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Just north of Frome at Thornbury the day was sunny and warm. We did unload the Van and the Cromwell was used to train/acclimatise our friend's small flock of sheep to the sight and sound of model tanks. So not a total loss of a day!
Steve

Thank you Dan for the pictures and thank you Chris for being the Brigand Chief for the day!
Steve

Hopefully the media will love the models and that will make up for the numbers.
Steve

Congratulations!
Steve

The issue is that modern paints have to conform to modern standards for the types of volatile, environmentally damaging materials they might emit during any dry or curing process. It does not mean that in actual fact, that a modern acrylic paint is actually better in terms of its adhesion, durabilit...

The animatronic figure that shouts out to small children that they really ought not to touch the tank, in such a way that it does not cause offence to the parent, and results in no damage to the tank. If you can crack that one, then Stephen, I and others would be amazed!
Steve

Last years event had its moment, this years was something quite different. Stanley and his older brother Arthur were an example, they were very polite and extremely persistent. With the result, I think, they managed to persuade us all to run each and every Tank seemingly several times over for their...

For me the knitting was successful! Two tracks done, with a little help from friends.
A good weekend, so a big thank you to all who helped make it happen.
Steve

Excellent! Another thing to talk over at Tank Fest, hopefully we will see it as work in progress?
Steve

I was at Flywheel/Classic Car Show at Bicester this Sunday, Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane plus Dakota. So awfully nice, concentrating on the awe full! There were other things there such as a Grant, a Stuart, a Sherman and just for interest, a Dingo! Also a Guy FAT with a very battered 'barn find...

This is from The Tank Museums files. It seems to bring together a number of ideas about how the facsine mounting worked and how was released.
I have posted this rather late in the evening but it may be useful for further ideas to be developed.
Steve

Hi Sam.
If you are able to screen shot top views of 131 then that would be very useful to have them for that illusive top view detail.
Thanks for posting the video. Steve

Bob, the tracks were machined from bar as a commission from an engineer in Boscombe, Dorset, no casting involved! They remain obstinately shiny despite being given a colour wash. Maybe the problem is that the Tank gets driven alot? Another issue is that the edges don't round off, so they are sharp w...

Well one Comet post deserves another! Mudguards have been entertaining me for a while. I thought the side plates had enough bolts, but the mudguards have involved a whole load more. DSC_0839b.jpg The front had new full width hinges and then remodelled arms, now with two sides. The forward part had t...

DSC_0843b.jpg The new Tiger with its annular Lazy Susan Bearing set me an example to follow it really does turn with ease. The bearing I made using a 'nylon' ring has suffered from the material expanding over time and so causing binding. It was a bit of a nightmare to maintain concentricity of all ...