Reflections on a restoration – Zündapp KS750 – PART 2.
Having taken the Foundation’s Zündapp KS 750 down to the bare essentials by removing the working parts from the frame, taking the sidecar boat off…
November 15, 2019
Having taken the Foundation’s Zündapp KS 750 down to the bare essentials by removing the working parts from the frame, taking the sidecar boat off…
Comparing the manual detail with actual artefacts offer up disparities. It appears that the listing for Ausf A hull Wanne fittings is for a later…
With the armoured hull Wanne well under way we are free to focus on the next phase. The fenders are awaiting further information for the…
When the Weald Foundation decided to restore the Zündapp KS750 for the third time, the feeling was that the previous commercial restorations just hadn’t come…
Our previous “Department of Corrections” piece for the Jagdpanther covered the cable fitted to the inner face of the crew cabin main hatch. We decided…
As members will know from the SITREP on Saturday 12th October currently there is a lot of focus on the Foundation’s “production line” of leichter…
In our last piece we that we were delighted share the identification by production date of our two South African Reconnaissance Car Mk III “Marmon-Herrington”.…
Our last piece covered the excess Jagdpanther guns, which had accumulated during the disrupted Jagdpanther assembly process. We explained how these were used on a…
An article revisited A piece originally written in “Inside Track” back several years ago deserves revisiting as the Foundation’s knowledge on the subject has grown…
Department of Corrections No More Three years ago, we posted an article about cast gun mantlets being fitted to MIAG assembled Sturmgeschütz. This was in…
Battlefield Modification? In the years since our completion of the restoration of the Foundation’s Jagdpanther 411 we have had ample time to reconsider certain aspects…
Contrasts and similarities – A Photo Focus It is worth taking a look at the barrels for the 2cm Flak and the 2cm KwK given…
Ausf.B? One of the most important tasks of the Foundation is to locate period parts so that our restorations meet the criteria of being “original”…
Update: What Next for the Foundation? Last year we showed members our draft restoration plan, now we present the latest edition. Our major World War…
Differences Abound!! As Panzer Tracts No.13-1 showed there are many variations of le.Pz.Sp.Wg. not just those governed by the role of the car such as…
The ‘Mosquito’ tank!! An article emanating from the RTC or Royal Tank Corp written in June 1940 refers interestingly to the Renault FT as the…
Wire Frames and Databases The body panels gathered over more than twenty years have been extracted from our stores. This process took a long time…
Photo focus on our MIAG StuG III’s over track supports. These supports are specifically MIAG assembly line items quite different at the time to those…
Photo focus on the spares case for the StuG III’s gun optics. This case contains various replacement parts for the StuG III’s main gun Stu.K.40…
Correction Nearing Completion The corrective surgery the Foundation is providing to the engine deck and rear crew cabin wall raised many questions from members asking…
All For None? In Part 3 we discussed preparing 3D drawings of the Solex 32 IFF in the collection with a view to create a…