The main radio rack for the TWC Sd.Kfz.223 is well underway, the water canteen holders have been determined using an archaeological fragment for confirmation. A…
One of the images we have used to assist us with the interior of the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is from D686/9 dated 20 April 1940.…
Members often ask how we are progressing with the restoration of the Foundations Le.Pz.Sp.Wg (FU) (Sd.Kfz.223) Ausf.A -3.Serie. On the one hand we are tremendously…
The Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie progressed well this week with many of the small detail issues being resolved. Items such as the gas mask holders specific to…
Part I – First impressions – Versailles Back in the early 1990s while attending the various Militaria meets in Normandy and Germany a picture was…
The Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is progressing well. The instrument panel has been fitted to the designated area, the large radio rack is now in place housing…
Some weeks ago, we were able to announce that a team from Panzer Farm in Poland had extracted several wrecks from the Czarna Nida river…
The long awaited schematic for the Schmierplan Greasing Plan fitted to the interior of the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is now complete. The other Schmierplan required for…
Following the recent much acclaimed World War I Event held here at the Foundation we have been asked to summarise the details of the five-digit…
As the impressive barrel and recoil mechanism of our 8.8cm Panzerjägerkanone 43 (L/71) (8,8cm Pak 43) sits outside our main workshop, following each Open Day…
This weekend’s WW1 Interactive Event here at the Weald Foundation resulted in a lot of preparation being done on the Renault FT and TSF. Refuelling,…
The years of research undertaken to establish the correct text and font for the Notice fitted to the underside of the driver’s door hatches resulted…
Following up on last week’s work, our progress with the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie remains steady and productive. A milestone was reached with the Panzeraufbau mesh for…
The dressing of the Swiss Panzerjäger G13 to appear like its partial predecessor, the Jagdpanzer 38 can only be described as the “pyrite” (fool’s gold)…
A huge effort went in this week to capitalise on the success we had last week recovering the mesh for our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie. This effort…
Our journey thus far has been to determine the finish of the Schaltbrett since we had already determined that this version was made of a…
The team is focussing almost entirely on the Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie which is helping the speed of this project to some degree. All the drivers’…
Falling Between Two Stools The last article we posted on Funkgerät (Radio Equipment) for the Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie in Inside Track was back in 2020.…
At the Weald Foundation our projects are never considered finished until each and every small component has been found and added. For most of our…
The long awaited part of the project is upon us where we recover the original Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie mesh is underway. This is painstaking work given…
Who was to know that the Foundation would face major challenges restoring three original seats for our armoured cars. Realisation that we had this challenge…