A collector acquaintance is rebuilding an Alvis Mk6 Saracen armoured car. It was a Mk3 contracted to Libya, which was not delivered but taken on strength by the Britishicon Army for Northern Ireland. The main change was an extra 16mm of armour plated welded all over. Many of the welds are embarrassingly crude. For instance, inside the turret the welds have a decent puddle. But on the outside and around the hinges, it looks like the icing on a cupcake with bubbles and little piles, or porous gaps and voids.

Is there anyone on the forum with experience around British Army Workshops or Depots who could comment on the modification process? Whether the work would have been done by apprentices or skilled tradesman, what sort of time pressures would have been on the job, what working conditions would have been, rejection or refusal practises, etc?
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