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Tank Museum no. 01929 405096 and follow the prompts for the archive and library. Nice vehicles and i wish you well in your restoration. regards dave

This company is selling stocks, wrapped at £75.00, heres the link; http://www.project-x.org.uk/sterlingrelated.html

Shaun, re- what S.L.R. to get and depends on how pedantic you want to be. Does your Landrover have a date you are representing? Wood furniture on the rifle was phased out for plastic due to NBC de-contamination. I briefly had wood furniture S.L.R. issued during my R.A.F. Regt. training at Catterick (1985). Half way through and was given a plastic one. Dave

There was a .22 conversion kit. Made by H&k for the S.L.R. 7.62 Enabling shooting to be carried out in small ranges for ease. For interest i used to shoot a .22 rifle with Martini-Henry action, those Zulu's never had a chance!

World Wide Arms have them for sale http://www.worldwidearms.com/popup.cfm?p_n=97172&p_i=97172

Hi there, you could try World Wide Arms. They are selling sterlings. They probably would have bought in bulk which may include some scrappers. email them and ask. http://www.worldwidearms.com/popup.cfm?p_n=97172&p_i=97172 regards

Helston Guns have this one, This must be the finest cased 24 carrat gold plated deac avaliable. The famous MK4 L2A3 Sterling Smg, c/w sling, bayonet , scabbard, 34 rd magazine, cleaning rod and 34 dummy rounds, all gold plated! The mahogany presentation case measures 24 x 16 x 5 inches. One only avaliable. Condition superb. NEW PRICE (Was £4800.00) Price £3800.00

The vehicles will be getting cleared out from this area. A new building project will necessitate that afrea being cleared for a new car park. The scrap man cometh!

Steve, your blood pressure may go a little higher. If memory serves there are seven shermans in the museum. Right at the back of the 'scrap' yard is a sherman recovery, slowly and surely rusting away. The vehicles in the sheds are protected from leaky roofs by the thick layers of dust.

Hi there Andy, MEROD? Message Entry Read-Out Device? not familiar. :red:

You sound very keen to open a working attraction. Have you thought of having special events days during the summer. Something small to start off with. Have one or two days with moving objects, a couple of days open with static exhibits. Try to keep running costs down as obviously parts wear and tear, petrol cost mount up. Staff to do the job? You could be mercenary and get volunteers. If you become accredited then you could be a trainer for future museum staff. Also volunteers want time down for their C.V.'s. Be a centre for the MVT and get MVT members to show off their vehicles. (I have heard this is something the Tank Museum will be doing in the future to keep maintenance down on their own vehicles). You don't want your collection being broken up to pay for all the rubbish involved with running a museum.

i know this is an old thread, and the photo's aren't available anymore. If the Stuart is the Brazilian one, it has not been re-painted but in original Brazilian army colours. The Brazilian Govt. request was to have the vehicle remain in their colours as part of the transfer to the TM.

thanks all for the hello's

no photos except for pass out group photo at catterick. ex-girlfriend had all the photos in albums. daren't contact incase there is trouble.

This project is more to do with metalurgy and corrosion than the actual running or non-running of vehicles. One answer is, "don't leave vehicles out in the rain". Also the project is a front for funding. More academic and lottery funding may be available if there are viable 'recognised' research. There is also an element of ego attached to the originator of the idea.

Hi all, just joined the forum, do not know why i didn't do it before. I have a wide interest in military history, all periods. Had a brief spell in RAF Regiment (Rapier Operator), but height of the cold war and low boredom threshold left that and joined the Thames Valley Police. "Blimey that was even worse". Had a good stretch with T.A. Infantry Regt., then Engineers (plant operator). Went to University as mature student and read Archaeology and then an M.A. in Maritime Archaeology. Worked for a museum until the economics forced a change of scenery. May be looking for an archaeology project to turn into a research project.