ashley

Hi sorry Jack,

the cold drive back froze the brain a bit and i can`t remember thie names :oops:

The chap on the left i belive comes from Taunton way and the one on the right from Dorchester way.

Ashley

Hi Mark,

no i am afraid not in the schwim, as ther were to many people up for that. But i am sure that soon i get a chanch in the Kuble, its just a matter of time

Ashley

a couple of friends keep guard

a side on shot

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mark has his first drive of his new vehicle

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now as i said my mate mark had decided he wanted a kuble (he was mainly an SS militaria collecter) he acquired parts from the aforementioned drag racing team, and several parts from the Chez republic

The vehicle is dated early 1944 so has been painted to represent the Normandy campaign

here is the guy who restored the vehicle driving it to the gathering

and here she is on water

Here is the same on land

Hi all,

attended the birthday party of my mate as he saw his restored kublewagen for the first time since he brought off a group of persons who had converted it for drag racing :shock:

Here is the schwimmwagen owned by the guy who restored marks jeep

Nice photo`s, thanks for sharing.

Out of interest are these tanks just empty shells or are the complete/ semi complete with regards to interal workings ??

Ashley

Hi all,

half heard this on the radio to -day that the European commision belive that the sound of gunfire during salutes i.e. 25 pdr. (or thier equivilents) have been deemed too loud and steps should be taken to quieten them down somewhat :lol:

I wonder if this would also affect those who take part in re enacting senario`s as they may be able to keep thier guns as long as they do not make `loud` bangs onlyquiet`ones `Food for thought

Ashley

Hi all,

next saturday 11/3/2006 i am attending a birthday party of a fried of mine. Not unusual you think :roll: but on this day my mate wil have his kublewagen (which has been restored by his friend) officaly handed back as a restored vehicle instead of the trailer load of bits he originally had.

The guy who has done the restoration is bringing his schwimmwagen and as far as i know he intends to take it to water close by :shock: :shock: if all is well i shall take the jeep along and i hope to get some photos of the event.

Ashley

Hi all,

i am sure that you`ve noticed on this months MVT calendar that the 1941 Canadian truck has the `front` mounted version !any coments?

Ashley

Hi Matt,

i did watch and enjoy (?) this quite fasinating programe mainly due to the way these guys operate i.e the forenic investigator is only given the minimal amount of info of where the remains came from and thier supposed age.

Though we do things diffently here in the U.K. did you see the similar programe about the twenty or so 1WW brits found in the trench wit thier arms linked a short while ago, where they actually managed to trace a living relative. Very good programe :shock:

Ashley

Hi Rolf,

very nice trucks indeed 8) i would really like any make of F.A.T. myself, but space limits me to just the jeep. Thanks again for showing.

Ashley

Hi Karoshi,

even though you are not the `events organiser` have you managed to stake a claim to a "HMVF " plot of land yet for the 2006 meet.

Ashley

Hi Tyler,

looks very nice indeed Tell me has the truck still got its "traficator" for turnig left or were these not fitted to Austins, it consisted of a lever fitted to the rear of the cab which when pulled activated o small arem out of the left hand side of the cab so the driver could `indicate` left when wanting to turn :!:

Ashley

Hi Tyler

the application of winter camoflage was quite prolific in the German and Russian armies (as needs dictated) as well as other armies,

as the winters on the Russian front really were a hell on earth.

Of course the winter of 1944 was also the worst (European) winter on record for years.

Most applications were of course carried out in whitewash of some discription so it could be removed in the spring.

The last picture you posted does not look very convincing to me and looks lke the museum had some left over paint from some where :cry:

though the two U.S. and the russian vehicles look quite convincing the last one (german) i think is particulary poor (JMO)

Ashley

P.S. if any members here have what they belive to be an original snowcamo german helmet for sale i would be very interested :wink:

Hi all,

with posts asking about uniforms thought this may be of help though i have never dealt with them. http://www.fngsupplies.com/index.html

Ashley

Hi,

could be wrong but i thought that at Beltring they had some WW2 stuff i.e. bren gun carrier.

Ashley

Try this jack

sutlers.co.uk

Ashley

Hi Larry,

totally agree, my reference was made to hardy ferret requests

Ashley

Jack,

just type the title in take a deep breadth. They are known for thier U.S. civil war items but do all major conflict uniforms

Ashley

Hi Jack,

there is i belive a local firm known as `sutlers trading` which sells re-enacting uniforms if you want to give them a call.

Ashley

P.S. have just checked the site my self some of the items are expensive (IMO)

Ashley

Hi all,

the "battle dress" type denims can be found with both war time and post war dates, usually both on e-bay.

Ashley