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NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by DDTrustee » Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:20 pm

I am having the turret azimuth numbers that go on the turret bearing covers manufactured for an M8 - need the font style (from some pictures) and the size of the lumbers and "L" or "R" or any other markings on the covers..... Photo of all would be great to make sure I have enough to coverall the markings. send to email drd@lobo.net thanks.
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Re: NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by dgrev » Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:38 am

Just the one set, or will you be offering for sale too?

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Re: NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by Big D » Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:07 pm

Hi Dan

Here are those photos.
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Re: NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by SURPDLR » Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:44 am

Dan and all,

I am not sure of the date of this Signal Corps photo:
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Also, here are some "screen grabs" from the Ebay auction of original Ford photos a few years ago:
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I would say the factory font is probably the 1" that Big D shows, but it also looks like a VERY skinny font! Note in the original photos how the "gaps" in the font are very close together!

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Re: NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by DDTrustee » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:57 pm

Awesome....thanks a million sent them on to Rick Larsen for examples of what I wnat....
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Post by DJ's Jeeps » Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:11 am

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing them!


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Re: NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by SURPDLR » Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:27 pm

DaninNM wrote:
Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:57 pm
Awesome....thanks a million sent them on to Rick Larsen for examples of what I wnat....
Did you also send the Diameter of the circle they need to arc around? I have contemplated this many times over the years, how best to lay this out and stencil it!! From the pictures, it looks like the numbers fit the plates evenly from left to right, so that should help with the lay out I have always thought. I wonder if getting a plate to Rick would help him any?
Don't forget the Arrow at the 0 mark in the 3rd picture!

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Re: NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by DDTrustee » Sun Nov 12, 2017 9:15 am

Hmmmmm!? Without thinking about the numbering I was thinking that the "ZERO" azimuth was under the gun tube....But your mentioning the arrow indicates to me that the numbering is offset so "ZERO" os located to the left of the gun tube when the turret is straight out front.

On spacing - that would seem to be fairly easily taken care of with an accurate diameter and calculations of the total length of the circumference of the turret circle - cardboard pattern with markings and divide between the major compass points of N-E-S-W would likely yield a good division. Centering the numeral on the pencil mark should not be too much of a problem....
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Re: NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by SURPDLR » Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:17 am

Yes, offset, and the "L" and "R" are on the Physical left and right side of the turret, NOT the side the Tube is pointing at. Also, note the font, the 0 has 4 cuts into it to hold the center. most font's use 2......

Studying original pictures brings out great details, that is for sure!
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Re: Azimuth numbers inside turrent & REGISTRATION NUMBER?ers

Post by DDTrustee » Mon Nov 13, 2017 9:54 am

Yeah, the originals were the ticket....the rusty ones coudl ahve been repaints or ??? no telling who or where or when they might have been put on....

I have another concern.....ABOUT MY REGISTRATION NUMBER

the M8 is an earlier one - has mine racks not tool boxes with step cut in (according to Jim Gilmore)
And when I look at all the ORIGINAL WWII in action photos of the M8s I have I see Registration numbers in the 6035 - - - or lower range
BUT, when I do the :ADD THE NUMBER TO THE HULL NUMBER I come up with 6039891
That seems too high a Registration number to be an early M8???? Thoughts?
My Hull Number is 6988 of lower front armor in left corner (from driver's perspective) and also on the rear armor on both sides of the radiator opening.

??????? is there something I'm missing????
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Re: NEED PICTURES OF: Azimuth numbers inside turrent on bearing covers

Post by jpmcd21 » Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:29 pm

Sorry to resurrect an old post, but does anyone know the name of or have the font used for the numbers? I am trying to make stencils so we can add the numbers to our turret. Thanks in advance!
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