The wait for the bearings for the 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.223 chassis has now ended. The final bearings arrived today for the gearbox. The differential bearings…
Photo focus on the StuG III’s Engine bay mid restoration. Photo focus is on the Black Sea StuG III G engine bay. These images were…
Photo focus on the StuG III’s top section pre-restoration Images providing detail of the Aufbau upper superstructure of the crew cabin area – and exterior.…
The main focus this week has been the three light German armoured cars – the 3 Serie Sd.Kfz.223, 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.222 and the 5 Serie…
Previous research by the Foundation unearthed the detail of the three taps positioned under the two Kraftstoffbehälter (fuel tanks) that can be accessed from within…
Photo focus on the StuG III’s extractor fan for the fighting compartment. This is an early example of the Abluft fan positioned on the rear…
Fighting the “Caunter Scheme” Myth ! At the Weald Foundation we are constantly striving to achieve the goal 100% accuracy with our restoration of historic…
Work on the chassis of the 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.223 continues. The rear wheel stations are now fully fitted. The front two are incomplete and are…
Our recent activities in research and acquisition for Foundation’s South African Reconnaissance Car “Marmon Herrington” Mk III projects have resulted in several significant successes. We…
The focus all week by the team was on the 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.223. This chassis, as discussed previously has been worked on by various owners…
I first came across the Weald Foundation when it was then known as the Sd.Kfz Foundation. They displayed vehicles at a War and Peace show…
Photo focus on the commander’s periscope optic for the StuG III In this photo focus we cover the Winkelspiegel commander’s visor that is used inside…
Work continues on the 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.223 chassis. The focus at the moment is on the wheel stations. One is now complete ex the wheel…
The focus this week is to continue the restoration of the chassis for the Sd.Kfz.223 4 Serie for TWC as far as it can progress…
It is hard to remember that 25 years ago, in the mid to late Nineties, an Sd.Kfz.250 was a remarkably rare vehicle. The Weald Foundation’s…
Our last piece on the subject covered the identification and recording of the Absperrhahn stop cock tap. The details of the main body of this…
Final Finish And Variants Revealed From our last piece we covered the two variants of these armoured cars produced – the M.E. (Middle East )…
A significant problem in any of The Foundations projects occurs when a part simply cannot be located. Worse still, after a gathering process taking over…
The large part of the team were almost entirely engaged in Sd.Kfz.223 4.Serie chassis of TWC (The Wheatcroft Collection). The wheel stations are the current…
Interpreting the paint finish Our research into the German le.Pz.Sp.Wg armoured cars – the Sd.Kfz.223, Sd.Kfz.222 and the Sd.Kfz.261 was approached with the normal established…
Even the most inconsequential parts require investigation and research and in the case of the gear knobs this was once again the case. We established…