Reply With QuoteSpare parts box for a British Army (late 1930s-early 1940s) Wireless Set No.11.
All the best,
PB
Found this little gem at a car boot today. The box has some mounting holes that, apparently was mounted on something. Is there an RFC or RAF connection? #
The label inside especially has suffered from rust corruption, but is a list of spare parts. I can make out 'case, spare parts, No 5B'. Also
BRUSHES
BULBS 6 VOLT
AMMETER M.F. 350
BRUSHES,DYNAMO OR MOTOR No 9
It has a strong brass hings, and it quite a heavy guage steel construction.
Any ideas of what it was mounted on, and what year it might be from?
Its an AA battery for scale only.
Inside the lid.
Spare parts box for a British Army (late 1930s-early 1940s) Wireless Set No.11.
All the best,
PB
Figures, I know its not worth 10p really, but I'd like to preserve it and use it as a more unusual watch box. Anyone know a way of preventing it rusting further but preserving it in a stable condition. No, I dont want to paint it with hammerite either...
Rust-Oleum
Cheers..
Jase
No, just an old patek phillipe thingy. Threw it out though....
For preservation try this in clear (or maybe google eastwood see what they do):
http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproduct. ... de=094.987
Interesting, will look into that a bit more.
To prevent further corrosion, you really should sand the rust spots down to bare metal and re-paint, I believe the original color was "khaki-drab". Unfortunately, that means the original markings will be destroyed. If you feel the need to preserve them, make a stencil and reapply in black.
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