What do you think is the best most innovative advancement in turret technology? Like Cees mentioned, the technology is very fascinating.

Gyro gun sights?

Automatic gun laying turret?

Ammo feed systems?

Electric or hydraulic power?

What do you think?

Nice work Alan,

My 121 project is also on hold at the moment until I complete the work on my workshop!

And finish the basement……..

Here’s a shot of our third FN121 turret taken out behind my grandpa’s drive shed. Just a few years before my time! It was the first turret my grandpa purchased and came from George Ventress’s farm near Brighton, Ontario.
(1 1/2 hrs east of Toronto)

George scrapped a number of aircraft using their parts in farm equipment after the war. This is my only guess as to why this turret was totally gutted of it’s mechanical parts.

My father, brother and I having been working to restore three FN121 turrets and a FN16 trainer turret.

Most of the spares that I have located were found on Ebay and 90% were electrical and gunsight components that could possibly be found on a number of British turrets.

It seems to be extremely difficult to locate a part solely for one particular model of turret.

A few images of our FN121 and FN16 projects below:
(I apologize for any reposts)

Thanks for the update Dave!

I will try to get some shots this weekend before she is closed to the public.

I’ll be there the day after the dedication for sure!