Part 1 It is important to remember that the Foundation has already restored several Sd.Kfz.250 both Ausf.A and Ausf.B including some for other collectors. Our…
The Horch 3.5 litre V8 engine is progressing. All of the valves, valve guides and springs are fitted. The new replacement baffle plates have been…
A Definitive Moment The research that has been conducted into the antenna frame and supports for our Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie is largely complete save for…
Our first Inside Track article on 16 February 2024 on interior colours, covered the colours of the internal door face of the Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie.…
Really exciting few days here as the exterior of the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie was painted in Dunkelgrau. This is the front armoured section of the armoured…
Most Armoured Vehicles, despite their origin, have an assortment of Plaques attached in various locations that carry information that guides the users or maintenance crews…
Department Of Corrections? The last Inside Track article on the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie driver’s seat investigation was published on 1 September 2023. We showed three driver…
The long awaited engine rebuild of the Horch 3.5 litre V8 for the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is now underway. The white metalling and boring/honing of the…
Part 1 of our Inside Track article about the Historical background to the Sturmgeschütz covered the introduction and successful utilisation of s.Pak Ausf.A in the…
Our 3.5 Horch V8 litre block has been white metalled as required. The block bores have been honed and is in the final stages of…
Our Inside Track article of June 2021 provided a good insight into the Entstörung (suppression) as fitted to the Sd.Kfz.222 (Ausf.A) 4.Serie. For this vehicle,…
Our very premeditated approach to the restoration of our Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie has been aided to no small extent by the extent of the learning…
The Sd.Kfz.223 remains the team’s main focus, but this week we had to wait for some jobs to be completed before we could continue with…
A while ago we posted an Inside Track article regarding how we at the Weald Foundation aspire to the “gold standard of restoration”. An unfortunate…
The Foundation often receives questions about the Historical background of the (StuG) Sturmgeschütz and why we consider this to be one of the most influential…
It has been a very busy week in the Workshop with the Sd.Kfz.223 restoration, from painting to wiring and part fabricating. The wiring of the…
In May 1945, the exhibition at the Imperial War Museum included six representative German and one Italian armoured vehicle. Perhaps only one of these remains…
Part 2 – Active Collaboration Our relationship with André Becker developed right from our very first meeting. The momentum in collecting and researching for the…
The team’s focus this week has been mainly on the TWC Sd.Kfz.223, with the front fenders finished and primed. All armoured visors have been completed…
There continues to be a lot of interest in the details of the Sehklappe (plate visors) from both the enthusiast and modeller community, so we…
No less than four times over the past few years has the Foundation been offered an original Typenschild (data plate) from a Jagdpanther. Normally such…