cordenj Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Yes very good clips. Nice MW and Humber box as well. I've looked at 6:47 Tim, and wonder if it is a bowser behind the carrier. Could it be a 10cwt GS trailer or Mortar trailer with cover and loads of extra kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordenj Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Hi Tim your right, looks like a 10cwt bowser behind a carrier. If it is that is GREAT. I've not yet found a any photo of the 10cwt bowser in use in WWII, although we know they were! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordenj Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Hi Ian, Have I sent you these photos before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Yes very good clips. Nice MW and Humber box as well. I've looked at 6:47 Tim, and wonder if it is a bowser behind the carrier. Could it be a 10cwt GS trailer or Mortar trailer with cover and loads of extra kit? Yes, I think you might be right. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Hi Ian, Have I sent you these photos before? [ATTACH=CONFIG]84761[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]84762[/ATTACH] Hi John yes I've got them, Les Freathy sent them to me along with a few other origionals so I was able to 'blow them up' and get better details. cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Had a Blacksmith friend do the 'hot riveting' on the repaired wheel, that's the last job finished before it all goes away for shot blasting next week :clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampant rivet Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Hi Ian Not really bowser related but found this today and wondered if it was a gearbox driven water pump off a Bedford MWC ? Will give it a clean up tomo some numbers were visible on the castings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy66 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Hello, to me it looks more a hydraulic pump! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampant rivet Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yes I think that's what it is the Mw had a tipper rear body fitted to it I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Yes I think that's what it is the Mw had a tipper rear body fitted to it I think. Looks like the same pump as my QL had fitted when I bought it and that had a tipper body, right back on track now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reebo4624 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Just noticed this thread some quality work going on there especially the welding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Chassis & most the brackets etc after shot blasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Starting the refit after individual painting of all the parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 Repaired & painted wheel arch's went back on today, and loads of bits went off to the shot blasters so picking them up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Repaired the filter & off to the blasters along with dozens of other parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 Can't wait to fit these beauties just finished painting the pumps along with all the brackets & many other parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell sprout Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Great job, what shade of green paint are you using, looks really good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Great job, what shade of green paint are you using, looks really good? Hi Russell its Firwood 703 Fast dry matt BS298 2231 Olive Drab I mix it with 10% thinners & use a 1.8 nozzle. Its slightly lighter than War Paint olive drab but has more of a sheen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Cleaned up some of the brass data plates today to see if its possible to silver solder some repair sections into the corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Will you be soldering some shim metal to the complete rear surface of the plates first? trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Found these original photos from my collection. Korea 1951. Think they could be water trailers, you can see the front of a 1944 Morris C8 GS truck as well.. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Will you be soldering some shim metal to the complete rear surface of the plates first? trevor Hi Trevor that's a good idea, I might try that. will have a look in our local model shop next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Found these original photos from my collection. Korea 1951. Think they could be water trailers, you can see the front of a 1944 Morris C8 GS truck as well.. Keith Hi keith thanks for sharing the photos, what's interesting is that the Bowser I got from Slade farm (ex RAF Slade farm) has that bar across the 'A' frame which I thought the farmer had added but it must be a post war REME mod ? Also the rear shots show the frame & filters missing so they must of ended up using them just as water bowsers post war and not as filtration units ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Made good progress on the water tank today, ground off all the arc weld 'spatter' and tidied up the roughly cut brackets. Also had to fill the top where the galvanising was in a poor state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Found a couple of war dept galvanised buckets over the last couple of years which I thought would look good hanging on the rear taps. Both were in a very poor state with concrete in the bottom and many dents/damage but after an hours work they looked ok. One dated 1941 /I\ G*R & the other 1944 /I\ Belray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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