ArtistsRifles Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Things - slowly - are clicking into place...... Two of the crew helmets arrived today from Russia. Only snag being the plugs are missing off the connecting leads! had to e-mail the seller as the ad clearly showed the plugs in place! One more to come for the gunners position. The photo shows one being modelled by the Daughter mk1..... http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d146/ArtistsRifles/Czech%20OT-90%20APC/OT-90_.jpg[/img] On Monday the paperwork for the transit permit across Germany should be complete so I should be gettting a delivery date into the UK from Richard at Russian Trucks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Bring it on Neil ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooTallMike Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Neil, If your appeal is unsuccessful I may have one of the plugs you need: I bought a Russian tank driver's night vision helmet (like the one in your pic but with a set of folding NV bino's and a power pack on the back) from a Berlin Flea Market when I was on tour there and converted it to run off a cigarette lighter so I could drive our Sprinter with the lights off to terrify my passengers :evil: I think I still have the original plug! - Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Are we going to have a party to meet it? :flower: :beer: :dancinggirls: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Neil, If your appeal is unsuccessful I may have one of the plugs you need: I bought a Russian tank driver's night vision helmet (like the one in your pic but with a set of folding NV bino's and a power pack on the back) from a Berlin Flea Market when I was on tour there and converted it to run off a cigarette lighter so I could drive our Sprinter with the lights off to terrify my passengers :evil: I think I still have the original plug! - Mike Thanks Mike - would appreciate that!! :-D Tony - the local group seem to be planning on piling up when I go to pay so watch for the pic's & videos that I'm sure will follow!!! :-D :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I gotta camera :-D, will I ba able to get in for the Securicor trucks carrying the dosh? last time I was bringing a vehicle into UK, from Jersey, a K3 that had originally been on UK registration, well back in 1949, suddenly got hit for VAT!! Fortunatley the guy asked me for a valuation, I just said 'Oh about 200 quid' , to my suprise he said 'Fine £33 please'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Thats why I bought it from a UK dealer - all VAT etc. is in the selling price!! Could have got one for less buying abroad but........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Yep free on the dock everytime. Where is she coming into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 No idea mate!! I'm guessing Newcastle or Harwich then transported on to Cambridgshire. Be glad when it's here though!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Gawd, what a trip. Still it will be Christmas come early :-D Can't wait to see the beast in the metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Same here sir!! Hopefully Richard will remember the lessons of Beltring and drain the old DERV out and clean the fuel filters prior to collection :-D Mean time another piece is - also slowly - starting to click into place. Lets just say for now it's a turret component that must not, on any account, be mentioned in front of the wife or daughter on pain of likely death - my death..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Same here sir!! Hopefully Richard will remember the lessons of Beltring and drain the old DERV out and clean the fuel filters prior to collection :-D Mean time another piece is - also slowly - starting to click into place. Lets just say for now it's a turret component that must not, on any account, be mentioned in front of the wife or daughter on pain of likely death - my death..... ;-) do you mean a :whistle: ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Could be, could be..... If it comes off then it will - literally - be a socking filler!!! :evil: :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Could be, could be..... If it comes off then it will - literally - be a socking filler!!! :evil: :evil: ;-) say no more, guv.............. ;-) ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Erm Neil..........Don't you think that you good lady is going to notice that piece of ......um.........accessorising.......when it arrives ? She might perhaps doubt an explanation of 'I never asked for one of those' :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Do the dying duck ploy' Well Darling I was driving down the road and it was there so lonley and bedragled..........' Never worked for me either :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 No need to worry there lads on a number of counts.... 1) - She's already said she want's nothing to do with it 'cos she hates it!! 2) - Even if she gets in the back for a ride - she won't go near the turret so will have no idea whther somethings been added let alone what it is.... 3) - Externally there is a very nice, thick, canveas mantlet and barrel cover - which at Beltring was shown to have a lump of gas pipe holding it up!! Am I sneaky or what???? :evil: :evil: :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracenstump Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Neil,you could always get Lee to gas them up and say its a ciggy lighter ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 Did think of that - but from memory it has to be a replica, not a deact that can be gassed up... What I might have coming over via an armourer and the proof houses is (or wil be!) a deact. Or three......... Any one riding in back will be expected to provide their own AK's!!!! :-D :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Me first... Please sir me first.... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 I wondered who would be first to say that!!! :-D :-D :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Getting in before the rush, who needs a juggernauat with a MOD spec Zimmer frame. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 Just so long as you can present an AK-47 - or later - at the rear entry doors!! And if it's a blank firing one then even more brownie points will accrue as the weapons fume extraction system can then be tested!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haybaggerman Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 We need videos of the unveiling, nothing beats the feeling of seeing your new MV for the first time, especially when you have been waiting a long time. Lucker b****r, jealousy issues R us. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Will a decent looking airsoft do? We like ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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