Inside Track
Renault TSF – Antenna Assembly – Part 2
The Last Frontier in Sight We began our Renault TSF project knowing nothing about the interior of the vehicle, save for a basic loading plan…
August 22, 2018
The Last Frontier in Sight We began our Renault TSF project knowing nothing about the interior of the vehicle, save for a basic loading plan…
It’s a wrap! Our previous article on the floor plate for the Jagdpanther examined whether we had made a error in using the diamond shaped…
This week saw us engaged in stripping down a Maybach NL38 TR engine. Our research into the Sd.Kfz 223 and 222 Ausf A continues with…
Its all in the design Original images of the interior of the early armoured car series (Ausf A) are hard to find. Planning the floor…
Another article requested from some of our members which deserves another airing. We have lived through years of indecision of what these bins should look…
Most of the week was taken in preparing for and participating in the Amiens 100 WW1 event at the Tank Museum last Wednesday. Once we…
As we reported in last week’s Inside Track, our second Jagdpanther Fahrgestell Nummer 303110 was photographed sitting in the finishing hall of MNH shortly after…
The final parts were stripped from the late Typ v chassis and it was delivered for chemical dipping to remove all rust thereby allowing the…
Hiding in plain sight In the many years since the completion of our first Jagdpanther project several issues have come to light which we have…
At long last In addition to our French and German Collections the Weald Foundation set out plan to build a collection of AFVs produced during…
3 paths of work were undertaken this week. 1. The focus in the workshop was on stripping the late Typ v chassis, recovering the relevant…
The team have now successfully stripped the fahrgestell and are now considering the path required to repair or replace the poor or missing parts. The…
Our Typ v fahrgestell was originally identified as having originally belonged to a Sd.Kfz 223 by our long time trustee Tom Jentz. Tom spent decades…
We spent the week stripping down our early 5 Serie (final series) chassis (fahrgestell ), recovering and researching parts from stores for the German armoured…
Who, when and for what application was the chassis supplied? Our 5 Serie chassis has the fahrgestellnummer (chassis number) 8110027. This denotes the vehicle as…
A long way to go!! We have started on the long awaited German armoured car project. The focus to begin with is to get the…
Another point discovered in our final weeks of restoration of these two machines was the tool requirement for both vehicles. The loading plan of the…
Our research into the battery boxes and their construction was complete – the next step was to fit the newly made battery boxes and radio…
Out with the Old and in with the New A short week post Tankfest last weekend. Recovery for the team amounted to 2 days off.…
From The Rubble Emerged… This Jagdpanther has a very exciting history. In November 1944 the firm of Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen Hannover (MNH) commenced assembly of Jagdpanther…
Our project this week involved the completion of the camouflage scheme for the Renault TSF. The internal lay out of the radio, batteries and equipment…