GeePig Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I love the way you will be preserving parts of the original paint! On the camo panel, is the brown in the middle rust or an earlier coat of brown? trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goanna Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 (edited) Original camo on my PU . Camo appears to be two greens , the lighter tone is overall and the disruptive is darker , the desert light stone was applied over the camo. The small patches of grey paint you see was applied by Lanes Motors of Melbourne, they sold the PU in July 1945 to a civilian owner . Lanes also sold CS8's , they were the Morris Commercial agents in Victoria, as such they had first option to buy the surplus MCC trucks in Victoria and sell them to farmers . Edited June 13, 2016 by goanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 I love the way you will be preserving parts of the original paint! On the camo panel, is the brown in the middle rust or an earlier coat of brown? trevor Hi Trevor, no, the brown is paint, there is a whole mixture, of Khaki Green number 3, dark brown and 'Tarmac' I had Mike Starmer look at it a while ago and he said it was very helpful and quite a valuable record of shades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 waw , starts to look like the real ting , splendid job . How did you fitted the glass in to the windscreen frames ? This is my next work on my C4. Guy. Hello Guy the frames come apart, on my PU they are all made of Brass, and unbolt, on some of the later windscreens you get a brass bottom rail and the rest is steel. you can see the bolts at the top corners, the bottom corners are a little harder to see and remove, there is an 'L' shape bracket inside the glass grove, the 4 countersunk screws are removed from the outside, two in the side frame and two in the bottom frame in each corner. if you have new glass made, remember to have it shaped for where the bolts go through for the windscreen wiper, it needs a slight hollow. cheers Jules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 this is a clearer shot of the original 'Z' number and Royal Signals markings which i read as ' A 12' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedawnpatrol Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 a couple of photos taken yesterday along side it's stablemate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex van de Wetering Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Lovely work Jules. Great to see both 8cwt's in one picture. I see you have also swapped the tires on the Morris in the meantime(?) Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmare13 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Good Effort Julian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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