Surveyor

Barrie

Just chased I'm for a reply

Richard

Hope you find what you are looking for, I find all members helpful especially as I am learning to maintain a vehicle

Barrie

I have spoken with a friend who is familiar with both civilian and military fire arms, he is drafting me a reply to go on here

Richard

I had one of those trailers, mine was ex royal navy used around Naval depots, dates from the 1960's?

I remember them being pulled behind electrical units I Rosyth

We tend to have double sided display boards. On one side general bits about the type of vehicle and manufacturer if it is an unusual one. Including some photos of them in action and the type of jobs they are used for. Then on the second side the specific history of the vehicle with restoration photos, inservice photos etc... depending on what you have. Also the often asked questions - things like weight, size, etc......

 

I do wish more people would do display boards. Any time we have them out a lot of people stop and read them. And tends to mean you get more in depth and interesting questions.

 

Ed

Ed

Thanks for this, roughly what size do you use I was looking at A1 or A2?

Richard

Why the **, do divers need gas masks?

In a Clive Cussler book the Nazis had a gas chamber, cant remember of book and cant get to it in attic.

Second thought and suggestions could be like the Polish gold train

Probably like Sven not sure of "old" vehicles as shown in his great pictures and looking for advice if I go out and see some thing of interest, and I cant find ID plates or chassis numbers what should I look for in trying to help some one with the knowledge identify the vehicle, yes I know this question may be the equivalent of how long is a piece of string but any suggestions would help.

Reading what I can and getting confused I would like a suggestion for what should be on the information board for displays, especially as thinking of helping charities and leaving vehicle with them, I have history of the units for both the Land Rover and Trailer, I was thinking one board for each as may not have both together.

Are there any suggestions regarding shows apart from the usual insurance which needs to be taken into consideration?

The vehicle will not be accessible internally, but, hopefully look the part externally, I have no intention presently to get internal looking as an FFR but may do latter.

Thanks in anticipation.

What does the writing inside the lid say? not a radio bloke just curious

This could be an interesting thread especially for those of us just starting out considering the show scene

Same here and the new link doesn't seem to work, could it be a browser issue?

A useful Tip If I may proffer some advice regarding sandbags?

 

If you want a realistic looking display with sandbags. DONT fill them with old Clothing/ Material or expanded polystyrene.

They will NOT lay 'right' & will blow about in strong winds!.....

 

I have found the ideal method. If you are fortunate enough to live near a sawmill/ lumber yard. One of the things produced as a by product, & not wanted by them is Sawdust! If you approach them & explain what you need the sawdust for. They will be more than happy for you to help yourself!

 

Put a good quality plastic Bag / Bin liner inside the sand bag first. (NOT a thin flimsy type!) & fill with sawdust until full. The sandbag SHOULD have a pair of attached ties. If not, use some string, to close them up securely.

 

You will then see, they Lay 'Correctly'. & LOOK like that they are full of sand, but do NOT (Thankfully!) have the weight of a bag full of actual sand!....:cool2: You can then safely carry MANY of them in the back of your vehicle, or a trailer to a display at a show.

This reminded me on how heavy they can be especially if wet and water logged, a memory locked away till now

In order to get a proper comparison can a moderator tell us how many people are registered for this site?

It is surprising what good publicity and the right people asking for permission can achieve. The Military has all the resources (EOD techs , heavy recovery gear and trained operators) , Wounded/disabled Veterans are the perfect group to ask permission and participate in the dig , for starters the Military owe them big , the publicity is all positive , a small part of the training area gets cleared of dangerous material and some history gets retrieved. Ex Service men will no doubt be more interested in digging up tanks than bits of Roman pottery. everybody wins !

Agreed the rehabilitation is a good point, need some one with good archeologically experience in case we find the last known remains of xxxxxxx.

 

As all these are on active MoD property there is absolutely no chance of getting permission to dig up any of these.

In tis day and age you never know, especially as they may want publicity such as those with Time Team and Annika Rice

What about delivery as interested in getting about 200

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J Malan Heslop

 

 

a selection of photos from a great archive showing some interesting details

Great Pictures, I may be daft and my kids would say yes, is that a loud speaker on the bonnet? also is that a wire drum on the rear?

If one were to put themselves in the shoes of the locals, and having to deal with decaying corpses for years on end, those that would want to save any part of that time as a memento would be very few.

 

Something that is never thought of, "cleaning" up after the battle

Looking at the pictures has some one added an aerial?

MI I think wait until you get your history back then you ought to decide what particular era you want to depict.

 

This will determine the colour of the top coat & whether you want to choose an era compatible with fancy unit & formation markings. Even the engine colour, as it was not delivered from the factory in Sky Blue No.101.

Clive do you have a list of British Army paint in relation to British Standard Numbers? which may help the novice like me

If you have the original registration this would help with an FOI. I have a draft letter I use for them if you would like a copy

I use John Craddock of Staffordshire for my parts, great service and there returns policy is good as well, there are others

There must have been millions of craters caused by bombing , the vast scale of destroyed equipment and ready access to nice deep holes would have been very tempting for the local farmer to just push in some more dirt and get on with growing a crop.

those are interesting holes in the photos , they don't look like bomb craters or hand dug , at least on the high sides , a little more like naturally occurring slips ? but I am no expert...

I am not sure, there is something not natural about them, would need to know where and what the ground is like, i.e. soil conditions, rock etc.

Does a request for the Landie Road fund tax count? otherwise my daughter gave me 2 Airfix Landie kits to build, most likely harder than the real thing

EBay one has been removed "due to error in listing"

I wonder as they rot away is there subsidence to mark their position?