Billruston Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 On milweb, a few very nice bits if kit has turned up, ww2 armours rocking horse ... And then it just pops up!. Churchills centour, sexton and so on.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Now you just need the massive bank balance to buy one of these !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 There's a Churchill for sale and in the picture you can see another one, just shows that all this rare armour is yet to be found! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Its the collection from he recently closed Isle of Wight military museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 http://www.milweb.co.uk/classifieds.php?type=1 Flocks of armour. A familiar-looking Cromwell amongst them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I like the "believed to be internally complete .... concrete needs to be removed from the inside" Bring your own chisel and find out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Centaur dozer looks very appealing. How many of these survive? There was one at W&P two years ago. Did it belong to Rex Cadman? Preston had one but took the blade off and put a turret on it I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 lots of great ww2 armour on there at the moment. it's good time for those with a little cash to burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Centaur dozer looks very appealing. How many of these survive? There was one at W&P two years ago. Did it belong to Rex Cadman? Preston had one but took the blade off and put a turret on it I think. John Marchant had a Centaur Dozer, he may still have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 My hat goes of to the people who do restore armour, certainly ain't for the faint hearted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lssah2025 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Fingers crossed :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 John Marchant had a Centaur Dozer, he may still have it. IIRC this was sold at his auction a good few years ago. It went to Holland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 IIRC this was sold at his auction a good few years ago. It went to Holland. I was at the auction but could not recollect the dozer being in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 John's Dozer was sold outside of the auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 John's Dozer was sold outside of the auction. That's it, it's the one Staman bought isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I understand Marianne bought it as a present for Joop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I like the "believed to be internally complete .... concrete needs to be removed from the inside" Bring your own chisel and find out! are they serious ??? £30 Grand for a tank full of concrete??? .......I can very vividly imagine the work that would need to be done to do as they say .. ..............'remove the concrete from inside' .. Like oh yeah...give it a little tap , turn the tank upside down and give it a bit of a shake and it'll all fall out will it ???? .. I'm presuming it's full to the top ? but even if it isn't??? ....that is going to be some kind of incredibly difficult thing to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRDM Driver Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 are they serious ??? £30 Grand for a tank full of concrete???.......I can very vividly imagine the work that would need to be done to do as they say .. ..............'remove the concrete from inside' .. Like oh yeah...give it a little tap , turn the tank upside down and give it a bit of a shake and it'll all fall out will it ???? .. I'm presuming it's full to the top ? but even if it isn't??? ....that is going to be some kind of incredibly difficult thing to do... You just cut it in half and the concrete middle falls out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 You just cut it in half and the concrete middle falls out! It's called Merlin, not Paul Daniels. Now that really would be magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 are they serious ??? £30 Grand for a tank full of concrete???.......I can very vividly imagine the work that would need to be done to do as they say .. ..............'remove the concrete from inside' .. Like oh yeah...give it a little tap , turn the tank upside down and give it a bit of a shake and it'll all fall out will it ???? .. I'm presuming it's full to the top ? but even if it isn't??? ....that is going to be some kind of incredibly difficult thing to do... Its been done a number of times before, I've seen the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Its been done a number of times before, I've seen the results. Which ones? I'd only heard of one previous that had been filled with concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I've been involved with a couple of concrete Tanks, pictured is the last .It still houses engine and all internal components. And yes I re-covered it for future extraction ! Trust me when I say It is not an easy task removing the concrete from these hulls, concrete was at its best back then ..............One of sand two of cement ! Rob..............rnixartillery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I've been involved with a couple of concrete Tanks, pictured is the last .It still houses engine and all internal components.And yes I re-covered it for future extraction ! Trust me when I say It is not an easy task removing the concrete from these hulls, concrete was at its best back then ..............One of sand two of cement ! Rob..............rnixartillery Ohhh - I would love to have that one !!! Anyone remember the (in)famous Mythbusters method of removing concrete from inside structures??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeferret Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I've been involved with a couple of concrete Tanks, pictured is the last .It still houses engine and all internal components.And yes I re-covered it for future extraction ! Trust me when I say It is not an easy task removing the concrete from these hulls, concrete was at its best back then ..............One of sand two of cement ! Rob..............rnixartillery WOW Rob what a great project to recover for history....I have done a lot of work in underground mines and can truly appreciate the jack hammer/chisel work it takes....Would you mind posting a picture or two of a complete project? Great work.. The very best to you..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddy Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Ohhh - I would love to have that one !!! Anyone remember the (in)famous Mythbusters method of removing concrete from inside structures??? What? Do you mean "how much plastic explosive does it take to clean a cement mixer?" Yep, that was a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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