Inside Track
Tank Museum – Tiger Collection Launch
Images from the Tiger Day Event Michael Gibb and Hilary Doyle were guests at the Tank Museum Tiger Collection Opening Ceremony this week. They had…
April 7, 2017
Images from the Tiger Day Event Michael Gibb and Hilary Doyle were guests at the Tank Museum Tiger Collection Opening Ceremony this week. They had…
Recording Progress Our photographer made a recent photo shoot of our Renault FT Turret for the archive. We thought that we would share them with…
We located a particularly rare technical handbook for batteries of the First World War and post War period. We now have dimensions and external characteristics…
A Breakthrough Using our recent research we now knew what a 6 volt battery looked like in its box. The dimensions when taken roughly from…
Plans For Our Battery Box We have struggled for some time to determine exactly what the battery box of the StuG III G should look…
A look back at the FT Turret Close external inspection revealed substantial damage sustained over the years by continued exposure to the elements. The turret…
Our step by step recreation Our long search on the internet for the fuel filler cans required for the cabin of the Renault FT and…
Another Example Our previous article on the Radpanzer concerned the wealth of paint information still present on the very good example we had acquired. This…
This week saw a large leap forward in our understanding of the interior of the Renault TSF turret – notably the battery boxes and their…
Questions answered Paint treatment and colour of the earlier range of Sd.Kfz 222 and 223 after April 1943 has always been assumed but never confirmed…
Battery and Box Detail The current phase of the investigation concerns the identification of the battery types and their containers for the Renault TSF. The…
This week research continued into the interior layout of the Blockhaus for the Renault TSF, using original documents and archive items. The picture is slowly nearing…
Some Success We have collected a number of these containers over the years and have always had to contend with empty contents until now. We…
Slowly making Progress Progress on the interior of the Blockhaus ‘fixed-turret’ for the Renault TSF is steady. The lack of available information has made progress…
From our archives – the first stage of restoration. Strip down and analysis of parts . . . This article has 15 words Reading time:…
Some questions answered… Expedito Bastos and his wealth of photographic and archive assistance helped crack one of the two remaining gaps in the information about…
Despite Storm Doris, work has been continuing in the Workshop. The casting for the Renault FT gear change is now ready. We have also acquired…
Internal shots of what remains in the tank Some time ago we given an opportunity to look inside the Ashford Mk IV as part of…
The mystery of the ‘hoe’ solved The many years spent poring over period photographs resulted in a number of interesting questions. One of these was…
This week saw the chains, shackles and pins finished for the Renault FT and TSF. The next phase of fabrication started for the remaining fuel…
Reproducing the bases and pins Fortune was with us in the delivery of our Renault FT and TSF hulls as we discovered 6 of the…