WW2 Vehicle & Aircraft Restorations.

Discussion in 'Weapons, Technology & Equipment' started by von Poop, Jul 8, 2008.

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  4. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Lots of good stuff there. Thanks for consolidating.
     
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    Only saw the Borden Flakpanzer work today.
    Faintly astonished by it. More power to them as I'd love to see that fully functional.
     
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    The Wheatcroft Collection opening up about one of its four Panthers heading towards completion:
    The Wheatcroft Collection

    Only three more to go, and that's a UK-based Zug.
     
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    "Oh my!"
     
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  8. canuck

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    I think Stolpi and I saw that vehicle last August when he was here.
     
  9. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Su-100 restoration

     
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  12. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    I saw the Flakpanzer when I went to Borden museum last summer and also when they hauled it to the Aquino tank weekend last year as well. (Which I would recommend to Ontario locals! I might try to go for their WW2 weekend in th fall.) It was a neat part of the trip to Borden as my brother-in-law and I had no idea it was going on - we had wandered around the vehicles located outside, and were looking for the museum entrance when we went past the shop doors!

    (This post written from a coach on its way from Heathrow to Bristol!)
     
  13. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Never saw on of these before. Nice.

     
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    What a pleasing thing.
    Can't overstate the spectacular logistical support that went in with Western allied armies, can you.
     
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    I read recently where German prisoners in Normandy were awestruck at the innovations, the 100% motorized formations and the sheer number of vehicles. Indicative of the effects of propaganda and perhaps a myopic view of the world, they all expected the Allies to be using horses, like them.
     
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    Fascinating series of tweets showing stuff Russia keeps tidy for parades.
    T-34-85, IS-3, ISU-152, etc.
    That JS-3 is a beauty.

    Rob Lee on Twitter



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  19. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    The Buffalo LVT was brought in to provide flood defences around Crowland, in Lincolnshire, in 1947, but was swept away and sank into a hole.

    A team of volunteers spent five days excavating the vehicle and now hope to restore it and put it on display.


    Crowland WWII tank recovered after 74 years underground
     
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    This is weird.
    Not sure they understand how soshul meeja works.
    Closing the RB396 Typhoon page with almost 45k followers to open a new one will somehow improve engagement?
    Why not just encourage people to check their page notification settings?
    Baffled, really.
    (A chap I know that lost his large years-old FB page due to that site's traditional incompetence had to start again. Crickets. Lost business and a major slog to rebuild.)

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st...=1619399051608702&m_entstream_source=timeline

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