Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie– MG 34 Ammunition Stowage
It is particularly important for the historical accuracy of each of the Foundations leichter Spähwagen restorations that we identify the exact stowage of items within…
October 9, 2020
It is particularly important for the historical accuracy of each of the Foundations leichter Spähwagen restorations that we identify the exact stowage of items within…
From the Archive : Our new discovery would contribute to an even more accurate rebuild… This piece would have been far more interesting if it…
Mess Tin Holder Our mapping of the interior of the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is ongoing. The parallel “Inside Track” piece this week covers the start of…
The landscape Over many years The Foundation’s Research group has spent many hours gathering any available information regarding the interior of the 4.Serie Sd.Kfz.222. To…
Disappointment to joy! With our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie Fahrgestell now complete we are focussing on the work required to bring the Sd.Kfz.223 4.Serie chassis up to…
The time is right! A process which began many years ago has at last been concluded. This involved the search for the incredibly rare Uhr…
From The Archive – Berliet or Renault that is the question. We had cast a number of steering levers once we had managed to borrow…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…