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It'll take you longer than an hour, it's a good museum great vehicle display. Well worth a visit you wont be disappointed.

Possibly been oversprayed during the painting process? Looks like there's rubber on there.

Don't worry mate, have it back over in a jiffy.:wow:

It does look crude but then a lot of the lighting sets for various military vehicles look very crude also. See the link below and have a look at the lights in the pic for the Mobat anti tank gun. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?26776-Mobat-L4-120mm-Anti-tank-gun-for-sale. Even the latest issue 105 Lt Gun tow lights look like they've been knocked up in somebodies shed in an afternoon.

Just had a look through my photos, there are some with the lights fitted but the photos aren't taken close enough for a decent look. Maybe the short lead fitted onto an extension, but it's safe to say it is from a gun. Sorry I couldn't be more help with pics. But yes it's definately British.

Maybe the lead has been shortened, to fit something else just a thought.

Yes somewere, I'll have a look through my photos.

Almost certain these are off 105 Light Gun for attaching prior to towing on public roads, come as a pair. Edited to add: Just had another look this one looks like a single but later ones came as a pair.

My bold, you say that like we are are all poor drivers, we all see plenty of serious RTAs caused by all types of drivers on our roads and I include civi's in that group.:laugh: I certainly wouldn't put a 432 on a Daf Drops, in my opinion thats asking for trouble and can only be a matter of time before it ends in tears. Paulbrook talks sense.

Any sort of Coy markings haven't been used for many years, not officially anyway. The only real exception to this is Sqn triangle, square, circle which goes around the callsign, also some tank Sqn's still name their tanks with a name starting with the letter of that Sqn ie A, B, C, D. As Bazz say's with Union flag sticker. There are other exceptions obviously like Opfor but these are not permenant markings.

All these equipments are flown in by Russian crewed Ilyushin aircraft. They will probably be flown out the same way. Not a chance they will be left for the Afghan National Army.

Yes it looks rubbish, to shiney. Whatever happened to Nato green.

RSM would probably have just laughed and said REME t**sers, the ASM on the other hand.....well thats a different story.

Stunning, that Foden is definately on my list. Great paint job also.

Not trying to teach people to suck eggs but driving in the desert is really easy, I also teach track vehicle driving and if you apply the following method then tracks should never be thrown, (I know it happens.... a lot more than you would think) Always ensure your track tension is at the correct setting When steering (particularly low speed manouvering) use what we call the "50 pence method" ie, imagine you are steering around an imaginary 50 pence piece, so you are applying the steering on off on off, what this does is allow's the dirt/earth/sand to clear from the track horns/sprockets etc thus ensuring the track doesn't climb off the sprocket or idler.

Yes the UK spec Saxon driving position is on the right side.

Superb photos thanks for posting, a couple of my mates are posted there at the moment on loan service. Hope in the next few years I'll be able to get the job out there.

Excellent pics thanks, I'll be watching with interest and a fair amount of envy, I'd love to own my own Freddie but will have to be content with see your project grow. Thanks again for posting the photos.

Photos of Bowman are freely available on the internet, photos of the insides would probably get them more excited.

They are massively different, sorry I don't have a photo at the minute.

Any photos of it as it is now Steve? Be good to see the progress of your new project.

It'll never be worn "without belt" hopefully this will be the perfect opportunity to get away from the tucked in look, hideous in my opinion, and totally impractical on Ops, why we have this fixation with sleeves up and shirt tucked in look is way beyond me. You cannot regulate body heat with your shirt tucked in and it's so damn uncomfortable in the heat of Afghan etc, will it make us look more like yanks? probably but it'll be a lot more comfortable to work in. And yes I guess there's going to be lots of huffing and puffing from RSMs until we sort out weather it's "up and in, up and out, down and in, down and out".

Yes correct they are commonly refered to as 43 adaptors (430 series) they are CES items on Foden, MAN SVR and 434. They are just one type/size of adaptor that fits onto the hollebones to tow a variety of light A vehicles and all types of B vehicles.

A few pics from my U2 visit.

Chase car.