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Thanks for all the complements and the support from you all . Well i started practising making a full scale model of the Vickers machine gun for my armoured car I only have 3 months to get ready for the first show so I thought I who’d make it in plastic to start with. I started with a 110mm x 3.2mm pvc pipe which I found I also used some 6mm plastic sheet which I had laying around the only thing I had to buy was some supper glue I have now got it to this stage. Now I have got the steel to start making one to look a bit more realistic I will keep you posted has thinks progress. Cheers bill

have a happy new year too all. cheers bill :dancing::dancing:

welcome just down the road from me always liked the Dodge. cheers bill :-)

Welcome to the forum Fred you will fined plenty to keep you interested on this site. cheers bill :-)

You are doing a good job of it keep up the good work. Cheers bill:-)

Hi Phillip welcome to the forum. Cheers bill :cheesy:

dont know if this can be posted ? Medals from World War I have been stolen during a burglary at a house in Walesby. the link for this is https://www.nottinghamshirealert.co.uk/da/57971/War_medals_stolen_from_Walesby.html :mad:

The good old oily rag ore clear lacquer who’d be my choice. My spanners never go rusty with all the grease on them except when the wife wash,t my full tool box not funny cheers bill :cheesy::cheesy:

Just found this on youtube don’t know if it has been posted before but it is the building of the copy of the tank for the war horse film cheers bill [VIDEO] [/VIDEO]

Hi just to put my bit in I have a friend that has a split screen vw van that looks like a lump of rust but underneath it is like a new pin with an engine that you can eat your dinner off the point is. it generates more interest at shows than some of the top show cars if it was up to me I who’d do the same to your truck just one more question when was the last time you saw a unpainted military vehicle at a show . But that is my opinion. Cheers bill

Try this site http://www.dawnmonksillustrations.co.uk/military-art/the-story-of-deborah-d51/ she also has a link to some video of the recovery of a first world war tank hope this is what you are looking for cheers bill

Hi that’s a good question has I see it if you are a member of a club i.e MVT or any re-enactment club and you are allowed to buy a gun for that purpose ie a de-act or a reproduction then what is there to stop you making a none working gun for your own use? As I see it the VCR act applies to us but mostly to people that are not members of clubs and the general public. But If you wanted to sell them to the general public you would have to have proof of membership or paint them a bright orange to distinguish them from the real thing This is a simple way of looking at this but how many have you heard that just built a gun for their own use and gone onto making them has a business but it all comes down to common sense . cheers bill

hi sorry lads but thecar has taken a back seat the wife has had me building some decking for a hot tub and also making 6 cat pens in a new shed but I have made 3stocks for a copy of some Lewis guns and I have started on a Vickers I will putsome photos of them on in time. cheers bill :-)

Hi Phil If you follow the thread My copy of a RAF Fordson armoured car in MV Chatter on this site you will see my build cheers bill :-)

My armoured car at the Doncaster Jeep & cheerful & military vehicle show yesterday with a few jeeps it was a good day out with pie and peas and lots of coffee I was welcomed by everyone and I hope made a few friends.

This vid has sum of the strangest military vehicles that I have ever seen what do you think and have you seen any in the flesh? Bill [video=youtube_share;ubFGwWEWw7s]http://youtu.be/ubFGwWEWw7s

Hi here are the photos of the seats and seat belts. I used every thing I cud from the LDV except for the seats just in case the ministry wanted to have a look. It needs a clean-up inside and a re-paint but what you see is what it will look like until next year . ps I use a sat nave which tells me my speed as well as the speedo Cheers Bill

Hi it as seat belts and two land rover seats I will post a photo of them tomorrow it was classed as a straight body swap but supply plentyof photos for them cheers Bill :nut::nut::nut:

Hi Kuno thanks for the interest in the car it will be inDesert Colours the colours will be Portland stone / slate /silver grey as in the caunter scheme by Mike Starmer which he has sent me a design for the car for which I am grateful here is a up to date photo and if your interested in some history of number 2 raf armoured car squadron you can find some on my site which I thinkis correct here is the link http://militaryreplicas.bravesites.com/ Cheers Bill ps thanks for the heads up on the book :-):-):-)

Hi Doug just seen the comments on the car when I first got the tipper there where some disbelieve in what I wanted to do with it from the neighbours and when I got the 9ins grinder out to cut up the body and then cut the 5mm steel plate with it they were not two pleased but after a bit they put up with it. But when it came to put the turret on one or two came to help put it on but to most I was the loony round the corner. But there has been some interest from the local paper and they have done an article on it last week here is a link if you are interested in it http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/article/6784/ex-mechanic-builds-armoured-car-in-garden cheers bill :nut::nut::nut:

IT’S PAST THE MOT just to tax it and were good to go. cheers Bill :nut::nut::nut:

NO chance of that with this ha-ha-ha. cheers bill:wow::wow:

That’d be great to have it in the car and it will fit but it will have to be for later. cheers bill

Test day IT FAILED no surprise it needs kingpins and one ortwo jobs for the retest here is a vid of it on the road . :nut::nut:[video=youtube;xjcC65Q-SEU]

Take one Spear and Jackson 6" Post Rammer at £48 from machinemart had one large crow bar and presto you have a bead breaker. cheers bill