The TWC 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.223 is progressing very well. The current focus is on the wheel stations. A number of parts are missing but those…
The conservation work on the Sd.Kfz.222 4 Serie continues. The results continue to be impressive yet the speed, given how painstaking the task is, is…
The chassis projects have made progress especially that of the 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.223 of the Wheatcroft Collection. This chassis has been fully checked over for…
The full set of taps for the fuel system are underway. We have all of the Mahle 3 way fuel taps. The tops (handles) for…
The chassis for the 3 Serie Sd.Kfz.223 had the remaining 4mm lubrication lines fitted. We are still awaiting some 4mm olives to complete the end…
Considerable focus has been on the various handbrake levers required for the 3 Serie.Sd.Kfz.223 and the 5 Serie Sd.Kfz 261. The Sd.Kfz.222 example we know…
A tremendous amount of work has happened this week. We have completed dividing the Weald Foundation workshops into “fabrication” and “machining/assembly” workshops. Although we planned…
Cleared the vehicles out of the new fabrication workshop. The roller shutter doors were fitted to the new display hall. Most of the equipment has…
Huge progress this week. The wheels for all of the armoured car projects – the Sd.Kfz 222 4 Serie, the 3 Serie Sd.Kfz 223, the…
All the original rims and tyres for the Sd.Kfz.222 4 Serie, Sd.Kfz.223 3 Serie, Sd.Kfz.261 5 Serie have been booked to be dealt with by…
Good progress this week on the wheel nuts for all of the various armoured cars currently under restoration. We have a good number of original…
We located yet another one shot lubrication pump from the stores. This is the last pump required for the 3 armoured cars we working on…
Breakthrough this week on the archive regarding the paint treatment of our 2 SARC Marmon Herrington armoured cars. This has taken weeks to get to…
Central lubrication system continues to be in focus. Additional manuals from the late 1930s and 1940s from Willi Vogel have been secured providing all the…
A flurry of activity followed the exposure of the Pak 43 on social media over the past 2 weeks. We have researched the optics required…
Our research team continue to plough through mountains of archive documentation and numerous period images to fine tune the next phases of our projects here…
More progress on the 3 German armoured car chassis. Machining is nearly complete on the angled steering unit. We have identified the correct Winker semaphors/trafficators…
The focus this week has been establishing the requirements for the Zundspuele ignition coils and Entstoerer suppression devices for all three of our le.Pz.Sp.Wg. A…
The reassembly of the armoured body for the 4 Serie Sd.Kfz 222 began this week. Those of our team who are able to work from…
The ‘one shot’ lubrication system is being fitted to the collections 3 Serie Sd.Kfz.223. The 8mm and 4mm copper pipe is on hand. The lubrication…
The last of the axles and metal rubber bushes have been fitted to the suspension damper arm assemblies of the 3 Serie Sd.Kfz 223. The…