les freathy

aHA Jeff Brown that the name i was trying to remember, where in the hell Dennis came from i dont know

Unusual shot of MW tankers under construction and a gs with MUREX welder installed

Two more interesting snaps first the LAD lads up the blue, so it says on the back and second i am sure is Tripoli, i have seen that square in other photos bit of a mixture here Bedford QLs, jeep, Dodge D15 Bedford MW and a 15cwt CMP

You could be right on that Graham it was a long time ago and i only had scant details as you have been dealing in Ts for many years you have a better knowledge on past owners

cheers

Les

At the risk of having shown at least one of these photos before, well with almost forty pages now its gets difficult to remember all the photos here are three photos taken a long time ago at one of the first Duxford shows and one of the first restored to military Diamond T i had seen, if i remember it belong to a chap called Dennis who then lived in the Bristol area sorry i cant recall his second name

I didn,t notice that Mike definatly on the up then

For a change two shots of the White 666

OK here are two more of the Federal

Yep your right PM i must have been a bit p----d when i typed that in a Federal it is

Here is what snap shots are all about all the lads getting in on the act, in this case RAF in the middle east with there Crossley Q 3 tonner

Another nice reo shot, well why not two

Here are three pleasing images

Richard, sorry i missed your question but if you are refering to the model i have shown in the past its the Matchbox (now Revell)kit in 1/76. I have a number of kits of Ts in various scales including two 1/35 scale resin models to complete. Resin is not so bad to work with, some tips if parts are warped use a hairdryer to warm them, straighten and place in cold water to cool, always use a emery board for filing as metal files are to harsh. One problem with some resin kits is the over large cast off points these need to be sawn off and filed smooth be prepared to make up some parts especially the smaller items as they have tendancy to break so basically its time patience and care and you will get results

hope this helps, if you go ahead with a resin kit just shout when you have a problem

cheers

Les

I find all this a bit strange fair enough break the law and face the results but put the boot on the other foot and take a look at all the stuff being imported including tanks guns and small arms. When the eastern block collapsed we were flooded with equipment from all over the place just a thought

That steam cleaner certainly has the look of one of those Wickhams, bloody awful machine we used to light ours up with a flaming rag on a wire and often singed our eye brows on the enevitable blow back. We never had the posh cover seen on the second shot

Civvy reg Diamond T 981 in a yard of old military vehicles, i am interested to find out the make of that vehicle on the right with the unusual tailgate, it looks to be a 3 tonner or maybe even the 5 ton 6 wheel Thornycroft Nubian. Its difficult to see if it has 1 or 2 rear axles but the back of the cab looks thorny to me

Got there just before me Richard i was going to suggest the Liner Giraffe telehandler the army had a number in the fleet

Now thats interesting Robert as to look at it it shows none of the usual characteristics of a mobile welder

cheers

Les

Had a job making up my mind where to put this as its a snap but its main feature is the Churchill but think this the best thread for it

And says i full of self confidence a 50 ton Dyson with Neptune load

Christ i will get this right one day maybe this time

Any ideas, obviously a genny and powered by a V8 but the trailer has a American feel about it then again the background looks to be very British so what make of machine are we looking at here

I think i tookthis photo at one of the early war and piece rallies, one of you will know who owns it or did then

Here are a couple of old RAF snaps, i have no idea where the location is but could be Germany around the late 1940s but vehicles are Thrnycroft/Coles crane lifting componants from Crossley Q tractors and a 3 ton Chevrolet. Further comments welcome

From a very small snap so hope its good enough, cmps in the far east