3 inch mortar round

[spotter]

This is a work in progress,i just started this today,
I was recently given a relic 3 inch mortar round ,today i cleaned of the heavy rust with wire cup brush on the grinder,The body has a few deep bits of pitting but im going to make it into a cutaway so i will be able to cut out the worst bit.I have given the body a good covering of filler to fill the rest in ,im going to allow a couple of days for it to harden up fully then sand it back,The tail was replaced with a spare i had,I have a fuze adapter and just need to find a fuze for it,
ill post more pics when i do some more to it
This mortar round was just an empty body it contained no explosives

 

[spotter]

Today i sanded back the filler and sprayed the round with primer.This showed any imperfections in the filling ,i sanded back the raised areas and applied another coat of primer to check again,it looks ok,So hopefully next weekend i will be able to do the final finish

Pic1 1st coat ,pic2 sanded, pic3 final check

 

[spotter]

Today more painting ,fitted the fuze adapter,then gave body and tail a coat red oxide ,then matt black,then a light uneven coat of some gold .Will get some varnish tomorrow and hopefully have final bronzy finish before marking up.
The gold looks brighter and thicker on photo than it is in reality

 

[spotter]

Bit more progress today,i applied a coat of walnut varnish but it wasnt tking to the gold paint,so i had to rub down the gold a bit and gave a very light patchy coat of matt black,then re applied the varnish,Im quite pleased with the finish now,i painted the head to represent a smoke round (phosphorous).,once the paint dried i gave it a rub over with fine wire wool to take the newness off it.I just need to make some stencils now and find that fuze.I added a fuze cap for the photos

 

[waffenamt]

Nice one Spott,good series of pics there chap!

Im on the hunt for that fuze btw.

best

waff

 

[jayteepee_1999]

This one got the good news today! Safely EOD'd

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

Bit more progress today,i applied a coat of walnut varnish but it wasnt tking to the gold paint,so i had to rub down the gold a bit and gave a very light patchy coat of matt black,then re applied the varnish,Im quite pleased with the finish now,i painted the head to represent a smoke round (phosphorous).,once the paint dried i gave it a rub over with fine wire wool to take the newness off it.I just need to make some stencils now and find that fuze.I added a fuze cap for the photos

Well Spotter from that rusty old relic you have done very well with that restoration job !
Congratulations:tinysmile_fatgrin_t

Hopefully you will soon get the 162 Fuze for it.

 

[spotter]

Thanks everyone,yeh im pleased myself and hopefully ive secured a fuze as well

 

[Madbomber31]

Very nice done Spotter.

:tinysmile_fatgrin_t

 

[spotter]

Finished at last,fitted with 162 fuze (plug rep type) and stenciled
The holes are drilled to show that it is inert and empty