Richard Farrant

Hi Andrew, I once had photocopies of two pages from that catalogue, the one shown and another, probably previous page. Sadly, I lent them to someone and never returned to me. I might know someone who has this catalogue, but cannot get hold of him at the moment. Richard

Thanks Adrian

Arjan, From your photo, the "shell" is actually the case only, am I right? I think this is a starter cartridge for a jet engine, from the markings on the base. Could be wrong of course :undecided:

Locally made parts and timber from NZ used..... if anyone has one of these in preservation, it will not be an "original" ... authentic possibly. Just goes to show, it is going to be extremely rare to find an original because a lot of our WW2 vehicles went through at least two overhauls before demob.

Probably because it is a bit early, barely a month since this year's show ended.

Hi Martin, welcome to the forum. I think that we have met somewhere before Had a look and I do not have a filter trap that you are looking for, sorry. Did you find what bulbs were fitted in your headlamps? regards, Richard

Have you seen this page? http://www.gdsf.co.uk/booking/camping.aspx

One common language .... divided by nations :undecided:

Do you mean on Wednesday ...... or is the "Day after tomorrow" the title of the film? :-D

Tim, The 6th photo down is of a sub in Australia, at the little town of Holbrook on the Hume Highway. A long, long way from the sea . Seen it many times and wondered how they got it there.

Hi Niels, The lwb Amazon with petrol engine was known as a WF8/AC6 (AC6 being designation of the 100bhp 6-cyl petrol engine). The diesel model was a WF8/NR8 (NR8 is the diesel engine type). No idea if there was a changeover date or whether fuel choice depended on the contract details. A lot of survivors are more likely to have been dieselised in commercial use anyway.

Thanks David. Just remembered, I got some silver paint from Frank Burbery Paints in Cornwall. He specialises in colours for MV's. This is for another armoured car and looks more authentic as it does not have so much of a sheen. Not brushed it though. Looks superb when sprayed.

The long wheelbase Amazons were petrol or diesel, depending on the model number.

hmmm...... got some wet paint to watch drying, will leave the search to you Tony

Looks like a Royal Engineer's Scammell Constructor. Were they testing the limit of the Bailey bridge? If so, I think they found it :undecided:

Think you'll find the tyres are 11.00-18 on a DUKW

Hi Howard, Having spent many years "hands on", working on the real vehicles that your models depict, I have to say how brilliantly detailed the models are. There is one photo of a Bedford MJ with a skyline in the background, if you looked quickly it could be the real vehicle. Well done. The 1 tonne looks the part and should be a popular model. As with a lot of us, I started making models in small scale from a teenager with a few scratch built one, nearly all British lorries and nothing like the detail of yours. Look where it has got me....... building 1:1 scale now! :-) regards, Richard

Hi David, Have a look at this photo, it is of a Dingo I restored with engine bay in silver as it was when last in service. It is a dull silver to match the original type paint. I found Massey Ferguson Silver Mist to be ideal. This was sprayed, brush painting does not give the same finish. You can get it in 1 litre tins from agricultural machinery dealers. regards, Richard

The entry in the Chertsey book that Tony has just posted relates to a regular exhibition that was held at the FVRDE /MVEE establishment since the early Fifties. These events were to showcase to buyers from around the world, military vehicles built in Britain and available for export (subject to export limitations no doubt!). I wrote several illustrated articles on these events for Vintage Roadscene magazine last year and I recall there were photos of Gypsys being demonstrated on and off road. It is quite possible that Malaysia and other countries, might have bought some Gypsys for their military, even if we did not go any further than trialling them.

hi Andrew, Peter B ........... now that is another name from the past! cheers Richard

Judging by the white number plates (blanked out) which are on front and back of some vehicles, they would not appear to be British Army ones. Could be wrong though. :undecided: Beaten to it !

It has Royal Army Service Corps sign on the drivers side, B28 could be a convoy number. Headlamps were lowered a few inches postwar as they were above the legal height for UK roads. Ths one might have had the lowered to due the "local" situation.

Hi Ray, I am in the UK and jeep spares and dealers are in abundance here, so never had to buy from the US. You have several Jeep spares dealers in NSW, Neil Goodridge is one, Darcy Miller (MV Spares) and there is another one in Sydney, will remember later. Might be handy to talk to the WW2 Jeep club guys who occasionally meet around you neck of the woods. Someone has always got bits to swap or sell. regards, Richard

Iain, At Eastbourne, there is the Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum, it has some regimental museums in it.

That is a rare one, a QLW tipper, you can see the front winch rollers. Looks like a Royal Engineers sign on drivers side, but I cannot make out the letters above.