A Return To The Gold Standard – Rise of the Replica continued
A while ago we posted an Inside Track article regarding how we at the Weald Foundation aspire to the “gold standard of restoration”. An unfortunate…
A while ago we posted an Inside Track article regarding how we at the Weald Foundation aspire to the “gold standard of restoration”. An unfortunate…
The Foundation often receives questions about the Historical background of the (StuG) Sturmgeschütz and why we consider this to be one of the most influential…
Part 2 – Active Collaboration Our relationship with André Becker developed right from our very first meeting. The momentum in collecting and researching for the…
In May 1945, the exhibition at the Imperial War Museum included six representative German and one Italian armoured vehicle. Perhaps only one of these remains…
No less than four times over the past few years has the Foundation been offered an original Typenschild (data plate) from a Jagdpanther. Normally such…
There continues to be a lot of interest in the details of the Sehklappe (plate visors) from both the enthusiast and modeller community, so we…
The following article was written for Inside Track by an avid gamer. We thought that Foundation members might find this perspective of interest. The Early…
In Part II we provided extracts of the original orders issued during 1937 that introduced the ‘dunkelgrau’ and ‘dunkelbraun’ camouflage schemes. Here we cover the situation in…
Every step of our journey with the Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie restoration project turns up yet another interesting vagary. This time when we test installed an…
Despite our Inside Track article in November 2023, we were surprised at the number of suggestions from members and others that the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A)…
Decoding the Sd.Kfz.223’s Historical Paint Secrets Initial Investigations and Historical Insights Our initial investigation into the external paint treatment of our Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie was…
Topfblende – a MIAG matter of fact Given the significant current interest in Sturmgeschütz, prompted by the release of new model kits, we thought it…
The restoration of the Foundation’s ‘Black Sea Stu.G’ was completed many years ago. Of course, as time progresses, we continue to learn more about the…
Part of the challenge in researching vehicles assembled before or early in the Second World War is the lack of surviving examples or period documentation.…
The Foundation continues to publish research on what we do in our various projects. Subjects are provided by the projects we are working on or…
Building on from our photo Black Sea StuG focus on the exterior of the Foundation’s MIAG assembled Sturmgeschütz, we present members for the first time…
For most armoured vehicles there is a lack of documentation about on the storage arrangements inside the vehicle. Modelmakers especially wonder how the Weald Foundation…
Our research in plotting the location of the interior equipment of the Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie has resolved all but a few outstanding positions. We are…
Our last article covered the two submarines that were possibility candidates in the sinking of the Santa Fe – the D-4 Revolutsioner and the L-4…
We have often been asked for a collection of images of the Black Sea StuG prior to restoration. The images below show the StuG in…
Our last piece about our Black Sea StuG provided the unique viewpoint from the captain of the Dampfer ‘Santa Fe’ that was transporting our and…