Armortek Open Day photos

steve winstone · Post by **steve winstone** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:20 pm

Thank you Gill & Mark, it was a great day, and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone and putting faces to names. The food and drink was most enjoyable. Also the visit to the Tank Museaum on Sunday was very good.

I can't wait for the next one!!!

Regards
Steve Winstone

clive Lockwood · Post by **clive Lockwood** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:14 pm

Thanks Gill and Mark for all your hard work organizing a great day, really enjoyed it allways good to meet fellow owners as well.

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:42 pm

very enjoyable,interesting,a collection of talented builders on show,looking forward to next year ,gill and mark 10 out of 10

many thanks ,simon manning

Per Sonnervik · Post by **Per Sonnervik** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:38 am

Hi,

I just got back last night and just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Mark and Gill for organizing the open day and for the ride to Bovington. I had a wonderful time meeting some old friends (Steve and Jeff), many new and seeing some great looking models.

I hadnÂ´t been at the Tank Museum since 1995 so there was a lot to see (and measure !!).

Greeting to all from a happy guy in Sweden,

Per

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:34 am

Hello Per.. I have heard a lot of good things about your model making skills, I look forward to your KT build . Per now that you have had a close up look at the model what are your thoughts of it . Dale

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:08 pm

at the open day mark would consider tooling up if enough orders were placed,anybody for the mighty jadgtiger,viewing it at bovington you realise its a monster

simon manning

Per Sonnervik · Post by **Per Sonnervik** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:18 am

Dale, who has been whispering in your ears? Seriously, I think the Tiger II model will be a very good model especially after Mark correct some parts of the preproduction model (and he will). Although I think the use of scale thickness in the alu plates adds unnecessary weight. On the other hand a BergePanther could be made.

Simon, I kept trying to persued Mark to do the Jagdtiger and I would buy one if Mark would make one. Seeing this vehicle in the flesh is an impressive sight indeed.

Per

Robert MacDonald · Post by **Robert MacDonald** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:52 am

Hi all:
I wasn't at the open day - Canada is a bit far to go, but never say never.

I was very excited to see that there is interest in a WW1 Mk4

. I have been thinking it would be a nice addition to the Armortek offerings. I would definitely be up for one please.

Rob

stuart holden · Post by **stuart holden** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:29 pm

looks like the ww1 mk4 will be 1st ha ha . more interest shown then the jagdtiger

Robert MacDonald · Post by **Robert MacDonald** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:36 pm

Hi again:

Please don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the WW1 Mk4 is the best tank ever made by the British. In fact if you were making that list I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't even be on it. However, it was the first (or actually the fourth

) and by all accounts it development and use probably puts it at/near the top of some other lists, like most controversial tank; most people taking credit for its development; tank that incapacitated more of its crews, many other lists too.

I'm pretty certain that any "land ship" that Mark would build would be more reliable than any of the original WWI versions. That and it would be a really cool model to make and I haven't seen a lot of these floating about.

Rob

chris fry · Post by **chris fry** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:33 am

hello all,
i would love to do this tank, a Mk 4 male with its unditching kit brilliant, the only reserve i would have is its moving speed, i think the real speed is about 5-6 mph, so the scale speed would be little over 1mph, it would take us all day to get them maneuvered at the open day!!!.
thanks, chris.

stuart holden · Post by **stuart holden** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:20 pm

chris fry wrote:hello all,
i would love to do this tank, a Mk 4 male with its unditching kit brilliant, the only reserve i would have is its moving speed, i think the real speed is about 5-6 mph, so the scale speed would be little over 1mph, it would take us all day to get them maneuvered at the open day!!!.
thanks, chris.

we would be quicker towing them

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:17 am

Another vote of thanks to Gill and Mark for such an enjoyable day out

It was great to meet so many other Armortek enthusiasts and to put faces to names. Hopefully by the time of the next one I'll have some semblance of a tank to take with me.

I'm another fan of the WWI tank idea and would certainly be interested in buying one, though probably not this year

BTW, if you put "tadpole tank" into Google, you get all sorts of details on amphibian environments

Adrian.

Graham Ord · Post by **Graham Ord** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:46 pm

Gill and Mark
Thank you for making me feel so welcome on my first open day. The password problem is also resolved.

Post by **Armortek** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:22 pm

Hi Graham

You are very welcome and glad your password is now working.

Gill

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