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A key discovery
A rare find of a StuG III hatch key Collecting can be a lot of fun and we end up with many items which will…
December 27, 2014
A rare find of a StuG III hatch key Collecting can be a lot of fun and we end up with many items which will…
StuG stars in October Military Machines International Just a little over 4 years since it arrived in the UK the restored Mowat StuG finally moved…
Reproducing the gas mask cannister holder buckles. Rebuilding the interior gas mask holders, focusing on buckles. Original brackets. Old canvas example. How Andy made the…
Stug III Shock Absorbers Refitted After extensive restoration the shock absorbers have been fitted back onto the StuG . . . This article has 18…
Analysis confirms gun and breech made at Skoda works Both the the breach and the barrel of the most recent StuG III restored at the…
Back in the box Many years of mystery solved. What does the battery box in the StuG look like? What are its dimensions? Does it…
Two key projects remained to be completed Two key projects remained to be completed in this regard. To determine whether our TSF was completed and…
Another piece in the jigsaw puzzle. We had one part we could not place within our jigsaw puzzle – a rusty piece of angle iron…
Hear the results from the sample we sent to Crick Smith photo courtesy of Crick Smith . . . This article has 16 words Reading…
TSF Loading Plan . . . This article has 3 words Reading time: Less than a minute There are 5 photos Become a Member -…
The next step for the damaged plates . . . This article has 7 words Reading time: Less than a minute There are 15 photos…
Further evidence for the theory… More evidence supporting the theory Renault kept using surplus tank parts on their initial post war tractor production run. Both…
Renault GP tractor arrives from Belgium One of the biggest and most obvious challenges facing us in the FT & TSF projects was the need…
Engines reveal parts suppliers Close examination of the ball bearing casings from both our tractor and FT engines has revealed the three letters RBF. This…
Parts number match Having stripped back nearly a century of grime and oil, we uncovered the number 98613 stamped into the Renault tractor and FT…
Mystery Renault con rod parts numbers Whilst the conrods from the Renault GP tractor are stamped with the number which matches the Renault spare parts…
Collecting for the interior of the FT has been a challenge. Collecting for the interior of the FT has been a challenge. We were most…
Idler wheels give us an answer The only idler wheels in England for the Renault FT were those on the very rare prototype un-armoured example…
See the process behind re creating these intricate wooden wheels. The only idler wheels in England for the Renault FT were those on the very…
In with the new We made a pattern using the original carburettor as the master. Three blanks were cast in brass using the new pattern.…
