Infrastructural Development
A tremendous amount of work has happened this week. We have completed dividing the Weald Foundation workshops into “fabrication” and “machining/assembly” workshops. Although we planned…
June 19, 2020
A tremendous amount of work has happened this week. We have completed dividing the Weald Foundation workshops into “fabrication” and “machining/assembly” workshops. Although we planned…
Cleared the vehicles out of the new fabrication workshop. The roller shutter doors were fitted to the new display hall. Most of the equipment has…
Huge progress this week. The wheels for all of the armoured car projects – the Sd.Kfz 222 4 Serie, the 3 Serie Sd.Kfz 223, the…
All the original rims and tyres for the Sd.Kfz.222 4 Serie, Sd.Kfz.223 3 Serie, Sd.Kfz.261 5 Serie have been booked to be dealt with by…
Good progress this week on the wheel nuts for all of the various armoured cars currently under restoration. We have a good number of original…
We located yet another one shot lubrication pump from the stores. This is the last pump required for the 3 armoured cars we working on…
Breakthrough this week on the archive regarding the paint treatment of our 2 SARC Marmon Herrington armoured cars. This has taken weeks to get to…
Central lubrication system continues to be in focus. Additional manuals from the late 1930s and 1940s from Willi Vogel have been secured providing all the…
A flurry of activity followed the exposure of the Pak 43 on social media over the past 2 weeks. We have researched the optics required…
Our research team continue to plough through mountains of archive documentation and numerous period images to fine tune the next phases of our projects here…
More progress on the 3 German armoured car chassis. Machining is nearly complete on the angled steering unit. We have identified the correct Winker semaphors/trafficators…
The focus this week has been establishing the requirements for the Zundspuele ignition coils and Entstoerer suppression devices for all three of our le.Pz.Sp.Wg. A…
The reassembly of the armoured body for the 4 Serie Sd.Kfz 222 began this week. Those of our team who are able to work from…
The ‘one shot’ lubrication system is being fitted to the collections 3 Serie Sd.Kfz.223. The 8mm and 4mm copper pipe is on hand. The lubrication…
The last of the axles and metal rubber bushes have been fitted to the suspension damper arm assemblies of the 3 Serie Sd.Kfz 223. The…
The chassis for the 3 Serie Sd.Kfz 223 is now assembled. The gearbox and related stays are now installed (see attached image). All that remains…
Work on the chassis of the Sd.Kfz 223 chassis continues at a pace. The last of the levers for the suspension on the wheel stations…
The Fahrgestell for the Sd.Kfz 223 3 Serie is coming together very well. We are currently engaged in fitting the chassis internals – prop shaft,…
The final wheel station is nearly complete for the Sd.Kfz 223 3 Serie. The team’s experience and proficiency grows with each completed wheel station assembly.…
The chassis for the 3 Serie Sd.Kfz 223 continues to be reassembled. The wheel stations on the front of the chassis are coming together fast.…
The chassis suspension fitting gathered pace this week with the front two wheel stations almost completely in place. The rear two are being worked on…