next meet

[Richie Wignall]

Hi Ant

Yes, Duncan is the new KT owner... and i am the new sherman owner







looks good with the muzzle bag on the kt..
Just going to rip its gutts out and do my thing

I will be in the dog house... 3 tanks on the grass


Richie

[Paul Morris]

Hi Ant.
I have a nice gap now for your Opel to fit into ha ha.
Hi Richie.
You got it sussed out then
Paul

[Richie Wignall]

paul

dont ask i spent 1 hour this morning try to get the tracks to work

i forgot last night i had taken it out of gear to push it.

Then it came to me what i did....... now sweet as cake but re all make mistakes.........

Richie

[Antony Rowley]

Hi Richie,

That is one fantastic photo . Duncans a lucky chap but I'm glad it's still up here so I can see it running. Is this another one on it's way to Paul's workshop for it's final fitting and custom paint job or is Duncan going to attempt it himself
Glad you got the Sherman as that too is a superb tank. Now you can have your own tank battles

Nice one, Ant

[clive Lockwood]

hi Richie
thats a nice sherman you got there mate are you going to make any changes or not? knowing you anythings possible, nice pics too

[Richie Wignall]

Hi Ant and Clive

Ant, I dont know what he as planed for painting, i still need to finnish of the electrics when i get the sound back again, also mg flash ,lights ect.
The only battles i will be going is lisa with me , when she see the grass
and i nearly bust a sandstone mushroom i made
Clive, yes a lovely sherman, money well spent, thanks to paul.

you know me i have plenty of things for it i have a paintball gun around here barrel looks same size aswell look out ant........................


Richie

[Chang]

Hi Richie,
3 nice tanks display. But no wonder your lady will upset about the lawn later.......
Is the Sherman equipped with modern tracks very similar to the one used by Leopard 2? What's the story behind it?

Cheers,
Lerh Chang

[Richie Wignall]

Hi Chang
Me and the Sherman go back a long way. As I was emailing Clive about this years ago when he was selling it, but in the end I ended up buying John Goodman's tiger. The story behind this Sherman is all Clives great work on the build. Paul Morris was the third person to have it, and he did the great paintwork to the present day. He produced some great work as well on the painting. I am now the proud fourth owner, and I beleive this has never broken a track. The track pads are glued on, which are rubber. You can knock it out of gear if you want to push it. I am going to run it this Sunday, and then after that I'll rip all the electrics out of it and do my own thing. Also will have Thomas Benedeni's sound unit instead of the Tamyia. I'll send you some picutres when I'm doing the wiring and making the new control box.
For all the people who may get confused over this, this is not an armortek model or running gear.
Keep watching on Sunday for Clive's new release - his scratch build T34. Totally amazing.
RIchie

[Richie Wignall]

Hi Guys

Yes, another great day out, and once again the company was spot on, couldn't wish for a better gang. A few photos of Clive's superb scratch build T34, doing a balancing act on the logs, as well as Ian's and my tank. Hope you like the photos.

The first picture is of my newly acquired Sherman with its guts ripped out and my new set up.




















Below, picture of Paul (we don't know what he's doing) with dodgy pants!!!!










Below, ian - the great thinker!!!













Dave's very nice tiger.





Below, Duncan's tiger, and my tiger in the background.



Now, Clive's joining in the thinking..... it must be catching.





My tiger below





My new Sherman below





My Sherman being used as a guinea pig, but tackled it with ease.













Now Clive's trying the logs out with his T34, followed by Ian.















Hope you enjoy.

Richie

[clive Lockwood]

Wow Richie didn't take you long to get the pics on, you got some great shots mate, especially that dodgy one of paul

[Steve Norris]

Great set of photo,s Wish i could have got there this weekend.
Clives T34 looks brilliant.
See you all soon
Steve

[Antony Rowley]

Hi Richie,

Great photo's

I agree Clive's done it again with his superb T34 .

Myself & Paul M had a great time at Carnforth Station entertaining the troops Great fun.

See you all in 2 weeks, Ant

[Robert E Morey]

Guys,
Even though I'm thousands of miles away I really want to say thanks for posting pix of your tanks and meets. Its really enjoyable to see. I esp love the scratch built hardware. The armotek tanks are great too <and are what started the fascination with big metal tanks for many of us> but scratch built really takes the hobby to a new level.

The T-34 is another absolute masterpiece from Clive. How long does it take to build one of these from scratch Clive? You seem to turn them out in 1-2 months. Is everything manually machined or do you use CNC? Its taken me 2 years to build a kit.

Thanks again for the great pix.
From across the pond.
Bob

[clive Lockwood]

Hi Bob
every part is hand built/machined, the T34 was a fairly easy subject and took about three month's to build, Ian one of our members built the track links for me Big Thanks Ian, they are a mixture of bright steel and stainless steel, all the rest of the tank is steel/aluminum, now working on the next secret project bob so keep watching the events section.
thanks.
clive

[Richie Wignall]

Hi Guys

I am glad to post the pictures, had a great day .

I know what your making but mums the word

Bob,its not a cnc machine, but clive has plenty of tools,machines and he can turn his hand to any tank build, i think anyway his work just gets better and better .

Richie