Hens Teeth The original carburettor used for the Renault FT engine in 1918 was the Zenith. This carburettor was the brainchild of French scientist Msr…
A chance encounter…. Had it not been for a chance observation of an online photograph this article would never have been written. Fig 1. Is…
Track link colour has in the past only fleetingly been raised as a subject for debate. Only now has accuracy begun to emerge as an…
We have lived through years of indecision of what these bins should look like. We doubted original blue prints providing exact details of the bins…
Just how were these engines finished in 1918? The majority of the Renault FT engines we have encountered on our trips have been either rusty…
A Jumble… Our late war Jagdpanther has a number of features unique to its assembler and assembly date. A previous article explored the two piece…
Our investigation into the floor plate pattern is brought once more into the spot light… We recently received delivery of a quantity of items for…
This belt is very different… Our last piece provided an outline of the various Hotchkiss MG ammunition belts. This included images and comparisons of the…
These parts are critical in the project… Over the many years gathering armoured car parts there were a number, which proved extremely difficult to find…
A long road… The artwork for the brass plaques was complete. The dimensioning, font and translation were checked and rechecked. There was a mild panic…
One Turn Away The starting handle is essential for the Renault FT and TSF projects. Without these two small items the engines will not start.…
Our ongoing research into the various four wheeled leichte Panzerspaehwagen vehicles that we are planning to restore has uncovered some interesting information. We have discovered…
The second engine in the picture was destined for the Tank Museum’s Tiger 131. The engine received a complete overhaul on behalf of the Tank…
Researching the history of the tank. The Renault FT underwent significant changes within 1918 and over the period of their operational service. One of these…
Floor plate, assembly plate, has anything changed? Our last piece on the floor plate for 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.222 ended with the discovery of the pattern…
A new discovery Our search for further detail came from D664/5 Einheitsfahrgestell 1 fur s.Pkw Bild 21. This image shows the interior of a 4…
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Revisiting the issue of the driver’s seat Other projects have had our undivided attention since the completion of the Black Sea and Farley Mowat StuG…
Water testing the radiators highlights a significant problem. The first complete, newly assembled radiator was now ready for the final piece of work – water…
With no surviving Serie 4 examples, the floor plate is illuminated by Panzer Tracts The assembler of Sd.Kfz.222 A 4 Serie was Schickau in Elbing…
A major breakthrough. We managed to secure new high resolution photographs from a contact of ours in France. These showed previous photographs in our collection…