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It is always nice to see the wood going on - it begins to look like a truck and not a farm trailer Keep up the great work! trevor

And there is nothing wrong with being the 'full inch' eccentric either trevor

Will you be soldering some shim metal to the complete rear surface of the plates first? trevor

Hi, Trevor, I suppose my questions are where are you, and what 7.3 diesel? I thought the B60 was fairly robust and repairable, what kind of damage does yours have? trevor

I have no idea whether any Polish forces returned to Poland with their equipment? However, I have seen a lot of lease-lend equipment in old photos, including one of a Sherman tank in one of the main squares here in Lublin in July 1944. trevor

I thought it was the leaking oil that proved one had a genuine bike, and not some copy trevor

Really? I wonder if this was all accidental, or the director's way of objecting to the dictates of the infamous 1949 Wisla filmmakers conference, which had slammed many films for their lack of revolutionary spirit - a year before this film was released. trevor

That is what I thought, but I don't really know much about them. trevor

I admit to enjoying a bit of Social Realism every now and again, and take a certain delight in finding the inconsistencies in the images of 'good us, bad West'. Here is a Polish film from 1950, 'Pierwszy Start' ('start' appears in Polish in relation to races, and I suppose the title could be translated as 'fresh start' or 'first place'), a teen movie about a lad who goes off to flight school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IroSBdYaQ40 The question is, what is their truck at 1:09:30 - 1:10:30, cunningly disguised with a couple of branches? Actually, there are another couple of trucks, not sure what they are. though. Gaz? Later there is a jeep as well (1:30:12). trevor

Now believes in fairies at the bottom of the garden... trevor

Before getting into the fine aspects of jet cleaning, are we sure that fuel is getting up to the carbs, and that float chamber has fuel in it? trevor

Could it be 2 chassis welded together to make a longer trailer? trevor

Interesting, many early features, and yet all four cylinders appear to be cast as one block. What is the evidence for it being German? trevor

I assume that the stuff lying in the back includes the remains of the cab? Maybe they will help as patterns, and at least you know you will not be messing around trying to derust individual panels trevor

Maybe they made a wax cast of the mesh, mounted it on a board, then added the letters and stuff. Once you have cast a master copy, you could use that for your production run. trevor

Ha, I would not notice the difference unless someone told me - except that one, which I assume is the NOS one, has an arrow on it. trevor

Thanks, David, that is very interesting, I have often wondered what exactly goes on. For myself, since I lack the space for any painting works, all my stuff is digital and hence I only have to deal with the printing side. trevor

I don't suppose it has to be someone local, could be they were seen detectoring and digging on someone's land. I mean, if I came home and found someone digging something up in my lawn I might report them - or insist that they stay and do the weeding at least trevor

Good idea. How would you go about getting a print-quality image of the picture? trevor

You are doing a great job there! trevor

I like your style, Pete, start at the back and move forwards! trevor

Well, from the pictures I have seen from the media reports, among all the stuff that looks legitimate and the ammunition that probably spent 50 years in someone's drawer in a shed or on a mantlepiece, there were some gun remains of some kind that looked dug up, as well as a fair few grenades and grenade fragments that looked very corroded. It could be that the heritage items were things like grenade fragments from former training areas, and there would be no need to destroy those elements. I would imagine that they destroyed the risky stuff like the live ammunition, will confiscate the dug up stuff with no provenance, and will let them have the rest back if they have whatever paperwork you need for that kind of stuff. trevor

Other than my hands, this is my oldest tool, a cheap screwdriver that is about 3 inches long that my dad bought for me from a car parts shop when I was 10. Now, more than 40 years later, it is still with me after being used to lever the lids off Airfix and Humbrol paint tins, then some years being used to repair electronic stuff when I was an apprentice, and nowadays as my tool of choice to tighten the frames of my spectacles. It has been hammered, bent, burnt with a soldering iron and chemically damaged by a range of adhesives, cleaners and whatever else has found its way into my toolbox over the years. Down in my basement I also have a wooden toolbox that was made for my grandfather by one of his brothers in 1915, which is something else I treasure. However, if the Russians ever come (I live in Poland near the border with Ukraine), it will be my screwdriver that I will be taking with me. It is a lot lighter to carry :-) trevor

So, are they suggesting that a controlled explosion is the correct way to destroy a British flag? trevor

Thank you for that concise description, when I searched the internet most places mentioned whether or not they were fitted but not what they were used for... trevor, a bit wiser now!