i toned it down
there were a few other words i wanted to use but i bottled it………. I will save them for the 558 thread
Sweden never had phantom……..no 2 ways about it.
whoever said they did is really wrong and doesn’t know what he is on about.
you could always come along on a saturday and have a chat to us beech boys
http://www.beechrestorations.com
beech 18, several harvards, jeep, kubelwagen, kettenkrad, broussard.
lots to keep you going in our hangar
philip
our posts crossed
i wonder why they had to search for her son under the matress, is he a slim lad?
new one on me as well
visit
Hi
Enjoyed my visit, Know what you mean re visitors messing with exhibits, we take our scale models of aircraft and afvs to various shows and have kids picking up models trying to spin props etc.
We have resorted to useing barriers.
Looking forward to seeing progress on your projects next visit.
Cheers
Jeff
PS T shirt fits great.
glad you enjoyed the visit
please come and see us again and thanks for buying the T shirt
philip
tiger vs vulcan
Sorry, but I have to disagree there…..restoring the Tiger, particularly this Tiger, has done far more to raise the museums profile than (say) restoring two obscure British tanks. (How many of us even know what a WW2 Challenger is or how to tell a Cavalier from a Cromwell?)
I was also very pleasantly surprised to see the new buildings (on the James May TV advert in the link) and from first-hand accounts the new display space is very good with plenty of room around the exhibits (and none suspended from the roof of a 380 foot tall tower :rolleyes:).
i agree and the tiger is truly historic (duck)……..it has combat history and combat damage…….it is not just a representative of a type that had combat history. (duck again).
I would pay to see the tiger but def not the vulcan (steel helmet Duck)
german tanks were much better than ours……they are way cool.
my other car is a kettenkrad and a kubelwagen
philip
sore
Thanks for the info. So a twist grip throttle and heavy steering = plenty of arm exercise and a sore writ then:)
plenty of wrist action as you say
survivors
The key looks great! How many survive?
some say maybe 500 but i think nearer 100
plt
wheel
Great stuff Philip! Have you driven the Ket without the front wheel on, if yes how does that compare to driving it normally? Do people make repro panels and parts for them? What I’m wondering is in the future will it be possible to make a complete repro Ket or that just not going to be like a lot of german vehicles, yes you can build a shell with repro panels but without a donor with engine etc. your not going to be able to go anywhere!
Cheers
Matt
I haven’t done that yet, but i do plan to.
re repro parts…………..all the nuts and bolts are metric so dead easy to get, all the panels, fuel tanks, seats, locker boxes etc come from czech republic
http://www.leharmilitaryvehicles.cz/
or skz-old http://www.skz-old.com/opravy_karoserie/opravy_karoserie.html
superb people to deal with….very honest
track pads came from poland.
lehar makes complete new hulls for about £6000 but then you would need engine, (opel kadet) gearbox, differential, wheels tracks
so yes it is possible to build one
philip
steering
Excellent stuff, the bit I never understood about them is the motorcycle front wheel and handle bars etc, does it really have much effect on steering a heavy tracked vehicle, and why have it at all, ie not just rely on the tracks?
Be great to see it hitched up to a Me262 replica!
hi
the front wheel only has a small effect on the turning of the vehicle. the handlebars actuate 2 rods which pass through the front hull plate and actuate drum brakes on the differential.
works fine unless the diff oil seals fail and oils gets into the drums.
i have my 262 on order
philip
here is a video of me driving it about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYco2ADyuzs&feature=related
great fun
philip
slap
Just goes to show that people are not being brought up to have the consideration for the property of others the way they were when when were young. If I’d done some of the things I see kids and even adults doing these days I’d have reveived such a back hander that my ears would have been ringing for days.
dead right, values and stuff is what it all boils down to, i would never dream of doing what some of these types get upto.
i would have got a slap as well………….my 4 year old has better manners than some adults
philip