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More parts - 3 x 2in smoke bomb boxes (1 goes on the turret wall, and 2 on the floor of the turret basket) Excellent reproductions made by Adrian Barrell - if anyone needs any, please contact Adrian directly. Tim

Rupert Thanks - I think wise I go with the 2nd type. Cheers Tim

What date is that publication please? My feeling is this is the version I should have for the 1944/45 period. The wire version feels post war to me (not just because of the colour and label).

Rupert Do you have a ww2 dated manual or any form of period documentation which shows the 3rd pattern in use during the ww2 period? I have a pile of NOS 3rd pattern holders, but have assumed them to be post ww2 as there is no evidence (that I am aware of) to suggest they are WW2 vintage. I do not want to use the wrong type on my restoration. My ces listing simply describes the part as "Wesco Clip" and there is no drawing that I have found yet. Thanks Tim

The Wesco oil cans appear in the CES listing for the Sherman Firefly in May 1944.

Following from above. 2nd Type, Slightly broken (2H 3885) and below it 3rd type (Label identifies as LV6/MT1 27026) Am I correct to believe the 3rd type was introduced in the post ww2 period? Tim

Adrian Armour and Embarkation event in Dorset in the summer. Tim

an / and... my error in the requote, but it does not change the meaning of the sentence in my opinion... "as positive an attitude as one can muster" still implies to me that it's a bit of an effort to have to deal with a customer who's having trouble making a purchase. Anyways, he has said that no malice was intended, so I am happy to accept that and move on. Tim

"we will work through these with as positive and attitude as one can muster"... seriously? Not a particularly customer friendly message imo. For whatever reason whenever I try to order on your website, your website gives an error message, or no response... it is the only place in cyberspace I get' this issue... amazon and other main-stream retailers I have no issues. It may be I am the only one, but it doesnt mean you have the right to be rude. I have sent you my email address (as you suggested) for you to send me an invoice there... assuming of course you can muster enough positive attitude to support this approach. Regards Tim Bell

Tried ordering - website response "unable to process your order at this time"... hopefully I will remember another time.

Geoffrey I have sent you a PM with respect the AFV first aid tins. Many thanks Tim

I know nothing about the Chieftain, however if this was the Sherman tank, you would have to disengage the turret lock before you can move the turret on the traverse... so perhaps there is a turret lock you havent yet released?

According to Someone's law, this was of course inevitable. Having spent years trying to find the Emergency Stop box, and then resorting to making reproductions once I found a pattern to borrow, a 1942 dated original new old stock one turns up. Not a total waste of time and effort as a number of other restoration projects have benefitted... but for mine, it will be the original part now... and I have the right switch too. Tim

It is all in the detail... Having tried for quite some time to acquire a "Commander's Engine Emergency Stop Box"... I concluded the answer would be to make one. This is a British Modification applied to Shermans in British service (and those supplied to the Commonwealth), to allow the turret crew a means of shutting down the engine in the event the driver was unable to. After securing the loan of a pattern, this is the end result - repro left, original right. NB - Quite a few British AFV mods (especially on the Firefly), have been borrowed from other equipment of the 30s/40s and repurposed. I have some extra parts made due to MQ requirements with the manufacturer which are for sale. If anyone needs one, please PM me. Tim

I have one similar except mine isn't filled with concrete, it is in the main made of concrete with the only metal pieces being the central bit and the carry handle. IIRC I paid £50 for it about 7 years ago, which I thought fair for a nice door stop. Regards Tim