Reflections on the pursuit of originality – Part 4
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…
August 21, 2020
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…
The largest part of any of the Foundations restoration projects is the preparation. The four German armoured cars currently under the attention of our workshop…
The discovery involving copper Ölrohr tubes used in our 3 Serie Sd.Kfz.223 raised a number of new threads. Was copper the material of choice for…
In movies like ‘Patton’ and the earlier ‘Battle of the Bulge’ happily went off to Spain to film WW2 using the Spanish Army and all…
In the 1930s the crew had to go around the vehicle and lubricate every single indicated position. This innovation from Willy Vogel Zentralschmierung – involving…
One of the difficulties we have in identifying internal components is the lack of clear images of the interior of the le.Pz.Sp.Wg. The images available…
The last article about MILITARY VEHICLES IN THE MOVIES concentrated on the large Zugkraftwagen 12t that was licence built by Krauss-Maffei of Munich, currently the…
Paint treatment on rims Current focus has recently been on the Räder (Wheel rims) of the 3.Serie Sd.Kfz.223 and 5.Serie Sd.Kfz.261 given the requirement for…
Part 1 Members recently joined in our excitement of seeing the Foundation’s 3.Series Sd.Kfz.223 chassis being refitted with a complete set of wheels and original…
Disappointment registered all round when we informed the workshop team that the handbrake lever already mounted in our 3.Serie Sd.Kfz.223 Fahrgestell (chassis) was incorrect and…
Hiding in plain sight! All the time and effort spent not only on archive research but more importantly poring over rusty wheels began to unveil…
Jim Dowdall’s remarkably interesting article about his experiences during the filming of the “The Dirty Dozen” reminded me of my parallel involvement in this event.…
‘The Dirty Dozen’ “The Dirty Dozen” 1967 stared Lee Marvin and an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Robert…
Door Hinges One would imagine that the hinges required for our 3.Serie Sd.Kfz.223 would be straightforward. Before carrying out detailed research we assumed were made…