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Welcome to the Friendly Forum, Doug. Cheers, Mark

Absolutely right. They can take quite some to time to wrap up. Many magazines also have the matter of scheduling to tie specific features to potential advertising - which is sound business.

Knowing the Russians they will have sent all kinds of variants. I've seen a photo of the Nationalists entering Barcelona with a mixed column of Panzer I and captured T26 types. The Nationalists simply appropriated whole shipments of them. A friend of mine photographed one in Spain in 1972/3 and was lucky not to be arrested. I keep meaning to get the snap off him. MB

It's an aside, but I do remember an ex-London Transport K2 on the show scene - it was in the old Green colour used presumably for London Country areas. I never knew if it was built on an ambulance or fire vehicle chassis, but thinking about it - some sort of NFS version would probably be favourable. MB

It is available from WH Smiths. I believe Kelsey only uses them for shop sales. But I am not an expert on their sales methods. M

Hence 'tilting at windmills' in Don Quixote I've read a fine range of books full of words carefully chosen at random. M

It was a disaster for the yacht club who bought her for their clubhouse/HQ without realising how much work was needed to make her usable by them. All the fittings went and other work was needed and meantime they had to keep their old ship, The Bembridge, which was slowly coming apart. When the Bembridge was dragged off the beach she split in two. The Wilton is a good looking vessel and having her there keeps a tradition alive, which is to be supported.

Built as a duel programme between the Dutch and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. It comes in at least three versions including the MRAT anti-tank version which has a few missile tubes on the back. There are supposed to be some with Stingers about, but the lot I saw last week were all standard. It looks amazing and I'd have one. The driver sits centrally like in a Saracen. Fennek is a version of the German word Fennec which is a long eared fox type critter. It must be the same width as a HMMWV.

Too many things are confusing me at the moment, mate. M

Ieuan, The clubhouse is in your head. It is a palatial blend of rust, biscuits and farts standing in a copse of gum trees overlooking a great plain. The car park is bigger than....Leichtenstein and the members lounge is like something from Hogwarts. The only problem is Jack REALLY IS a person who likes to go round smacking bums. He last appeared at Devises Assizes in 1998 on a charge of sheep worrying and the illegal importing of ferrets. He got off on a technicality, joined the Spanish Foreign Legion and headed off to Mauretania to fight the tuaregs. The rest, as they say...is history. If you want to know about Shermans there are some of yer actual drivers on this forum. Good luck MB

We were invited to attend an exercise held in the UK by 42 Tank Battalion and other elements of 43 Mechanised Brigade. They brought 17 Leopards, a mass of YPR 765 APCs and Fennek armoured vehicles over. It was a blast! Tony and Mick would be able to expand on some of the politics - but in general we had a great couple of days and the others are still out there working with them. We also saw the beginnings of a huge British army exercise and lots of kit rumbling about and all in all I had a most wonderful intro into the world of Plain Military.

It was bucking frilliant! Thanks to Tony, Mick and Andy (plus a few serving members of the Royal Netherlands Army) for a fantastic couple of days.... MB

Happy Birthday matey! MB

Yep, I did http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showpost.php?p=130099&postcount=124

Cheers Richard, I visited in in March. I think I posted the snaps in my Pilgrimage post series of stuff. MB

Welcome to the Friendly Forum, Clay. God Bless your Dad, he sounds like a really interesting bloke. It would be interesting to see some of your work. We need to put some model cabinets up in the clubhouse. Fetch your drill, Tony. Mark

You made it here! Well done Welcome to the Friendly Forum. Mark

Would have thought it would be the Harvard for the WW2 and immediate PW period. Where would all the pilots for many of the others come from? MB

Sorry Commander, no snap attached! MB

The B-24 can supposedly be seen from time to time at low tide. I've not gone out to look and assume a boat would always be required. This memorial has been recently improved - probably at the same time as the local council put up a basketball court in what was a large car park. The memorial has been there for a few years. By taking the road from New Romney to Ashford via Brenzett you will pass another memorial for a B-17 - the pilot stayed at the controls so his men could get out. God Bless him. MB

Welcome to the Friendly Forum, Alan. Nice truck! The hi-hab works for me! Have fun. MB

Good stuff. Thanks matey!

1302 is a Berliet The Range Rover is a recreation of a German armoured car. Can't remember which one at the mo'. MB

Cool. Is OURS a new book? I hadn't seen Ghosts of the Somme either. M

James and I got down for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. It was superb. A complete chill out. Well done Ian and Lee. (Can we have that weather at the Bunker Bash please). MB