Carrier found in Norfolk yesterday 21/12/2010

[Maurice Donckers]

Yes the cover has arrived , will try and make some next week , I think easyest way making them is by making a press for it .

[kevin powles]

Shaun,

I have made up some grenade inserts matched to the one recovered from your Ronson carrier, These inserts have been talked about before on this forum. I have attached a picture from an earlier thread as well as pics of the ones i had made at work. The lid insert will be replicated next and is just a piece of three layer ply. On your original there are traces of olive drab paint so suspect the wooden inserts were originally same colour as the rest of the carrier.

I have three made up for you so will drop them over to you and borrow that lower engine fan cowl we talked about to copy, so let us know when you will be there.

I can put up some dimensions if anyones interested, but they are already on here in a thread if you serch 'grenade box'.

kev.

[shaun]

you've done another fine job there Kevin ! thanks for doing the ones for me. i will give you a call and we can talk about times when im going to be in the office at the museum.

[shaun]

time for a quick up date i think, here are some fairly recent photos. all the Steel for repairing the hull and armour is being cut this week. So im on cleaning some of the components, some of which are coming up like new. the preservation through being upside down is fantastic.

[RichardT10829]

Corr Shaun she is a lot worse than i thought amazing what the grit blaster can reveal.

as you know i have patterns etc for the bulkhead if needed.. i reckon what you have left would patch up nicely though.

keep up the good work dude

[shaun]

yeah just a bit of patching to do on the hull, i having a new top half made for the bulkhead, and a whole new driver side top armour and of course new track guards. All should be ready by the end of next week. i have the angle iron and have started to cut the lengths. Mag drill coming next week as well so i can drill all the holes with ease. Then its off to the hot riveter. So by the end of April (fingers crossed) the hull should be solid and ready to start to putting the mechanicial parts back in. the engine is just about ready, i need a new top for the gearbox then that is ready to fit, the rear axle i have not touched yet. working on the controls at the moment, all of which are in super condition. im trying to get 2 days a week on it at the moment and most evenings when im home and work is not getting in the way.

[shaun]

thanks to all you guys who have helped with parts so far Eddie, Ben ,Kevin etc. Richie im sure i will have some parts of you at some point . Maurice is now making the linkage covers that fit at the bottom of the steering coloum so give him a shout if you need one.