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  1. SUCK- SQUEEZE- BANG- BLOW (Repeat.) Good luck guys. Regards, Tomo
  2. I was curious about this but discovered by chance a comment from Richard Pesket in the Dennis thread. Apparently, modern fuel being more volatile, does not need or take kindly to preheating. I am now enlightened. I have also seen a couple of pictures showing an earlier style of cowling, which is more rounded and possibly more correct for a ww1 vehicle. Tomo
  3. Hi Steve, At first glance this rather unnatractive cowling appears to be a simple heat shield, but the union fitted to the two studs suggests more pipework is required and that the original purpose was to supply warm air to the carb to pre heat the fuel ? Although obviously useless for starting, this arrangement may have helped prevent carb icing whilst the engine was running. If this is the case, it will also need a large hole between the studs. Just to show I am paying attention ! Regards,Tomo
  4. Looks like butterfly emerging from chrysalis !
  5. Hello Ben, That is part of an interesting document, which I think may be the post war vehicle census that someone on here was searching for. Do you have the rest of it ? Kempton Park was filled with ex military vehicles in various states of repair and this was brought to an end by the direct intervention of King George V, who let it be known that he wished to see the resumption of horse racing there after the war. Vehicles on home service continued to carry civilian registration No's, but all operating overseas were issued with WD bonnet No's from late 1914. These were initially given out to units in blocks, with instructions as to size and placement. All previous registrations were to be removed. New vehicles were given WD No's at the point of issue. There was some considerable shuffling of vehicles between units, in an attempt to homoginise vehicle types and vehicles sent for heavy repair were not returned to their original units, but held in a pool and issued as required. Occasionally vehicle No's and types were recorded in ASC war diaries, but this is the exception rather than the rule. Regards, Tomo
  6. Look closely for traces of service colour paint.
  7. This is an interesting point, from early 1915 all military foreign service vehicles were issued with W /I\ D 'bonnet' No's. These took precedence for vehicle identity and all other registration No's including civilian reg. and the earlier ASC No's were removed. I am not sure if Home Service vehicles still had to carry civilian reg. but anything returning from a Theater of War would have needed re-registering as a civilian vehicle.
  8. Very good Doug, we are obviously on the same wavelength paintwise! Your spelling correction is noted, we are talking about Terebine! However, we should be talking about Thornycrofts, so how is it going Steve ?.........
  9. Terebin is a purple coloured additive used by old painters, to speed up the drying time of oil-based paint. It does exist and I bought some only last week! As Doug said, it should be used sparingly, about a cap full in a litre tin will suffice.
  10. Doug, I believe Terebin is a natural drying agent and suitable for all oil-based paints. I still use it and it's available in good quality paint stores! Regards, Tomo
  11. The paint used at this time was probably an oil-based, heavily leaded, coach enamel. This was applied by brush and naturally air dried, to a semi-matt finish. It required coating with varnish to produce a gloss finish, (which was obviously not necessary for camouflaged vehicles.) The biggest problem with it, was the long drying time, which limited painting to one coat per day maximum in good conditions. This could be improved on unfavourable, cold or wet days, by the addition of Terebin driers. Brushing Cellulose was available pre-war, for the high quality jobs, but Cellulose did not really take off until the adoption of spray techniques in the 1920's.Also, Nitro Cellulose was required for other purposes during the war.
  12. They must be preserved at all costs, with the pictures, please. Lest we forget, (and have to read them all again.)
  13. Hi Duncan, 60 Coy will be attending Beamish, Dorset Road Run and Steam Fair. Other do's are in the pipeline and are as yet unconfirmed.
  14. Hi Jim, yes, I believe the trailer is ex Pickfords and of the same era as the engines. Braking is by wind on bands in the first instance and can be supplemented by reversing the motion of the engine, which will then fight itself to a standstill if necessary. This needs to be done with care and primarily from the rear in order to keep the load straight. Tomo
  15. Steve, I can't help feeling that the press is not the tool for this job. The pipe needs to be filled with sand tamped and capped then pulled round by hand with an extension tube to give you the necessary leverage. There are a number of youtube vids showing this method. Obviously, the key is a firm anchorage for this approach. Good luck. T.
  16. No, the rear or trace engine is mainly for braking the load on downhill sections.
  17. Could be done very simply by fitting a solid plate to seal the flange then immersing in water and blow down the open end watching for bubbles! Failing that a gob of pre emptive exhaust pipe sealer should do the trick. Tomo
  18. Steve, Could you test it with air or water?
  19. Whatever the material was, the transparent sections would need to be flexible and able to be stitched into the canvas surround, which rules out Mica in my opinion. The effect of the wind is visible in the film clip. Also, the rectangular openings appear to have a small radius at the corners which would make sense for stress relieving purposes. I would hazard a guess that celluloid would be the most likely choice.
  20. Steve, Evidence may be seen here, previously posted by Charawacy back in 2015. Look out for the ack ack boys appearing at 6.18 and all will be revealed.
  21. Another interesting, pre 1918 pic showing a veritable nest of petrol cans being guarded by the ASC. I have to say they look to be predominantly light grey in colour! Pic is an Alamy stock image.
  22. I found this on IMA's site. 2 Gallon petrol can, dated 1918, large arrow on handle with wonky spout, made by 'Grant'and obviously painted GREY. This item is now sold but pics are still available on the site. Clearly this is a big subject and there is more than one correct answer !
  23. +Very good Sir ! But I think this may have changed during the war. There are many photos clearly showing the P. O. and W. markings on a dark background.
  24. The WW1 colour was black for oil and water cans. Petrol cans were to be left in the makers colours. all had P. O. or W painted on both sides in white, according to the content. This was taken from an ASC memo dated June 1915 seen by Tim Gosling. It may be possible that this referred to reconditioned tins?
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