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The person 'looking on' appears decidly concerned....

The Belgian Army Museum Tank collection was moved down to the Barracks in 2011 or so, taking it away from Brussels and Kaplan, would a sale of the white building part (where the tank museum buildings are located) mean the museum looses its home again?

Does anyone know what became of those Bulgarian dug in German tanks (PzIV, Stug III, JgdPzIV etc) that were in the news four or so years ago? I recall most if not all were excavated and brought to a holding area, a while later some photos surfaced of a number being rebuilt, but to what level I am unsure. At the time there was talk of them being offered to Bulgarian museums and also public auction but I never heard any more about them. The other day a video surfaced on youtube which was supposedly taken in 2014 showing a number of unrestored Pz in a holding area on Bulgaria...is that auction likely still to happen?

Great find Rick, I bet you couldn't remove the smile from your face for ages Be sure to use a metal detector in the surrounding area, there could be lots of hard to find parts that were thrown off and landed nearby, ground looks quite soft. Was this rare British armor previously unknown?

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...these things are never black and white... oh, come to think about it that's the problem.

A truly detestful colour if ever there was one :-(

I've seen the OY in the flesh so to speak and Pete is doing a fantastic job, his metal work is second to none. Nice to see you on HMVF Pete, keep up the posts, you will soon shame me into collecting my Loyd axle and getting on with it!

When you consider how many wrecks he has in his collection I think he looks at it as building up assets, some like to look at the bank balance others stroll through the assets. The other day a chap was interviewed on TV, he had a classic Ferrari that he brought back in 2008 which was now valued at £10,000,000 ten times what he paid for it back in 2008. If luck is on your side those assets may accumulate 😊

Thanks for the replies, ended up doing the mods by hand with a battery drill, not fast but its fitted to the engine now, just got to commission the governor now and see her run.

So many parts missing and damaged, years of work or a large restoration bill, thinking about it....probably both!

Hi All, Can anyone offer advice on if they know a little back street fabrication shop or machine shop who can plasma cut a 10mm mild steel plate for me, its only rough, knock a corner off and elongate a hole. Its for work on an Avon Gas Turbine and I need to get it done yesterday! Thanks,

Although probably not what you were thinking of but the Loyd Carrier was one such vehicle, cheap, basic and rushed into production during 1940.

Mark, I've seen wartime photos of Loyds using those bogies, I think they were a version rushed into production to help Britain out post Dunkirk. I haven't seem them on the later mass produced Loyds. You will note that the foundry has been made to cast 'not for tanks' on the side, perhaps as the load bearing capacity ls suitable only for Carriers rather than LTs.

Still amazing to think that there is only seven years between when those Lancs were manufactured and the first Vulcan flew, talk about leaps in technology!

Littlefield Auction. Good luck Jon, let me know when it gets back to the Midlands and I'll have to find an excuse to drop by again!

With a show as large and diverse as W&PR you are never going to satisfy everyone, or perhaps anyone! We each have our own area of interest and I presume most people, like me, only go to a show to see the subject matter that they have interest in. A show which could focus on one area of interest and ensure that they give a fully rounded view of the subject would be a winner for sure both for those with an external interest and those owning / restoring machines from that period. I suspect that the general public wouldn't care much at all, after all, if its green and has big wheels or tracks its all the same, let off a few gun shots and the family has a good day out to keep the kids from driving them crazy around the house. It would be rather interesting to see the demographic of the footfall at W&PR, I wonder what percentage of attendees have an active interest in MVs? I tend to think that an event which is created to give wartime MV owners something challenging and out of the ordinary is whats missing in the UK. I enjoyed Tanks In Town back in 2011, it had a good mix where the owners got to camp out in the woods and take there vehicles on the off road tracks if they wished and then as the culmination of the event there was the road run. Not everyone in the woods went on the run, some had come just to meet friends and hitch a ride around Mons. Thinking about it I enjoy Militracks too, so perhaps its the woods that give that extra factor in making for a perfect setting, rather than some vast expense of flat grassland.

Well, finally moved in and the two workshops are ideal, water tight, warm etc.. Pity I will not be able to get any Loyd work done as I have to rewire the house, get it signed off, redecorate the whole place, put up a fence & put in a Kitchen and Bathroom! All that fitted in between working away from home for the next Six weeks and then before the end of the year another 6 week stint away. With any luck I can get the chassis back to the workshop and fit the floor along with the engine guard.

I highly doubt Saumur would be interested. Perhaps events are getting more focused, Militracks is THE WW2 German equipment event, pity there isn't an Allied equivalent, driving through the woods at Overloon makes it a fun event for the owners too.

That is bad news. Hope it tuns out ok. I spent many fun months in Libya, so sad it has turned out the way it has :-(

Looks smart Rob. How similar is it to the models used during The Great War?

Is that the sound of riveting I hear in the distance......

Good luck to everyone at the show this year, especially my carrier friends, sorry that I can't make it but the wife is under the weather so I have to look after my daughter. Post some good photos please :cheesy:

Did you get to the bottom of the ignition problem Rick? Or is it still a short period of fine running before being intermittent again. You mentioned in one thread that the magnetos had been changed but the problem was still not 100% fixed.

I read that the director wanted an over the top Tiger 1 as the Russian main character was supposed to be obsessed by the Tiger 1 and as such imagined it 'larger than life'.