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  1. Adrian Barrell
    Just to clarify a point regarding the flying. There is a prohibited zone that mainly covers central London and requires the usual security checks before entering and which is nowhere near Headcorn. There is also a larger resticted zone that Headcorn is very definately in. This requires flight plans to enter and depart with restriction imposed as to what you can do in it. Airfields inside but within five miles of the boundary can have a small exemption requiring simple procedures rather than flight plans. It is not outside of the zone though, so you can't just drop in!
  2. Adrian Barrell
    It rather gave the impression that it is all about reenactment though, and I use the term in its loosest possible sense. I feel more and more in the minority at shows in that I have no desire to dress up.
  3. Adrian Barrell
    Thanks for the pics Wayne, too modern for me!
  4. Adrian Barrell
    G'day Anthony, I should get that fetish looked at if I were you, it will surely lead to madness...... This is certainly the place to look for CVRT info.
  5. Adrian Barrell
    I reckon he's seen the light............. and bought a Sherman!
  6. Adrian Barrell
    Yes, the British Army did use LVT 4 for the Rhine crossing but not in Normandy. I would be skeptical that the photo is Normandy but if it is, it may well be later in the war or even post war.
  7. Adrian Barrell
    If it is a tank shelter bivouac, I'd be interested.
  8. Adrian Barrell
    I think you've answered your own question, MVT and IMPS are approved clubs, there may be more that have had success with the DVLA but those two are your best bet.
  9. Adrian Barrell
    Lots of Loyds, a few universal carriers, some Cromwells, at least one Churchill, some Shermans and a single LVT.
  10. Adrian Barrell
    I'd be interested in seeing the pictures!
  11. Adrian Barrell
    That's fine Jack, you go and grip some moles and I'll have her ready in no time....
  12. Adrian Barrell
    Can I be your pilot Jack?
  13. Adrian Barrell
    Sherman bow gun.
  14. Adrian Barrell
    I'll be there again with the Sherman.
  15. Adrian Barrell
    That would be Clive Hughes.
  16. Adrian Barrell
    Humber Mk IV A/C.
  17. Adrian Barrell
    On hard surfaces, as far as tanks are concerned, the ground pressure from steel tracks is much higher than rubber simply because of the smaller contact area.
  18. Adrian Barrell
    Rob, it looks like a Sherman 75mm block to me, though I think the 76mm Sherman gun used the same block.
  19. Adrian Barrell
    They are Canadian Dry Pin tracks, CDP. The Grizzlies were built on standard US track and sprockets but fitted with CDP later. Late Sextons were built on CDP. It is lighter than standard US live track but does wear as other dry tracks.
  20. Adrian Barrell
    Participants are there but if you cannot get emergency services vehicles to the majority of the site, can you open to the public?
  21. Adrian Barrell
    The composite hulls are not that rare, two have been imported into the UK in the last five years, one large hatch in very complete condition and one small hatch that is undergoing a full restoration. Both will emerge in excellent condition.
  22. Adrian Barrell
    All these huge asking prices are all very well but what are they actually selling for?
  23. Adrian Barrell
    Why would anybody want either? Collecting is never a rational thing!
  24. Adrian Barrell
    ''£40k to cover shipping, fabrication of all missing internal parts, set of new rubber tracks from JS and there'd you go'' You would need nearer £95k to do all of that, not to mention that 17pdr installations are next to impossible to find.
  25. Adrian Barrell
    Maurice Hammond near me rebuilds Merlins. Many well known aircraft in the UK have his engines in and they have a reputation for being very smooth. Vintech do a large range of engines. They do not do Merlins though have rebuilt Kestrels.
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