willy63 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 hello does have pictures from inside sherman VC firefly ? what is original color ? white like us tank or silver like british ? thanks for help best wishes willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Hi Willy, I have a few pictures, I'll e mail them to you. They were white inside, the tanks were not repainted inside, just touched up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy63 Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 hi adrian ok thanks a lot for infos,i seen pictures of brussel tank museum firefly but not sure all is original inside i bought some book but there is only drawing not photos i plan to start to restore my firefly so start to grind and weld correct parts inside. at this moment when work a lot on a chaffee ,its on goos way . willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Stunning work well done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 now that looks like a restoration brilliant work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertrack Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Nice job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 your workshop looks like my kind of place :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy63 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 hello thanks for comments workshop is big bazar !! chaffee is in very good way.first engine is closed. now need to rebuild the gearboxes hydramatic for my sherman,i am looking for multibank engine parts and some parts for inside hull but it's mostly complete will post some pictures willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 but it's mostly complete Lucky guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy63 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 lucky lucky i dont' know ! may be ! but lot of work to restore it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I have a book somewhere about tanks in Normandy. It tells how, having been issued with a new tank, first thing they did was remove as much of the white paint as they could so that when hit, the flakes would not come off at speed and injure the crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Herbert Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Certainly, flakes of metal were a serious danger but I have never heard of flakes of paint hurting anyone. I think that whoever wrote your book has his flakes mixed up! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy63 Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 they removed white paint ? but what they done ? they painted other color i never heard this story for my sherman i m looking for any parts for multibank engine at this moment i disassembly rusty engine and will made a list of what parts can be used again . willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Certainly, flakes of metal were a serious danger but I have never heard of flakes of paint hurting anyone. I think that whoever wrote your book has his flakes mixed up! David The white paint was thick. Sheered off by the strike of a round, I can believe it could take an eye out. Even if it only stung a bit, it might stop the gunner from getting the decisive reply back before another round finishes the job or the driver fails to back around the corner to safety. Such margins could be the difference between life and death. I do believe the author referred (but since I canot even remember which book it was, I cannot find it to refer) to his own or others' experience and in his experience it was usual practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 they removed white paint ? but what they done ? they painted other color i never heard this story for my sherman i m looking for any parts for multibank engine at this moment i disassembly rusty engine and will made a list of what parts can be used again . willy In Normandy they left them bare metal. Why paint something else over the top if bare solved the problem? Since then, the interiors of British armoured vehicles have been painted with a "silver" paint with entirely different qualities that does not flake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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