alan turner (RIP)

from the 60 pounders in firing positions at the left rear I reacon thats SALisbury plain, larkhill in about 1927,

unable to enlarge the image but the gun seems to have rounded trail legs which would make it an L118 105mm lightgun whichis now the officially recognised saluting piece. Last time a salute was fired at Woolwich Arsenal one of the guns came from tyneside and was towed by an RB44

sorry I must have misread things in the past ,from comments in the commercial vehicle mags it seemed that it was the engine date of manufacture not the vehicle age that was causing concern.

part 2

not used to putting any of my handywork on display but here are the views of the altered airfix queen mary trailer and tractor. It looks like the trick is to cut the out frame in front of the wheel bay and then swap sides, springs are wrongput what the heck.

the old Airfix Ju52 used to come with wheels or floats. used wheels and set floats onto their Dakota.

how is mark affected by the London emissions zone with this engine as he lives within the M25 area?

Junkers ju52 3/m

sorry ted but I have reached the 3 score years but not the and ten

I'll try and dig it out of storage and take a few views also fitted the cab from the K6 with the OX front to make it look a bit bigger. Warning they may all look a bit battered being 40 years old.

Airfix magazine guide no27 of 1978 modelling RAF vehickes by Gerald Scarborough has drawings for the 3 ton version per the kit, however in my own kit collection I have an altered trailer which I think was from an article in Airfix Mag just after kit issued whereby the wheels are moved to the rear corners of the trailer and the lattice let into the cut area and I believe that this was for the 5ton version.

Thanks for the comments re the images antar John but I will only take credit for lodging them on this site the real credit should go to the MOD photographers who from the thousands of negatives I have seen dont appear to have taken any duff shots. They all seem usable even when half stop differences are used for the same picture.

Sadly Mr Charles Ellis whose name I mentioned in my maiden speech (introduction) is no longer with us having departed to the great darkroom in the sky during January this year, sadly followed a week later my his wife, he was 94.

The CET views are luckily 35mm so easy to scan unlike the coloured one I included so I shall add a few more onto this thread

Alan T

My wife cant carry a tune even if you put it into a bag for her and her late dad used to play BAse drum for the MAnchesters so I have a rough Idea.

Mark Smith the curator at Firepower is a member on here under some pseudonim perhaps he can give answer, I'll give him a nudge next ttime I see him

at least no one can hear you over the vacuum of the internet just like being in space

depends whether he was an entire horse or had had the 2 bricks but mind your thumbs treatment doesnt it

is there any script on the breech block itself?

The guys who worked at the Rotunda did the painting themselves no information on who fabricated the sled I will try and find out after all its only boiler plate t girder and hot rivets.

The pile of stones are the remains of the foundation stones that were found underneath the steam hammer bases that are on show at the Wellington green bit east of B22 and have no artistic fuction that I am aware of.

tony see PM

Pics 2/3&10 Armstrong bottle guns possible built in woolwich and the 9.2" guns all seem to be the same type and date as the one that was installed last week at Firepower

and TErry Hall had his hand and arm stuck up Lennys A****

Also logged on by me with photos under Gibraltar gallery as gun came from there 20 odd years ago although it was built in 1890's at Woolwich

some views of early CET's from RAWHS collection

The RA Museum Firepower had a 100 year old 9.2" Coastal defence gun from Gibtaltar installed last week on the Clavell square on the river side of the museum weighs in at over 40 tons in all ttok all day but well worth the effort and generosity of Barclay Homes, to whom it will be on loan.

we aim to please

and the home side bring on their sub!