The Royal Tank Museum Jordan
Invitation to the Official Opening We were honoured to be invited to the official opening of the Royal Tank Museum of Jordan opened by His…
Invitation to the Official Opening We were honoured to be invited to the official opening of the Royal Tank Museum of Jordan opened by His…
What are the Takeaways from the Project? The Foundation always strives to bring back each artefact exactly to its state when it saw action in…
Photo focus on the StuG III’s track links This photo focus is a study of track links, all of these links are for the same…
Gathering the Missing Parts Some years ago we disposed of one of our Sd.Kfz 250/1 Ausf A in a swap for the Roscoff Sd.Kfz 223…
New Evidence Emerges for Farley Mowat Example The downside of unveiling a restored vehicle is that decisions taken during the project are held up to…
Shifting Focus Most of the focus thus far for the armoured car projects has been on the Ausf A examples due to the rarity of…
Inlet and Outlet Manifolds Gathering together all the components for our 3.5 and 3.8 litre V8 Horch engines has produced some surprising results. Our plan…
Copying Originals Here is a group of photos showing the production of the gearbox selector arms. We started with a set of damaged originals. We…
An example of one of our regular Inside Track articles The story of our latest StuG III restoration is in large part the story of…
Revisiting Decisions In the years following the completion of the Jagdpanther we became aware of a number of errors made during the restoration which required…
The Home Straight First of all may I extend a general apology to all of you with FT Fatigue. This has been a very long…
New Information Our last article on the Jagdpanther external paint finish added to a lively debate on whether the Jagdpanther left the assembly halls of…
The 80 Watt Sender Given that our 3 Serie Sd.Kfz 223 le.Pz.Sp.Wg was abandoned in Brittany in late 1944 we have opted to equip the…
More Research One of the modifications to the Fahrgestell Typ 801 starting with the 4 Serie chassis production run was the introduction of a standardized…
Finding the correct position We know from our research into Sd.Kfz 223 radio equipment that the Fu.12 and the Fuspr.a is required. The previous article…
A daunting task revisited An article from our archive at the start of our TSF project. The TSF has now been sandblasted and primed and…
Research Continues Research for the radio equipment needed for our 3 Serie Sd.Kfz 223 is progressing well. The magnificent 3 volume set by Hans Joachim…
An Unwelcome Development We packed the new idler wheels away once they had been collected from the wheelwright. They were stored alongside the vehicles of…
A Surprise Find! Over the years the part that has proved elusive for the early Ausf.A or s.Pkw.I Fahrgestall Typ 801 chassis is the oil…
Revisiting our understanding of the ignition timing settings… Now that we have run both rebuilt engines we are able to revisit our understanding of the…
Sourcing Peuplier One of the many tasks for the vehicle project is sourcing or producing the hull mounted toolbox, seen in many period photographs. We…