Does the b in IIb not signify cannon?
It’s for a Cromwell tank like mine! Is it for sale?
I used to have a dynamo on my bike, to work the lights. Is that what it is used for on a Cromwell tank?:D
More or less!
Brilliant! I was watching it on the news and was quite proud to tell my wife and daughter that I had helped in a tiny way, albeit just supplying four AGS wingnuts!
Contrast it with a cast and crew screening, everybody stays through the credits to see their name!
Well, it’s had three Shermans and one Ram in it so far!
I built this to fit a Sherman hull, rather larger in scale but the same principle![ATTACH=CONFIG]259769[/ATTACH]
I love the pulley keys!
Different item number but presumably the parts in question.
As mentioned earlier though, those stripes look like they are being repainted, the inner white band still looking somewhat worn.
I was referring to them for scale only. The barrel looks like it scales at about 28mm dia, too small to be a .50 cal. Just an observation, it wouldn’t be the first time a museum has attributed an artefact to the wrong crash.
I’m not sure that fragment is from the P-51. The two cartridges next to it look like 20mm which makes the barrel much too small to be a .50 cal. Looks more like a .30 or .303.
I had the pleasure of being able to sit in the Mosquito in 2003. Mr Smith was very welcoming, considering he didn’t know me from Adam, though I did have the advantage of being introduced by a mutual friend. It is indeed something worth preserving as is, as Mr Smith has done for many years, without his efforts, it would have disappeared long ago. His shed is something of an experience…..
You would expect the right wheel to be more heavily loaded than the left due to torque, it’s hard to tell if it has sunk in appreciably. A slight tailwind gust can lift the tail unexpectedly, up elevator can make it worse. Although hardly comparable, I’ve had it in my RV9 and it was totally surprising.