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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.

The absence of rubber on the roadwheels is very obvious.

Still a very good replica.

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:

Looks like a home made job to me !, I have a crate full of Artillery tow lights of all nationalities but non as crude as that .

 

Rob......................rnixartillery.

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.

That sounds intresting, When you say heavy and high ,, could you expand ,, what have you seen and was it down to a squaddi or to the truck or both? , 15 TON PAYLOAD so fv432 is possible,, i know a chap who put a abbott on one that was prob not such a good idea for stability.. but all ended ok.

I have a foden and have never even thought of stability but i am thinking of geting a daf drops.

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.

Τoo big, too heavy to bring them back...

But, someone will wonder " you have the C-17, why don't you use them

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.

If you thought the A bar snapping sound was bad imagine what the RSM said would have been worse!R

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

If you revisit the first post in the thread you will know that I was not the nut behind the bolt.

 

I would suggest that hard turns in pure loose sand are a bad thing and the mess I had to deal with would be the proof.

 

I am being told by the powers that be " well how does the army run theirs in the desert" to which my reply was " with a darn sight more care", that retort had all the aerodynamics of a lead filled balloon as might be expected.

 

I guess time will tell if the lesson is learned, likely we will be visiting the scene of the crime again in the future with another tracked vehicle, at least that is the bet I have in my shop with my lads.

 

There seems to be a direct relationship between lessons learned and skinned knuckles. Others dont get their knuckles skinned so maybe that is the problem?

 

"A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man"

 

R

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.

The Saxon variant appears to have the driving position reversed from what I recall in the UK usage. Cana anyone comment to that?

 

The Centaur half track is very interesting as only a handful of those exist.

 

The Land Rovers appear to be based on Pinkies but are lacking some kit, wonder what a more detailed set of pics would reveal, i'm wondering if they were left behind by MOD?

 

The 101 Ambulance reminds me of the Santana version of the same vehicle.

 

Nice museum when you consider the size of the country.

 

 

R

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.

I see its been the focus of a few upset RSM's due to the big question of tucked in with Regt Stable belt worn or wear out without belt........

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.