Otter LRC CM4647296 comes home

[David Dunlop]

Nice work, Jordan.


David

[Jordan Baker]

Slow but steady. Rear hatch removed for cleanup. Interestingly there were shims behind the hinges.

[Niels V]

The Humber Mk 4 and Panzer 3 we restored also had shims under the various hinges

[Jordan Baker]

Originally Posted by Niels V

The Humber Mk 4 and Panzer 3 we restored also had shims under the various hinges

Interesting. Some aspects of these vehicles are pretty crude, then they instal shims under hatch hinges.

[Jordan Baker]

Yesterday’s task in the few hours of shop time was spent getting this one part cleaned up and painted. The handle needed a bit of straightening and a small amount of welding done to fix up where the rod was cracking. One day the rest of the vehicle will look this good.

[Jordan Baker]

The rear viewing hatch was also removed. I’ve included some detail on the linkage assembly.

[Jordan Baker]

Lastly I picked up a needle gun. I needed something that would help remove the old layers of paint. It was proving very slow trying to sandblast off the postwar applied paint. I tried it out on the front hull and was quite pleased with how fast it was removing paint. This should definitely save time and materials when sandblasting.