Adrian Barrell

Regarding Budge, it was more a case of them being offered it to take away and you never say no, do you? When the Budge Collection broke up, everything had to go. The receivers did that in the easiest way possible.... I think your figures for the A9 should read £100k and 20 years!

The tank in the dip was still there in 1994, this was after Budge shut down. That might well still be there.

I took both of these over 20 years ago so I'm not sure if anything is still there. They were both reasonably intact, at least compared to Ricks find! There is a turret and a bit of track. There was the remains of a Valentine nearby too with some track and suspension.

I have pics of A9 and A10 on Pirbright.

It's available if it's of use, it is a take out. I'll take some pics.

That thought had occurred! I have a 168-3, it's from a Cent but it might be for the aux gen.

Have you tried Tim Vibert?

They cut the top off the Shielder, moved the drivers controls forward and placed a mock up Sherman hull on top. No great mystery!

Tight? You should try a multibank!

M10 uses :- 1 no stave, end, no. 72 Mk1 4 or 5 no stave, intermediate no. 2 Mk1 (depending on what leaner you are using) 17 pdr gun uses :- 1 no stave, end, no. 68 Mk1 3 no stave, intermediate, no. 1 Mk1 As to lengths, I have no idea though you can probably work out what you need for the M10. It seems likely the field piece uses longer staves. The intermediates have a male fitting on one end and a female on the other, the ends have a male on one end and nothing on the other, the wood being rounded on the plain end. The fittings are as Adrian has in his M10. The poles you have look US for the wooden and quite modern for the ally but no idea on actual application. Definitely not right for the M10 though!

Gordon, the socket is a standard US slave socket, used in Sherman amongst others.

I have recently been sorting through a friends Dingo. Rebuilt the carb and it ran well but only for about half a mile! The spark was ok, though seemed to be jumping around the electrode somewhat. I fitted a replacement coil and that sorted it, was obviously breaking down when hot.

The suggestion was Conger, which was a universal carrier based, rocket launched explosive filled pipe used for mine clearance. The carrier hull was towed behind Churchill AVRE on an A frame that looked a lot like the frame in question. I agree that a Conqueror Hollebone is much bigger!

The 17pdr and Crusader are in 1:32 scale.

It looks like the low coolant warning light and test button for Comet tank.

You could buy my M75 APC Paul, it was the first of what we consider the modern APC and saw good service in the Korean War.

Excellent! :thumbsup:

I can well believe it with your roads! I thought the same about the Stiffkey until I looked a making one, it's quite an involved piece of equipment.

The Stiffkey sight proved so successful that many guns reverted to manual control.

Hmm, deciding on a colour in a black and white print...... It can only be a guess, educated none the less! It could be Khaki Green No 3 or SCC2 Brown depending on when in 1941 it was taken. It would also depend on the factories current stock of paint on that day.

Yes, I quite like it too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Garfield_Weston

That picture could well be SCC2 brown.

I appreciate your faith in me Rick but I don't know the answer! If green, then presumably Khaki Green No3.

The one in the front is a towed piece of artillery, probably a 7.2" howitzer which was a British gun on the US 155mm gun carriage but it might be the 155mm gun, the British Army used both.