G'day all, a few weeks ago I went to the Tankfest at bovington. A realy fun day and a big eye opener.
Firstly the tank that got me there, 2003 td5 110
The re-inactors were alot of fun to talk to and realy get into their rolls. Right up to the rank systems in their own groups.
You can own anything that is deactivated. Or hire the blank firing stuff.
Stweart M3
Sherman.
More to follow
Hi there Easo
Looks like the trip is going well - keep up the great pictures...
Your right there - it looks the part indeed...The re-inactors were alot of fun to talk to and realy get into their rolls.
All the best
Wayne
G'day All, That's what happens when you sell/give away something it then belongs to another party and you have lost control over it, it's like the 109 Series 2A amphibious Land Rover that I could have gone and looked at in Newcastle not knowing it was what it was until it was too late, bought by a well known Land Rover person in this part of the world, it was sold to an unamed buyer for an astronomical sum ($20,000+ I was told) and it now lives in his private collection, all that and it could have been mine for less than $300.00 Au **it happens,, cheers Dennis
PS My good friend also had a S2 Ambulance, one of the prototypes, he sold to it a fellow who was going to restore it, so he gave him all sorts of NOS stuff to help in the resto,, hey presto the bodies off and fitted to a 109 S3 Stage 1 Isuzu, the rest ends up at a well known place for wrecking, is he p****d off yes but I told him the same thing as well...
Nice pics easo,
Living in from Hampshire for 25 yrs, I visited Bovington Tank Museum (in Dorset) many many times, its a facinating place.
My memory may have faded over the years but one static exhibit that never ceased to amaze me was the WWI tank that took 6 or 8 people to drive. 2 for the side guns, 2 for the side brakes/accelerators plus the observers and gun loaders I think. Now this thing is just a big metal box, with engines, gearboxes, shell racks, nothing remotely comfortable and inside its about the size of a large bathroom. It had two 5" shell holes punched clean through its sides caused by German armour piercing shells, the skin is about 3/8" thick and is peeled in and out at the entry and exit points one each side. Imagine being in that thing when those shells "passed" through., brown pants time.
Did you see it, any pics?
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