simon king

Try Micky at Tasker & Co /Axholme Signs for canvas work.

I’ve known them as ‘tilt frames” (for the complete item) and “hood bows” (for the shaped supports) for as long as I can remember.

On the first running day of the XXX Corps commemoration at Leopoldsburg. We made it.

Front wings now fitted

More progress, to the extent that it is now possible to move the MWR out of the shed under its own steam. Front wings and bonnet next

Loom now laid in, just needs tying down and connecting up now. Wish it was as easy as typing “connecting up” 😂

Been a while but progress is being made. Next week’s challenge is to lay in the loom.and start the electrics

Rupert, Send me a PM on here and we will sort something out. I have a plentiful supply remaining.

Another milestone in the ongoing restoration. First trial fit of the new canvas from RCH Canvas. A few adjustments are needed but nearly there for what is quite a complicated piece of canvas with lots of straps, leather patches and speaking tubes

Thanks - that’s good to know and easily resolved. The glass seemed too loose in the frame without some sort of packing As a matter of interest, are those two-pin sockets just standard pre-war domestic 240v Bakelite items

Been there, done that, but the glass seems quite loose in the outer frame. Did you find any cork gasket or packing?

Is it the Deelen dump in the Netherlands? I think the originals of these photos are in the Dutch national archives

Guy this is what I did with some Perspex within the existing control box shell….

MWs (and MWRs) have a circuit diagram printed onto a thin metal plate riveted on the underside of the bonnet. Over the years this faded to the point where effectively it was a bare sheet of metal with a hint of faint lines representing the circuitry. Tasker and Co have now reproduced these plates. The picture show the new and original wiring diagram plates for my MWR. The blue cast is a protective film to be removed before fitting.

Guy, the MWR has an ammeter adjacent to the control box and within in the circuit for the auxiliary dynamo/control box/charging board. Is there the same in yours?