secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Hi Folks , picked this up earlier this year , have since stripped an given it a birthday , now ready for final paint job , will try and post some more pics but it seems to take ages here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Gave it a quick paint job for ANZAC day , was part of a deal that got me free crane hire , the local re enactment guys used for ANZAC day , caused a bit more work during the strip down but im on a budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Dragged inside for the real work to begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 taking it apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 in pieces, came apart very easily despite being outside in the rain for many years , navy armourers are not shy about using grease ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 most bits went to the sand blaster , did the body by hand as it still had a nice phosphate coating inside , the sand blasting would have removed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Missed a lot of photos out but base back together, elevation and traverse gearboxes installed . then body dropped in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 looking more like a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Gun is mostly complete , missing breach block and barrel has been torch cut before it was sold for scrap . am now trying to find info on WW2 North Africa desert cammo paint ? I know its a naval gun but it wasn't always , during the strip I found several layers of paint one was the standard army green so it was at one stage a land based gun. the history I know is that after WW2 the navy gathered up a stock of serviceable bofors and stored them in case they were needed if the cold war escalated . so the big question is do any of you have a modern paint code equivalent to what was used by the Allies in North Africa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Nice job, gonna start on mine at the end of next year. still trying to get some sights though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Hiya, Your Bofors is a Navy one....so i would make it navy grey..... Did restore a Bofors excatly like yours when i was 21 and we did put it in a permanent display as a deck gun on a destroir in a musuem. And yours stil have the nice railings behind it and the strorage bins....those are rare... Keep on posting photos for us.... Cheers, Louis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I know where there is a spare carriage for one of these WW2 40mm Bofors for sale Commander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeferret Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Great job............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 more progress , im not sure I like the colour but that is what I have . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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secondshooter Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Note dodgy extension on crane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 just about done the big bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondshooter Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Havnt done much in the last few weeks , firing linkages on today , orange flag is to stop me walking into the sight bracket (small workshop) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Lookin Good ! Rob.................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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