy days i can rest easierish in the knowlege that the scheme will be correct to my grandfatehrs timeline.

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/weapons...-sicily-4.html
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1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration).
1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration).
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