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marvinthemartian

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  1. Just got back from a busy weeks holiday in Dorset, which included the Steam Fair. Here are a few pics to whet your appetite. quite a good turnout of MV's, and a good number of Explorer's hiding in the commercial section, didn't see any Martians tho.

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    Will hopefully post more pics of this when I get chance to resize.

    Simon

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  2. Where the truck is parked, it is a long way from a water supply, so cleaning is done by hand, scrubbing and brushing, washing off with a garden sprayer, though I am thinking about getting one of them drill powered pumps and a few 5 gallon containers, so I can get a bit more pressure up, as some places are hard to reach.

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    Mainly using Gunk, with a bit of diesel too and household kitchen brushes as they are cheap.

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    My arm isn't long enough to reach the drop arm!

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    I have got more pics, but will have to put them up later, as it's time to get ready for the school run.

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  3. Have been doing a few more little jobs over the past month, welding up the rusty battery box, odds bits of painting and cleaning/degreasing the main gearbox and chassis rails. The battery box needed some new bits putting in the sides and a new bottom, which I cut from a different box. Then because in some places the metal was so thin, with lots of pinholes I decided to put a lot of filler in the inside of the strenghening swages, so that from the outside it looks fine, but once a battery is plonked inside, who'll see the insides.

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    With the filler smoothed down, and a liberal coating of paint, not brill, but will serve a purpose.

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    Here's a comparison of the two, or the good and the bad...

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    I have also got my kigass tank painted and finished, bolted to its mounting bracket and put away in the shed for later.

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  4. The wiring between the junction box and starter motor is simply a 12 amp cable, originally made from unipren, running inside a tinned copper braided outer hose. At the jnc box end, the cable passes through a rubber bush inside a threaded union, of which the hexagon end of the braided outer screws onto, and is simply put into the correct terminal in the box and the terminal screw tightened. At the starter end is a 2 pin plessey connector, of which only 1 pin is used, and the other end of the braided hose is screwed onto this connector. The plessey connectors can be completely stripped, though they are very fiddely! Lots of small bits, pins, seals, threaded rings etc.....

     

    This is the view of the inside of the junction box.

     

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    This is a shot of a 5 pin plessey connector, would guess 2 pin identical.

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    Any more info, just shout.

  5. I have a feeling that the flap would be dropped down for when used in conjunction with the no3 oven that sits on top, so that there would be some sort of airflow up and into/around the heating chambers of the oven, also so that one can see that the burners are still lit, as the oven completely blocks the view from above. My no3 and oven along with 3 and a bit no2's are stuck at the back of the shed, so cant immediately get my hands on them to check.

    Simon

  6. You will love it. I was lucky enough to have had a flight in the BBMF lanc back in 1976 when on a weeks camp at conningsby with the ATC. Sat in rear turret and flew along the coast over Yarmouth ! I will never forget it.

     

    Lucky chap.

     

    Spent today at East Kirkby, as they had a special event on with being bank holiday weekend. Lots of period reenactors milling around the place really set the scene. Hope they do get the old girl into the air, they've spent a lot of time and money on her lately, so with one more big push.....

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    For starters, one of the old tower, complete with period looking characters.

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    Being turned around ready for the next taxy run.

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    Sat in the summer sunshine drawing admirers.

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    Being turned again. She made three taxy runs today.

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    Rumbling along the grass strip, a bit more throttle and up she goes..... one day......

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