les freathy

Nice photos David yes please to the macks and trailers, that looks like a bridging trailer with pontoons behind the last DT photo

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Les

Can anyone tell me, was there a official DVD made of the last tanks in town and if so where can i get a copy

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Les

In my much younger days in the 1950s the locals at Lydd were allowed a more or less free access to most areas of the camp and as my father was a member of the local coast guard at the time we often were allowed out through the ranges. One section accessable through the camp only was known to the locals as the Midrips and i often went there with the old man and what i do remember was a light tank and a mobile anti aircraft gun situated on the edge of the road that had been used for targets. in later years i now realise they were of Italian origen i think a M40? tank and a Fiat or Lancia with a 90 mm gun all gone down the melting pot now but what a find if they were still there today

two shots of the Bedford Rl ambulance as issued to the navy

A few more moggies in service

Unimog U1300L communications

Just to confirm they are Federal 604s photos taken in Australia where a good number served and were used in civvy street after demob for many years

I take it by airfix kit you mean the old Matchbox now Revell kit of the 980/981. It can be altered to represent the Blackpool wrecker you want to model which does have a shorter bonnet and also different shaped mudguards but you can buy a resin kit of the wrecker in 1/76 from Convoy models based at Hastings in Sussex i think they have a web site but not sure also in white metal BW models from Aberdeenshire produce models of the hard and soft top kits numbers bw231 and bw237 the web site is www.bwmodels.co.uk

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Les

Cant believe that it was june last year the last entry here so to start things rolling again a photo of a post war LAD halftrack and a Leyland drops in Iraq

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Les

Excellent, all that WW2 stuff in post war livery and to my amazement a austin K6 with crane still serving in 1955. My knowledge on computers is next to useless so if any one can link the two and create them onto a disc i would be most grateful all cost met

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Les

Just been having sort through and came across this item which appeared back in 2000 in the model rail magazine. I remember looking at the cover and thinking what no way but it appears it was genuine as the guy took photos of it to make a model for his railway. anymore details out there

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Les

Thanks for those photos Jamie at least we know they are still around, now the million doller question are they or at least a couple of them to be restored soon

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Les

This photo appeared in the January 2007 issue of classic military vehicles, i have been unable to find out more on this conversion on the CDSW so need now to look further afield. It would seem to be some sort of wireless or communication body and i am certain no production run occured and if it did it would have been very limited, any ideas out there

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Les

Here are a couple of well used photos of DTs picking up LCTs at Antwerp for the Rhine

This organization also have a mass of photos of Polish units in the UK and in Europe, i wonder if they are going to put these up on there site or has someone already found them ?

Hi Howard

Afraid i am still trying to locate those 5.5 photos i took at War and Piece but meantime i think you will like this photo taken in Aden of a 5.5 of 170 IMJIN battrey Royal Artillery, i tried to zoom in on the working parts so it works

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Les

Howard, are you proposing other varients on the Matador in the future. I took a few detail photos of a 5.5 at Wand P a few years ago i will locate them and put them up

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Les

Is that Mick Goulds workshop in sussex

Its making me green with envy Fleetmaster, keep us informed of progress with photos

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Les

A photo taken at Ken Dawes yard when both were still working

The last two trucks appear to be a Morris Commercial and a Vulcan

Tony this has to be the same Ford taken back in the 1970s i have only known of one preserved

I look forward to seeing that, i presume you will going forthe RAF blue/black colour of the 1950s. dont forget to show us some photos as she is now and as you progress, i will have a dig out and see if i have some in service shots to help

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Les

Early Uranus on trials in Germany

All you Saracen guys will love this one

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Les