Sd.Kfz.261 suspension assembly takes shape, making room for new arrival
Bothe the Fabrication hall and the Machining Final Assembly Hall are flat out in providing the fittings to allow for the assembly of the suspension…
October 12, 2024
Bothe the Fabrication hall and the Machining Final Assembly Hall are flat out in providing the fittings to allow for the assembly of the suspension…
The Sd.Kfz.261 suspension is quite different to that of the Ausf.A armoured cars. We are fortunate to have most of the components ready for use…
The machining work on the suspension assembly for the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie is drawing to a close with only a few small components now to be…
The Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie project is moving forward at quite a pace. The armoured body was completed last week. The very large roof is now fitted…
The armoured hull for the Sd.Kfz.261 crafted from the many pieces and panels we have gathered over more than 25 years is now complete. The…
Our teams are working steadily on 2 fronts – the first is the completion of the armoured body and the second is machining and refurbishing…
On the machining front our team are busy with the required parts for the suspension assemblies of the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie. This work is continuing at…
One of our final tasks in completing the external facing armoured body of the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie is safely bringing back the badly bent and shattered…
The armoured hull is now within days of completion as the team fits the remaining upper front panels – bonnet and the driver’s visor area.…
A good week for the team. Both the left and right hand sides of the frontal armour section containing the left and right hand doors,…
The work to assemble the rear armour of the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie is now complete. The work to reassemble the plates for the front armoured hull…
The painstaking process of straightening the original armour panels over many hours is yielding results. The original body of our Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie chassis is starting…
The team managed a great deal this week in bringing the armoured body panels up into the Fabrication Hall and making good progress on repairing…
Our work this week involved not only our research guys, a bit of luck and painstaking gathering of components for our armoured car projects. Not…
This week has seen all of the interior and exterior tabs cleaned, threaded and fitted to allow for the blasting and priming of the 2…
The list of items requiring attention was drawn up just after the event when we discovered a few problems. Luckily none were serious. 2 fuel…
Last minute fittings took place this week. Only later in the week was the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie armoured car able to drive out for the very…
The Horch 3.5 litre V8 of the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is now running beautifully. The engine has been run for some time over the week. This…
Last minute electrical fittings have taken place this week allowing the Horch 3.5 V8 engine of our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie to be started for the first…
The Horch 3.5 litre V8 was set up this week and finally started. After a number of small adjustments to the fuel pump and the…
The detailed fitting of the interior has commenced in earnest. The parts long ago prepared for this point are now being fitted to the crew…