ashley

Hi ghasp,

very nice pictures indeed :-o

Ashley

Hi Richard.

this section of the museum is not generally open to the public, but actually stores the odd treasure from time to time as i have had the privilege of a couple of tours normally it is so packed in there you have to squeeze between the vehicles (loveeeeerly :-D)

Ashley

My mate Mark who owns the kuble in the battle, was recently re enacting in France, when he saw a opportunity to wipe out a section of American troops who had their backs to him :lol: on killing them with his pistole the horrified French man told him " you can not change the course of history " "now lie down and be dead" :-)

Saturday was a lovely day and evening and i missed most of the vehicle movements as i was meeting old friends.some who had travelled from far to be at the show. As i had not put the canvas up on the jeep and just sheeted it down on the sunday as it continually rained i did not bother to go in the arena or get the jeep going until it was home time at approx 5:30 pm.

Ashley

Hi see the events and meetings forum

Ashley

On the sat. night i sat with the lads from the 6th fallschirmjager re enactmet group a realy nice group and totally non political, thanks for the eveving guys.

here a few pictures from the other side of the battle :-P

here is my mate mark i his kuble who realy enjoyed the battle

Ashley

Here are some german heavies

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some german armour

may be clearer here.

Ashley

Though bad definition here is one of the videos i shot. poor quality but super subject :-)

Ashley

PS requires the volume to be turned up !!!!

some more

thats it for tonight , some more tomorrow.

Ashley

next we move on to some of the museum exibits on display

Here are some others showing the high level of authenticity achived by these groups

Ashley

Hi all,

what a weekend! Saturday was fantastic weather ,but Sunday was pathetic wet misrable day .

Here are some pictures from the show,the first selection shows the living history area.

Hi Jack,

the word has it that the engine of the tiger tank was sent to a company in kent. They have carried out what ever work was required to get it running properly.

It has now ben refitted and is ready to run at this years Tankfest.

The origin of this info could not gaurentee its authenticity even though it came from high up in the museum management team.

The Tankfest is to (hopefully) become a annual event. These will be themed events (vehicle wise) i.e. U.S, one year then British, then German thats all i know at present.

Ashley

Hi all,

due to a refit in Kent the Tiger tank will[/ run at Tankfest this year :-)

but may be others can confirm this (if they are allowed ?)

Also the event will become an annual one with themes i.e. next year the theme wil be American vehicles,then British ,then german.

Looks like the museum is to promote its self more :-) hope this info is true as the week end is drawing near

Ashley

Hi ghasp,

would this be a german six wheeled armoured car ?

Ashley

Hi Jack,

all systems still go for the Tankfest, just hoping that the god weather returns.

The show at Canford arena was pretty quiet on the Saturday i reckon most folks went to the beach 8-), but it picked up on the Sunday.

Steve the Bedford if i remember is a 1942 (800 ?) gallon fuel bowser and has been restored to near mint condition.

A good plus point for this show is that it is only about 1 1/2 miles max from me front door the non stop keyless organ (still humming the tunes in my sleep) was a bit boring after the first couple of hours but there again met new and old friends, took in some sunrays, chilled out, family got in for free what else could you ask for !

Ashley

OLD BOY WITH STICK :evil: :evil: where those voodoo dolls when you need them :-D

Ashley

second half

green goddess

rare austin truck apparantly trialled for the army but never accepted for service

some commercials

a rush to the bar !!

big steam

and saw bench

and some miniture steam

Thats it folks decided against photographing all the cars m/c`s etcetera

Hi all,

           attended a show this w/e not strictly military but a combination of all sorts here are a few pictures of the more interesting vehicles there

Ashley

first half of line up

this was the Poole preservation show at the canford arena

Hi Tyler,

some great photo`s looks like a good weekend.

That german vehicle (not sure of the make) is very nice inded)

Ashley

Hi all,

        if any of the pictures i have posted are of the right standard feel free to use.

Ashley

Hi all,

if any pf the pictures i have posted are of the right standard feel free to use.

Ashley

Hi,

didn`t you guys book into the HMVF zone :roll: at the W&P show ??

://www.hmvf.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=685

Ashley