In our last piece we that we were delighted share the identification by production date of our two South African Reconnaissance Car Mk III “Marmon-Herrington”.…
The chassis from the Brittany Sd.Kfz 223 continues to receive attention. The rear engine rest has been fitted, all the damaged or stopped bolt mounting…
Our last piece covered the excess Jagdpanther guns, which had accumulated during the disrupted Jagdpanther assembly process. We explained how these were used on a…
The 5 Serie Sd.Kfz 261 chassis made further progress this week as Dick continued to transform what was a throw away section of the chassis.…
An article revisited A piece originally written in “Inside Track” back several years ago deserves revisiting as the Foundation’s knowledge on the subject has grown…
All the suspension components for the Sd.Kfz 223 were primed having been collected from the sand blasters. The chassis for the Sd.Kfz 223 was collected…
Department of Corrections No More Three years ago, we posted an article about cast gun mantlets being fitted to MIAG assembled Sturmgeschütz. This was in…
Battlefield Modification? In the years since our completion of the restoration of the Foundation’s Jagdpanther 411 we have had ample time to reconsider certain aspects…
Contrasts and similarities – A Photo Focus It is worth taking a look at the barrels for the 2cm Flak and the 2cm KwK given…
The Brittany Sd.Kfz 223 chassis has been completed and sent for stripping. It is due to be collected next week. The gearbox for the Sd.Kfz…
Ausf.B? One of the most important tasks of the Foundation is to locate period parts so that our restorations meet the criteria of being “original”…
Update: What Next for the Foundation? Last year we showed members our draft restoration plan, now we present the latest edition. Our major World War…
The work on repairing the chassis for our Brittany Sd.Kfz 223 is now complete. All the welding of the front of the chassis and all…
The chassis repair work for the Sd.Kfz. 223 A is progressing well. All of the cracks in the chassis and the spring retainers have been…
Differences Abound!! As Panzer Tracts No.13-1 showed there are many variations of le.Pz.Sp.Wg. not just those governed by the role of the car such as…
The Brittany Sd.Kfz 223 Fahrgestell (chassis) has been totally stripped. The chassis is now receiving remedial attention. The chassis has had a lot of attention…
Wire Frames and Databases The body panels gathered over more than twenty years have been extracted from our stores. This process took a long time…
The ‘Mosquito’ tank!! An article emanating from the RTC or Royal Tank Corp written in June 1940 refers interestingly to the Renault FT as the…
Great progress and completion this week on the Black Sea StuG III. This was largely due to our volunteer Theo who cleared, primed and applied…
Photo focus on our MIAG StuG III’s over track supports. These supports are specifically MIAG assembly line items quite different at the time to those…
Photo focus on the spares case for the StuG III’s gun optics. This case contains various replacement parts for the StuG III’s main gun Stu.K.40…