11th Armoured

My old Dad - late of the Royal Lincolnshire & Royal Warwickshire Regiments - would've put that ratio considerably higher... :-D

Nice truck! When I bought a V8 Landy several years ago, the exhaust broke on the motorway on the way home, so the last 50 miles was done 'unsilenced', which was an experience... I shudder to imagine what the neighbours thought when I arrived! :shocked:

Hi, I really enjoyed the show, I thought there was an excellent cross-section of vehicles there, with a definite emphasis on British stuff, which is always nice to see. A good selection of artillery pieces, too, which makes a bit of a change. Highlights for me were (obviously) the Cromwell, which sounds wonderful, but the little Uni. Carrier also put in a good show in the arena (as did everything, to be fair), and the 'Russkis' at the top corner with their AT guns in the hedge was very well executed. I took a ton of photos, although I haven't had chance to sort through them yet, but I did manage to 'fettle' a handful just to give a feel of the day: Kevin

Cheers for that, I'll have a look later

Not something I'm familiar with, I must admit Tony, do you know if there are any pics of them online anywhere? Kevin

Hi, I've just acquired these two leather straps and wondered if anyone had any ideas what they might have been for. One has the maker's mark 'B.H.G.' for Barrow, Hepburn & Gale Ltd. and is dated 1943 (the other is unmarked) and they are made from the same type of leather used for the Pattern 1939 Infantry Equipment (the pointed ends are also the same size and profile as the haversack straps and the utility pouch yokes), although they are stitched throughout rather than rivetted as with the P39 I.E. They are nominally twelve inches long and two inches wide, with a two-inch gated 3-bar Twigg buckle and two-and-a-quarter inch loop/fairlead at one end. There's no mention of anything similar on Karkee Web, so I wondered if they might be some sort of tie-down strap associated with a vehicle? Any ideas or suggestions will be gratefully received, Kevin

That's a SERIOUSLY good looking truck! :wow:

I just read that myself - all very intriguing! The could make it into a film: 'Sherlock Holmes & The Mystery of The Missing Machine-gun Man' Kevin

But when you consider the relative starting points, Alastair, your sense of satisfaction when you finish yours will be immense

I really enjoyed visiting last year, in spite of the weather, but it sounds like it's going to be a cracker this time around

Here's one with its roof up, as seen at a show a couple of years ago: Cheers, Kevin

Double declutching in those heels will be a bugger, though...

101st Airborne, I believe...

Nah - bit o' gobbo & it'll be as right as rain...

Brilliant! :rotfl::rotfl:

Bloody good book, Timbo - left an impression on me, obviously...

Hello Keith, there's quite a good page with a bit of history, here: http://arcaneafvs.com/6rtc1.html I have rather a soft spot for the old Vickers Mediums for some bizarre reason! Kevin

Probably 6 RTC in Egypt in the '30s, if the asbestos panels on the tank & the sparse vegetation are anything to go by...

What a brilliant photo, but like Tony says, can you imagine what it was like inside the bloody things out there?! :shocked:

Welcome from an equally wet mid-Lincs :-) Kevin

...and another :-)

Absolutely lovely - one of my all-time favourite vehicles. Congratulations on a superb restoration!

Hello Stuart, is that going to be on the first day of the 1940s Weekend (Saturday 21st July)? I only live just down the road & was wondering which day to attend (spectator only, sadly - best I could offer would be a 1965 Riley One-Point-Five, but that's up on blocks at the moment, in any case...), although I'll probably end up popping in on both days, if I'm honest Kevin

Hello Paul, greetings from sunny (!?) mid-Lincs! Lovely vehicle, the Scorpion - I still vividly remember my first encounter with one at the age of about 4 or 5 on the Golden Mile in Blackpool of all places... :laugh: Kevin

This one, I think: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pyewipe-jct/6069785588/in/set-72157627372590037/ Kevin