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Ralph Lovett


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The first few photos on this web page show the riveting work on the armrest for the German 10,5cm lFH 1898/09.  Until a week ago I just had it put together with bolts.

http://lovettartillery.com/10.5cm_leichte_Feld_Haubitze_Limber.html

The rest of the page shows the restoration process from beginning (at the bottom of the page) to the current point.  The next work will be the foot boards and trace chain hooks.

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Ralph Lovett



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I am continual amazed at your work.  What separates you from the masses is your discipline for accuracy in detail.   Little things like the metal flash in the forward curve of the arm rests and the correct slant of the seat back tell a story of restoration excellence.



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Jack,

Thanks, this restoration is certainly taking a lot of planning to get right.  However, one area where I seem to have miscalculated is with the wheels.   The drawings and photos seem to support the idea that this limber had shorter height wheels than the 7,7cm lFK 96 Limber. I thought the 10,5cm lFH 98 Limber would have the same shorter wheel height as the howitzer.  However, when I found and imported the 121cm limber/wagon wheels form Germany that are the same height as the howitzer wheels, it was obvious that they were much too short.  An expensive lesson.  The upshot is that I have left the tall 7,7cm limber wheels on the limber for now.  Maybe in the future I will figure out just what wheel height is correct.  Examining the only other surviving original example in Ankara, Turkey may be the only way to answer the question.   

Always good to hear from you.  Hope you are doing well.

 

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Ralph



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