Armour Dreams

[Jonathan Moore]

The work light sockets I had to make.

[Jonathan Moore]

The sockets are standard DIN sockets pressed into the housing but the spade connections had to be altered.

[Jonathan Moore]

A member of the another forum asked if he could visit to see the tank for himself, so I thought as the next job is to modify and fix the gear shift lever in place which would require the installation of the drivers controls to ensure there are no problems I may as well assemble the drivers area as far as I can.

The rear light bolted in place.

And to end, a Christmas style picture of the magnetic work light, plugged in and working.

That's all folks, have a good Christmas.

Jon

[Mike Cecil]

Jonathan,

Fantastic job.

You deserve that well-earned R&R break over Christmas.

Mike

[James P]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Moore

The work light sockets I had to make.

The steckdose is still available (this one is on the high side) but that is a nice copy you produced.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Bosch-Steckd...EAAOSwkeZdncCq

[Jonathan Moore]

Afternoon James,

I had seen them but compared to the pictures of ww2 items, they appear too refined, plus of course the cost factor. Apart from the cost of the DIN plug and socket, mine cost very little to make.

Thanks for taking the time to reply,

Jon

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening All,

The gear shift lever is now attached to the chassis and connected to the gearbox, it all seems to operate smoothly.

[Jonathan Moore]

The next question was what to do with the shift lever knob either the original Jaguar sports look, a furry bunnies head or something more Germanic, obviously the bunnies head won, not really.

Two images from surviving tanks , the knob on the right hand image is not, as far as I can ascertain, original

[Jonathan Moore]

I think the knob would have been Bakelite but I haven't got one so I decided to make from steel.

Under the knob there is a thing ( I don't know what to call it) that you lift in order to release the shift lever, enabling you to change gear. I forgot to take any pictures of it as I made it.

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening All,

I have been trying to move swiftly on but life keeps getting in the way. I have managed to make adapter plate from the steering box to the drive shaft and the drive shaft.