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I've been around the SS Jeremiah O'Brien in SF, great experiance, the engine room was a wonder, just down the pier they have a WW2 US Sub that has been in a few movies, it is still floating so when you're inside and a boat goes past it rolls, that was much more atmospheric than the British WW2 Sub in Portsmouth (forget the name) on a concrete plinth that we visited a couple of years before.

 

Excellent Ship by the way, it will be nice the see it in the diorama setting.

Hi there, where is the US Sub, UK? I went aboard the U-Boat In Birkenhead before it was cut up, and three U-Boats in Germany. (HMS Alliance in Portsmouth).

hard to say. What would a fully restored sherman tank go for?

There was a Sherman at the same Tankfest as the Holt in photo taken. A complete restoration and paintjob, with ancillaries and the owners paid approx £200,000 i believe.

Is the price comparison similar due to age and rarity?

No museum will have the cash, i would have thought.

Is there an estimate?

Should the title of the thread be changed to Raiders of the Lost Tanks? or

Eddy8men and the Last Crusade® Tank?

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I can quite believe that. Back with the Mob i was at Waterbeach teaching ADR and basic plant to the TA. We developed an area for plant training.

Regards

Tim

I did the compactor course at Waterbeach when i was in the T.A. Lovely bit of kit. Are they still there?

If only you could plough up a Tiger

France. A more or less complete, but wrecked, Tiger II (production turret) is buried under regional road 913. Parts of the turret were recovered in a limited exploratory excavation in 2001. Further excavation is currently halted for financial reasons. There are plans to fully excavate and restore this Tiger II for a Vexin battle memorial

Artist, i think if you are like me and 'resting' at the moment, we could go over and undercover of the night, remove the road and Tiger. What do you think?

Then we could write the screenplay for the movie-tie in while in a French prison. Or take the option for Foreign Legion service. I'll get me shovel.:cool2:

As an archaeologist, there is a saying i like to go by,

"If in doubt, dig it out"! :-D

"If only you could plough up a Tiger "

 

Well the latest issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine ((June 2006) has a report of a Tiger, five Shermans, a Panther and other Soviet tanks being recoved from a bog on an abandoned tank range near Moscow in 1973, and what with the Panzer III and T-34 recoveries, I'm sure these won't be the last.

I know this thread was a while ago, but unearthing old things seems to be the main topic, 'fnarr'

Mantes-la-Jolie, France. A more or less complete, but wrecked, Tiger II (production turret) is buried under regional road 913. Parts of the turret were recovered in a limited exploratory excavation in 2001. Further excavation is currently halted for financial reasons. There are plans to fully excavate and restore this Tiger II for a Vexin battle memorial.[53]

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Oh dear. thats bad. It doesn't take much for continuity and an advisor.

Just lifted this off Army rumour service forum.

Want to be a Film Star?

I have seen many of the same type of thing be it of different regimental cap badges. Templates were printed in newspapers, enabling people to embroider their cap badge of choice. Sort of a home front patriotic sampler. Different sizes appear to have been available.

First and second war periods.

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Using the beauty of cut and paste, this is from the Maple Leaf forum and missing lynx;

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47210/thread/1050505298/RAF+vehicle+colours+and+published+references

These are notes from (1983) copy of wheels of the RAF:

Up to 30s, Army Khaki

30-1940 (Battle of Britain) - RAF Blue/grey

1940 (Battle of Britain) - disruptive pattern applied to MT based in SE

England similar to that of aircraft, but using industrial camouflage paint

intended for buildings (he doesn't mention shades)

August 1941 - standard scheme for RAF vehicles introduced of overall khaki

green no3 with diruptive scheme of Nobel's tarmac green no 4 (Same scheme

applied to Army vehicles)

Also, anti- gas patches were applied to the offside mudguard, yellow

square

until 1941, brown blotch after this. After '43 paint in general had

anti-gas

properties

September 1943 - new scheme of MT brown special and Matt Black (again,

same as

Army) (Mickey Mouse pattern)

For the invasion of Europe, olive drab replaced the brown

Late 44 - Olive drab overall (vehicles to be repainted when neccessary)

This was the main pattern, but as always there are exceptions:

Overseas

BEF1939-40

Many vehicles painted in disruptive scheme of Khaki green in the field

Western Desert

Standard scheme was middle stone, sometime with dark earth in patches

2 TAF

Home markings, but with the white star

Far East

Standard Blue-grey until Burma campaign, when a general change to Olive

drab

Hello there.

David Fletcher at the Tank Museum, davidf@tankmuseum.org

I also believe there is a volunteer helping restoring one of the Valentines at the TM, who has done extensive research on the vehicle.

What is the question you are wanting to know?

The book is quite rare now, I had an old battered copy as a kid that went adrift. Then found one through Amazon, and a rare boook dealear a couple of years ago, cost me £45. Problem is the illustrations, all done by Scott. they are split up and framed. Very much recommended.

Are you after a copy with illustrations, or did you take the pics out?

Just to whet your apetite,

itch with antcipation

and start thinking how do i get my hands on that;

the National Army Museum are giving away a Crossley-Kegresse half track, 30cwt truck.

Only to accredited museums.

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