Armortek

hi all
The old stowage bin on my Tiger 1 needs an upgrade.

I took it apart, and as you can see on the pictures, it is fairly battleworned

Top and bottom parts are bended and twisted, so I took a hammer and gently hammered the parts back to a suitable shape.

Next is to sand and make the surface nice af smooth for the primer.

New hinges will be installed as well as the stowage bin is going to have rivets

More 2 come

I can remember shooting at that stowage bin Steen! I think most of the rnds were LV hollow point 5.56mm

that must have been fun Phil

It has served well and there was really no reason for changing it, other than I hade the spare part lying in my parts bin

Well it has some history Steen, and if you put it in your wood burner for an hour to remove all the filler, then wire brush it and place it on your workshop shelf as a curio people will be fascinated

sounds like a plan

I was just going to say that bin looks its been on Phil's gunnery range - as a joke! Sure enough!
Looking forward to seeing it restored.
Bob

Here are pictures of the burning process

been working a litte bit more on the stowage bin and the base is now finished.

The raised plates for the hinges will be grinded down flat to the surface, as the new hinges has a bend on the to raise the lids.

Will post more pictures as the build comes along

Obviously I am watching with interest Steen! Nice work and what a transformation, those rivets make all the difference regards Phil.

so its finished - its not perfect, but thinking of the starting point, I am very happy with it.

The last thing to do is to change the hinges to the correct scale and have dem workable

Very, very nice. Also have to work on mine, a real rust bucket...

looks good from here, a nice detail to add, regards simon manning.

Nice work Steen!

The logo of the 502 is now painted on the storage bin

Finally, after more than 4 months the stowage bin is mounted back to the turret