B-24 Propeller restore

[Barnie65]

Hello there
In my spare time I work in a military museum in Austria (Militärmuseum Sonntagberg) and am responsible for the US military. Bought probers of a crashed B-24J and would like to restore them to look better than I got them. I've already started and will soon be doing more work, such as removing the over-oiled paint on the probers and repainting. I already bought the manufacturer's sticker and the one for the technical one is missing

 

[Snautzer01]

Hi Barnie, welcome. Is it known what wreck it came from? I posted a lst of usaaf losses over Austria acwhile back.

 

[SaparotRob]

Hello and welcome!

 

[Barnie65]

yes it is, also found the accident report and the deployment report online

 

[Barnie65]

Today the old paint that was brushed off was removed and primer applied, a kind of mirror mounted to see the gearbox. As well as photos of the 2 info boxes, with the larger one remaining the same except for one picture

 

[Barnie65]

does anyone know what was on the probeller?

 

[Barnie65]

new colour,is this the correct colour?
black

 

[Michael Hope]

does anyone know what was on the probeller?

The DWG NO was 6477A-0
The MFG # is the actual manufacturers number of the each blade, it is different for every blade
Angle High 88
Angle Low 18

Here is the information from a document for propellers that can be found in these forums:

B-24J, engine could be R-1830-43/45/65; the full propeller model would be 23E50-505; blade model (DWG) 6477A-0; propeller nominal dimeter maximum 11 foot 7 inches; internal setting range for cam stops 18-98; low pitch stop setting (low/minimum blade angle) 18; high pitch stop setting (high/max/feathered blade angle) 88.

 

[Barnie65]

Thanks

 

[Barnie65]

almost finished, had problems with the decals and wrong weather forecast

 

[vikingBerserker]

That is awesome!

 

[Barnie65]

Today the missing manufacturer stickers were attached and painted with matt clear varnish