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well just a update the car is now up for sale when I went to Cleethorpes for the army day I fell of it I also went to the Yorkshire wartime experience with nearly the same thing happening again so I have decided to sell it I will have to look for some thing that I do not have to get a ladder to get into it ha-ha it is on ebay in kit cars and also on milweb

Splendid show I was there on Saturday sunny weather and lotsof interest in the car

Hi just a question as any one got to a time in their life that they have had to give up something that they like doing I.E. showing their military vehicles be cos they are two big ore repairing them ?

In my case I have now reach that point last weekend at the Cleethorpes army day I fell of my armoured car suffering cuts and bruiser’s and this weekend at the Yorkshirewartime experience I was unsteady again so I will now put it up for sale and look for something I do not have to use a ladder to get into it . :-)

welcome to the forum :wave::wave:

welcome to the forum bit after my time in Ireland . cheers bill:)

welcome to the forum

welcome to the forum you will have to post some moor photos your vehicles. cheers bill

just a few words and photos about Cleethorpes armed forces day I was invited to take part for the weekend and what a good time I had I was well look after and went on the parade round the town

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welcome Tim to the site

welcome to the forum and lots of pictures of the build please :cheesy:

thanks for all the replies I have seen the council man and he is going to see if any one else makes a complaint and he will take it from there I have let it be know to the one I think is the one complaining that if I have to move it I will park it on the road outside their house and let them look at it all day and let my brother park is Luton van in its place on the drive all this because they cannot look up the street with out going to there gate to nosey :nut::nut::nut:

Well just had my first show last weekend at theY.M.V.T.York / Elvinton it was very good apart from the rain but there was a lot of interest in the car. The car ran pretty good I went up on the A19 but came back on theA64 and the A1 with a max speed of 64 mph with no problems the only thing is that it was very windy so I will have to have some sort of intercom for my passenger . The only down side is that I may have to let it go as I have been informed that one of my neighbours has put a complaint in say it is an eyesore and they want it moving and I have no ware to put it . So watch this space

I was travelling south from Harrogate towards the M18 on the A1 on Sunday and passed a military vehicle.

Was this you?

I tried to get a photo, but my dad was driving and traffic was not co-operating.

If it was you, vehicle looked very well and was attracting a lot of interest on the road!

yes it was I came back on the A1 heading to Doncaster :laugh:

just found this bloody good work chaps it looks a long job but the satisfaction will be worth it are you going to make it a firing tank ? .Bill :wow:

well got a tent and all the kit thanks to Adam son-in-law for lending me it for this weekends Battlegroup north looking forward to going so I took the armoured car out for a run just to make sure it was ok got back checked the oil and water and found no water the thermostat had sprung a leak started to repair it and then it started raining had to pack up will try to fix it tomorrow someone up there doe,s not like me rrrrrrrrrrr >>

well tried the car yesterday no brakes need a recon calliper hope to pick one up tomorrow but I will be there hope the weather will be ok. :nut:

Bill, have you got any good pics of the finished vehicle for the Yorkshire MVT site?

I will send you some next week when I put it back together and put the guns on it cheers Bill

I must admit to being among those who, at the start of your project thought "Oh dear".

 

I will now eat humble pie and say that you have created a magnificent vehicle that really captures the spirit of the original.

Nice one.

thanks but even I had doubts some times that I cud not pull it off and it tuck longer then I imagined

well its painted just a few more jobs to do and its ready for the YMVT show at York in may I have had inquires from Cleethorpes 1940s weekend for august and army day. also from the RAF for a photo shoot for a squadron photograph with there armour this has to be finalise yet it looks like I will be a busy man.

How have the neighbours reacted to what is now the finished product?

Doug

they all want to have a run round the block in it :nut:

its book in for York in may and the Yorkshire wartime show in July I will tell you its a sod to drive with no windscreen

just a up date I have made the boxes for the back and made the boys antitank rifle box next job a full paint and make the boys rifle barrel :cheesy:

have you seen this about a collator in Penistone

BOMB disposal experts were forced to carry out controlled explosions after a dead munitions collector was discovered in a 'museum' of war weapons

http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/article/7561/bomb-disposal-experts-explode-penistone-munitions

Not bad prop for a plastic one, although when you do it in metal would it be possible to make the fluted type barrel jacket? As these seem to be more common than the flat type.

 

Do you have the plans to make a Boys rifle? I'm sure I had a basic diagram lying around somewhere otherwise I can measure one up for you. Likewise the Scarff ring for mounting the Lewis on (or if you'd prefer, twin Vickers K guns to give the police something to really worry about!) there must be diagrams for knocking those up.

Hi yes I hope to make a boys rifle but to save space inside the turret I was going to just make the barrel with a box on the end so that it could be gas fired if you could tell me the length of the barrel it would be most helpful .Has for the scarff ring I have search the internet from front to back looking for the dimensions the only thing I have found is when it was reg at the pattern office but it has no dimensions. As for the Vickers barrel to make the fluted type barrel jacket I would have to know the depth and how many they are to make it but any help that you can give me will be most appreciated. Cheers Bill

That's not a bad Vicker's copy, Bill

 

For a VERY reasonable 9.99$US you can get a full set of plans, CAD drawings, etc. of the Vickers Machine Gun:

 

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http://www.replicaplans.com/VickersMachineGun.html

 

I've bought other plans from this seller and they are top notch when building a replica firearm.

 

Good luck,

 

Goran N

Thanks Goran that’s the plans I am using for this gun I had them printed to full scale I also have the plans for the Lewis gun that will be my next one after this. Cheers bill