1/6 Tigers storm Country estate!!!

Paul Wills · Post by **Paul Wills** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:05 pm

All,

I have just spoken with Paul Morris and we are on for tomorrows meeting at Leighton Hall

, weather permitting that is

, usual times 10:30 till whenever, in case anyone is wanting to visit we usually leave about 15:00.

Paul W

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Paul Morris · Post by **Paul Morris** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:17 pm

Hi Fellas.
Sorry for the silence holidays you know and no internet connection on the boat thank God... but as Paul has told you the meet is on for the morning i had already told them we would be there but i will mail them again just to be sure

... Richie maybe you could get Jaws to chomp on your spacers

Paul Morris · Post by **Paul Morris** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:56 pm

Hi Fellas.
Been in touch with Suzie a Leighton hall all is set for tomorrow no probs, they are open to the public in the afternoon so we may have an audience

Lastly they have been having some work done and tell me the approak is a bit churned up but still O.K. to get down i will be there early as usual and look forward to seeing you there.
Cheers Paul

clive Lockwood · Post by **clive Lockwood** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:30 pm

Hi Paul
cant make it tommorow, somthing's cropped up so have goog day and i,ll see you at the next one.
cheers.
clive.

Paul Morris · Post by **Paul Morris** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:23 pm

Hi Fellas.
The next TWO meetings at Leighton Hall will be next Sunday the 10th and the following Sunday the 17th the Hall is now open to the public and so for these next two meetings and probably for the next couple of months we are starting a bit later in the day so that visitors can see the tanks running. The first meeting next weekend we are going to meet at 11 .am. in the usual place and spend some time cleaning out the shed, we have permission to use so that we can start to get a few buildings sorted out and have somewhere to put them for storage, then start running the tanks about 1 ish to conserve battery power, and coincide with the Hall opening up to the public.
Please remember all are welcome to come along we have a hard core of about 5 regulars now but the more the merrier as we have plenty of space.
See you all next week i will bring the brush

Paul

Richie Wignall · Post by **Richie Wignall** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:31 pm

Hi Paul
I'll be there. Just wondered if we could cut the grass shorter in areas due to the track problems today?

The wife has listed the home made barbed wire on ebay.

She's gone in to production mode and took over my garage!.

looks like I'll have a helper building the KT or to just pass me the beer out of the fridge beside me......

Paul Wills - thanks for the show - on setting off your 12 gauge blank firer in the back of your car

, one after the other

, and sending your muzzle cover into orbit!!

totally amazing.

Would love to see your wife's face when she gets into the car...

Richie

Paul Wills · Post by **Paul Wills** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:56 pm

Hi Richie,

She wasn't best pleased when she got in the car and all she could smell was cordite

, sheâ€™s banished me to the garage

!!! wile I was in there I finally figured out what coursed it to go off, it is having two on off switches together, I must have turned the smoker on instead of the receiver "Oops"

, I will have to mark them up so it doesnâ€™t happen again.

So is you wife selling the barbed wire for 90 pence a roll, or have you added RAT (Richie add Tax) the poor lass is going to have to sell some rolls of barbed wire to pay for this KT!!!!

Richie Wignall · Post by **Richie Wignall** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:08 pm

hi paul

i always get told off

no matter what i do! should of seen her face when i put pennys on the kt!

the 1/6th scale barbed wire shes making, well i thought she was on a good screw

she buys the stuff

she makes it

she sells it

i charge her garage and tool rental

i keep 90% and pay her 50p for 10 rolls

i think she's on a good one their

what you think

Paul Morris · Post by **Paul Morris** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:08 pm

Paul.
Yes must agree with you mate talk about slave labour...its not only in third world countries is it

and such a mark up... and then the icing on the cake was the huge post and packing ha ha he i can see a van turning up with "Rip off and scarper" emblazoned on the side ha ha.
Richie Seriously though your lass is doing a great job... the wire looks well and only needs to sell around 400 sets i reckon... so come on mate crack the whip

Richie Wignall · Post by **Richie Wignall** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:17 pm

hi paul

she's scottish, and loves to save, i only said i need to buy one more roll, then she started making them :the rip off and scarper? you must be speaking abaut royal mail? p+p

they need to go in a small box as sharp edges, dont want royal mail on my back for postman stabbed with barbed wire.

shes made a lot more today,

the photo etched ones i got were Â£2.50 and looks like tinsel

and these are hand made.
have a go on making one, trust me its easier buying them.

thinking of going 1/1 scale

think of all them farmers

richie

Antony Rowley · Post by **Antony Rowley** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:57 pm

Hi All,

Great to see you all again yesterday. Thanks guys for all your help when one of my pins came out and snapped a track link.

A few photo's of yesterday's meet:

Richie fixing his tracks.

A nice picture of Paul Will's early Tiger finally getting a little dirty

My Panther also getting it's first taste of mud.

All three standing proud on their new plinth, specially made to display our fantastic tanks proudly

Next time there will be a statue on the plinth covered in a German battle flag eh Paul W

See most next week.

Thanks Antony

Paul Wills · Post by **Paul Wills** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:19 pm

Hi Antony,
Great photos, I am glad you managed to get Richieâ€™s new tool box in the photo, anyone notice how big itâ€™s getting

, I think we should start a then and now photo set, showing the little tool box he had when he first came and the double stacker he brought this weekend

, mind you he had everything but a bloody hammer in it

Yes Antony I have the very thing for that statue, a double decal SS helmet and a large battle flag to adorn itâ€™s shoulders, just my luck it will be a Labrador or something like that.

Paul

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Richie Wignall · Post by **Richie Wignall** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:17 pm

Hi Paul
The toolbox...... I've always had the double decker and now includes a hammer ha...

maybe next time I will have an angle grinder and oxycetaline....

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Only joking

. The wife has been busy making more barbed wire

, also its not as bright now as its pre dipped to dull it. Looks more weathered. And she is getting faster.

Tonight, I have given her a special task

- she's been playing with playdough (milly putty) putting a part number on the mantle like Vince's. She's not done a bad job with it

. I've definately got an apprentice for the KT building at 50p an hour.

Are you there on Sunday?
Richie

Paul Morris · Post by **Paul Morris** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:51 am

Hi Fellas.
Just wondering about the meeting tomorrow? its heavy rain here today

and the forcast is not much better for Sunday let me know what you think seems we have very little luck weather wise

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Cheers Paul

clive Lockwood · Post by **clive Lockwood** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:39 pm

Hi Paul
very wet here as well, probably give this one a miss as the ground is going to be too soft anyway, let,s hope next weekend is better.
clive