For those thinking of visiting Bovy, I thoroughly recommend it. Name me one other museum in the world that has two King Tigers and a Jagdtiger!
If you don't get time before Saturday, why not pop in on the Sunday?















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is it on the way along the south coast?
I'm a hero with coward's legs.














You'll have to go slightly inland, but not too far.
http://www.tankmuseum.org/find_us















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trust me you will need a whole day to get right round the place
Hmm... you're probably right!















You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Military History Workshop have failed to deliver liners for my MKII lids after 5 weeks of waiting. Down to a 3 ![]()
Military History Workshop have failed to deliver liners for my MKII lids after 5 weeks of waiting. Down to a 3
I did warn you








That other place I looked at for liners (recommended by Yith) - they never even replied to my email or answered the phone! Do these people not want the trade?
Is this for the MP lids, Martin? How easy would it be to transfer the liners from other shells?















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No. the MP lids came to nowt as painting decent hoops on them was beyond my abilities. I wanted them for the 2 noobs who are coming with me - both have the same headsize as I do. I'm considering putting nets on a couple of plastic ones instead.
It looks like Sandy's got one or two MkIIs, which don't appear to have been spoken for.















You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
It looks like Sandy's got one or two MkIIs, which don't appear to have been spoken for.
I can raise 3 mkII's if I don't keep one in reserve for myself, all approximately size 58's








It looks like Sandy's got one or two MkIIs, which don't appear to have been spoken for.
I can raise 3 mkII's if I don't keep one in reserve for myself, all approximately size 58's
Can you bring all you have?
Sure, I have 3 x MK 2's and a MK 3 at a push ,but they don't look right alongside MK 2's, got a GS cap with a Herts badge I can bring along too,bit of a bugger I just gave away 2 postwar liners.








This weekend is approaching with equal amounts of excitement & dread, I have had to sell my soul to participate in Il Giogo.
Friday night I have to take part in a Zumba 'open evening' at the zumba class my wife goes to.
Saturday I have had to do a duty swap so that I can take the day off.
Saturday night I have to go out to dinner at one of wifey's friends and Sunday it's back on duty....
Still it's gonna be GREAT!
See you Saturday morning 








"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom"
H.L.Mencken
I have fims back from processing and my 1937 Voigtlander lives!!!!!!!
Only have 1 film with 12 shots on it so if people would like a nice group shot and a few nicely staged "propaganda" photographs for the British public.......................











This weekend is approaching with equal amounts of excitement & dread, I have had to sell my soul to participate in Il Giogo.
Friday night I have to take part in a Zumba 'open evening' at the zumba class my wife goes to.Saturday I have had to do a duty swap so that I can take the day off.
Saturday night I have to go out to dinner at one of wifey's friends and Sunday it's back on duty....
Still it's gonna be GREAT!
See you Saturday morning
Zumba... now that is commitment mate!
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942



























Not looking forward to it. Just make allowances if I start to boogy in Bruno on Saturday 








"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom"
H.L.Mencken
boots polished,proofed tent,washed ground sheet,started discharging and charging batteries,fitted nets to helmets,sown on bren gun badges and ive sorted webbing.still mutch to do but its all comeing together.a mate on the german side gave me his mp44 to downgrade as it was 400fps and i resisted the temptation to rascle it ,dont know if i should be disciplined for that so dont tell the brass 
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well































Sorting kit this evening, so it now feels real - excitometer positively quivering with charge. ![]()
Mine's still not registering. I've got another first rehearsal with a new drummer (we've gone through more than Spinal Tap), which is preoccupying my mind.
However, I have made 2 repro 1940s clipboards today. ![]()















You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
well i haven't done anything yet nothing packed but getting excited










































