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    Petrol tins

    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted

    I also have a can like this. It's a Shell can, and has the Shell logo with wings on the front. I bought it as an old aviation gas can but heard later that it was probably just a normal petrol can.

    "Killer Tanks" big wheeled Sherman?

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    Lauren,

     

    Jack is correct, it sounds like the Mine exploder, T10. An experimental one off, built on an M4A2 chassis. The front wheels were 8 feet in diameter! It weighed in at 52 tons and it's top speed was 7 mph, 2 mph whilst exploding mines.

     

    One of the many and varied US attempts at mine clearance. The British flail was rather more successful.

     

    Adrian

     

    That sounds like the thing - the wheels were huge.

    "Killer Tanks" big wheeled Sherman?

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    This was definitely a Sherman hull/turret with 4 wheels fitted. The wheels were huge (about as tall as the Sherman) and grooved. They were fitted where the drive sprockets and rear idlers would normally be, but the axles must have been extended down as they still fitted under the recess for the tracks, giving a huge ground clearance.

    The jinx is spreading.....

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    Ah well, if you're not paying then it may be just as well to let them get on with it so it gets done as fast as possible.

     

    I have hit problems with ring mains before, so I can comiserate :(

     

    Now I'll shut up with the techie stuff and get back to vehicles ;)

    "Killer Tanks" big wheeled Sherman?

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    I've just been watching the Sherman episode of "Killer Tanks" on the discovery channel.

     

    Just before the end there was a picture shown of a Sherman with no tracks and four huge wheels fitted. Unfortunately they didn't say what it was or why it was done. Can any of you shed some light?

     

    It looked like a peculiar beast.

    The jinx is spreading.....

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    Neil.

     

    That sounds peculiar as I thought there should be a sticker to say two different wiring standards were in use with the CU. I'd be tempted to ring the IET (used to be IEE) and check that this is a correct interpretation of the regs. The number is 01438 765599 for wiring regulations technical queries.

     

    While I'm not an electrician, I do have to use the wiring regs as part of some specifications. I've had some bad experiences with electricians having misinterpreted the regs, so if it sounds wrong its usually worth checking with the source. That said a kitchen has special requirements (if I understand correctly), and I've never had to install any comms kit in a kitchen, so this may just be outside of my experience.

     

    Worth checking as it sounds like an expensive job, and I cant think of any technical reason why two CU's would be needed.

    War Films - Not a lot of people know this

    in Other Chatter

    Posted · Edited by Lauren Child
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    Not really war films, but I'm a bit of a sci-fi nut and one of my friends knew the chap who was camera technician on Aliens.

     

    The APC in that is actually an aircraft tug borrowed from Heathrow airport. It wasn't going to have a gun until they saw the action of the hook that goes around the front landing gear, and wrote in the scene where the gun folds around the back to fit into the building. There's a similar looking one on Witham Specialist Vehicles at the moment.

     

    Also the power loader (the thing that's a bit like a robot meets a forklift) was made entirely out of balsa wood so that it could be moved around by Sigourney Weaver who stood inside. It only looks heavy in the film because of the sound effects that were added later.

     

    The gun supports that the marines with heavy weapons use are actually steadycam harnesses borrowed from film crew's stores.

     

    Oh, and the girl who played Vasquez really was that butch :D

    Tangmere Aviation Museum

    in Aviation

    Posted · Edited by Lauren Child

    Good lord this has brought back memories.

     

    I'd been trying to find out which museum this was for years. I visited when I was younger, as we happenned past it when out for a sunday drive (and I got very excited when we saw signposts for it).

     

    There used to be a huge cylinder outside that was some kind of old radar or radio beacon. They also had a number of simulator rides that were very memorable. They were built by the veterans who ran the museum and I had great fun chatting to them about how they were made. This was probably one of the moments that got me into engineering.

     

    There were three simulators. One was a spitfire cockpit on a rig that went around when you tilted the joystick. One was the front of a lancaster bomber that you could fly bombardier in. An aerial photo was on rollers beneath the dome, so you could look through the bomb sight and release when on target. The last was a helicopter that had been made from steel tubing. It was on pneumatics and had full mobility so you could take off, land, and bank left and right.

     

    Niether my father or brother remember it, but seeing the photo's I'm sure thas was the place. I've been wanting to re-visit for *ages*

     

    Thank you Jessie!

     

    :yay::yay::yay:

    Duxford MV show this weekend (15th June)

    in The meetings log and photobook

    Posted

    lauren whats it with that arena mud its like concrete,jet washed the landy and still covered,great fun though!!!!!!!!will do that again!!!!!!!

     

    It's specially formulated to stick to boots. I nearly lost both when we waded out to drain the water off after the last bunch of storms a few weeks ago. I swear one day we'll lose the chieftain in the boggy part, or we'll get in to find half of a 432 sticking out of the water trap. It wouldn't be the first time as I'm told that when the land warfare hall was built they found a buried american truck.

     

    Having had the job of chipping dried mud off the 432's I can commiserate with your jet washer experience. I've also had the experience of clearing out the mud traps in front of the workshop, only to find that I'd lost my purse at the end of the day. After much panic at the thought of wading back in we found it upstairs.:sweat:

    Siezed engine

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    I have a socket which fits that nut, they are easy enough to get hold of.

     

    King Dick do some big sockets. I've just bought some from an online retailer called Lawson-HIS. The bonus is they still do big sockets in whitworth sizes, which seem to have been dropped by most companies.

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