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I worked with a chap who, as a bulldozer driver in the Royal Engineers, had the job of digging the holes at a US airfield and pushing in all the "stuff", which he claimed included jeeps (but who knows about the jeeps.......) I used my drill rig to locate and recover items from a tip near a US airbase, the "informant" was only 12 at the time and got it pretty spot on! Unfortunately the dump appeared to have been burned as it was tipped and the only stuff we found was crockery and partially melted cutlery right on the edge, and a radio case. We were so disappointed.

Whatever picture handling system you have Rick, you want to end up with something of width 20cm and resolution about 72 pixels, to achieve a reasonable quality image at less than 265kb file size.

I think there was a thread on this back in July/August in "I may be stupid...". My method is a bit different, and uses Adobe Photoshop Business edition as the picture editor, 'cos it happens to be on my computer. If you happen to have Photoshop, open up the picture in this, > advanced > size > Photo size > then you can 'change width' (yours are 3.05cm) to 20 cm, and 'change resolution' from 2 or 300 to 72 pixels per inch. Save file as JPEG. Close file, then re-open your picture file (not in Photshop) to check that file size is less than 265kb. If it is not, go back into Photoshop and change resolution to something smaller (say, 50 pixels per inch). That's my way, but then I do stick oilers into petrol trucks (which is why I have to remain anonymous) :whistle: :-D :-D

very small!

A bit more useless information - My father had the job of flying some top brass down to an airfield south of Bristol at the end of the war. While he waited for them to return, he spent some hours watching a team at the end of the airfield literally chopping up Liberators (with a wire hawser wrapped around the fuselage and two Cat D8s pulling hard against each other :shake:) and then pushing the bits over a cliff to help break them up! The guys told him they were salvaging only the engines and certain instruments, for return to the States. Presumably these were planes deemed unsafe to fly back??

Sorry to state the obvious, but surely if you build the rest of the fuselage, wings, engines et al, (having seen pics of your model, I'm sure you are capable!) you could fly the navigator's table to and from shows.......... :whistle:

Anyone else noticed how much the forum has deteriorated since that chap Kewelde threw in the towel? I'll miss his wit, banter and that good old voice of experience. It'll be a worse place without him :whistle:

Hey, those rear springs have one serious SET in them - reckon you'll be doing the fronts just to get back onto a level keel, sailor (not)!

Observation point for underground shelter?

Judging by the rust pattern and box section uprights, I'd say 26"deep x 36"wide, sort of body depth and width. Oh, and I have not got a clue as to its purpose in life, but that's a solid top all right.

Before you do, you might like to know that a Dodge successfully scaled our Xmas tree - see pic. What other vehicle could have done that? Happy Christmas anyway.

When I said "Lets get dug in" this is not what I had in mind..........

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RG - I have some generic Bryce Berger instructions which I could copy if you need them (found in a Rolls Royce C series manual), but there should be a pressure indicator (with a 1 1/2" dia. glass dome) on the unit which shows when presure is up. There is also a relief valve set at 5,000psi for safety.

You poor jeep has to work hard to earn its keep! Very interesting to see that one of those railway guns has survived, and must say I'm finding it increasingly difficult to distinguish betwen photos of REAL and MODEL aircaft, even when I think I know which is which!!

Perry, The first siren shown (without red lens) is a SIREN. The second one is a SIRENLIGHT - they were fitted to Ward laFrance wreckers, I but have not seen them on any other vehicle in wartime photos. You cannot put a lens on the first type, they are very different units. Repro sirens are available from Jeeparts, SIRENLIGHTS are like spaces in the clubhouse parking lot - scarce :whistle: Hope this info helps!

Tut, Tut, I'm very disappointed, Lawson - as soon as I started playing this I decided it was in thoroughly bad taste to poke fun with such a serious topic and I would disapprove..... but by the 1/2 way point I was reduced to a shaking jelly :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

And I thought the yellow/green puddles on the floor of clubhouse workshop bay 3 was frozen antifreeze :dunno: could be a clue?

Me too, better today though. Will stay away from clubhouse just in case. And must wipe the computer screen again....

With reference to discussion about LH nuts in another post recently in Recovery Service, now being tested - is it safe to recover a goat by rear suspended towing? :whistle:

I don't think so, Richard, I have the same Regimental Goat Workshop Manual as fv1620 -

Inflating the Regimental goat in an approved Regimental Goat Inflation Cage

The oldest of only 3 American survivors from WW1 has died at 109. He leaves behind 2 comrades, aged 108 and 106. Just watched the French production 'Happy Christmas' about fraternisation in the Scottish, French and German trenches near Delsaux Farm over Christmas 1914 - stunning. And to think there would be almost 4 more years fighting over the same piece of ground........... This must be the same Delsaux Farm, south of Beugny village where Jackson died in Sep 1918 during the re-taking of the village.

They are the same road-rail truck as in the first picture - and definitely modern photos.

Another (more expensive) solution is to get a repro gauge (12v) from Jeeparts - an excellent copy. I got a voltage reducer chip (possibly like Rex's?) from Maplins, but not used it yet. Try their website. Or what about RS Components for a regulator?