I am happy to say that three Armortek owners from the West Coast were able to have an afternoon out with our tanks. Unlike the UK owners, we are spread far and wide so this is a rare occurrence here. Bob Morey drove down with his Panther and Sherman from Seattle, Washington to visit some friends he has in the area and then spent a few days at my house. Sean was there with his "perfectly functioning" Tiger 1. I had my Panther. Weather was perfect and it made for some nice photo and video opportunities. Great fun!
The lethal threesome
Bob's Panther lies in wait, buttoned up, for the next target
Panther 312 arrives and forms up into position
Sean's grenadier was hanging on for dear life all afternoon
Bob's awesome Panther
Bob's Sherman (work in progress)
My Panther
These videos are my first attempt at this sort of thing. In the second one, the challenge is driving and filming at the same time.
Thanks Bob and Sean for the great time!
Happy tanking!
Tim
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:38 pm
by leesellars
Hello Tim
Fantastic There is a Battle Group West. Great photos.
Lee
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:59 pm
by Richie Wignall
Hi Guys
nice tanks, and WOW BLUE SKY
We need some of that
Richie
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 11:19 pm
by Antony Rowley
Great photo's of some fantastic tanks
It's nice to see more tanks out and about. I agree with Richie, it's nice to see some glorious sunshine too .
I bet they turned a few heads over there .
Thanks for sharing,
Antony
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:14 am
by Kent Wiik
WOW!
Great posting, thanks for sharing this event of yours.
Nice to see the 2 Panthers that has been my biggest source of inspiration running together for the first time.
Outstanding photos and videos (and sky and grass and trees and... )
Kent
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:56 am
by Adrian Harris
Wonderful pictures Tim
That video of the three on the gravel must rate as one of the most realistic I've seen - perfect angle and the scenery appears completely to scale.
Adrian.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:26 am
by simon_manning
the tanks on the gravel looks very authentique,three great builds,careful filming,light,background scale,you could mistake them for the full size tanks,very good indeed. simon manning.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 3:04 pm
by Jim Slothower
Great Pics,
Looks like you all had a great time, cant wait to join all of you. Thanks for posting.
Jim
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:01 pm
by Lionel Champ
Are you a fellow Scorpions fan Tim?
Ps Love the sound track with the bullets pinging off the tanks.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:21 am
by Jeffrey Goff
Great tanks and it looked like an enjoyable day out, and like others have said, the video of the tanks on the gravel is outstanding and the music inspirational, Tim dont worry about the day job, they need camera men in California
regards
Jeff
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:41 pm
by Jim Fowler
Awesome pictures! I hope this gets to be a regular/annual thing - would love to venture out someday??
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:35 pm
by Roland Mann
Hi Tim,
perfect pictures, even better videos. You must have had a very enjoiable time in the park. Best video for me is the first one with the German voices. I like this one most. How did you manage this ? Is the sound a play back or is it coming through the speaker of your tanks ?
When the commander is targeting an enemy tank only 800 m away, you better fire your sprenggranate right now. Later is too late with this distance !
Is the shot on the next video ? As the gunner is answering : Sprenggranate loaded. Bummmmmmmm !!!!!!
Just perfect - Roland
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:00 pm
by Tim Bowman
Thanks everyone for the nice comments. It was really fun to have three of these rolling together.
I wish I would have taken more video.
Roland, what is even more amazing is how calm the crew sounds with a threat at only 800 meters and my commander didn't even flinch, fully exposed out of the cupola. Sign of a crack crew I guess. Unfortunately, I do not have video of the shot being fired. None of the tanks in the video have firing mechanisms.
Hopefully in a future video. I assume they would say something like, JA! VOLLTREFFER! SIE BRENNT!
I have made some sound(voice) tracks to play on an MP3 player through my Panthers speakers. The ones in the video, however were simply added to the video's sound track.
Best regards
Tim
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:13 pm
by Robert E Morey
Tim,
The video's are awesome! The first is even better with the music! Great job making that video even better. Thanks for making engine sounds for my tank <with your awesome sounding Panther>. Here's a few more photos from my camera. Its was indeed a perfect day weather wise.
We should probably mention one final time how well Sean's Tiger ran compared to the Panthers.....
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:19 am
by Tim Bowman
Excellent additional pictures Bob.
last, short video. I gotta get a blank firing unit!
)
Unfortunately, I do not have video of the shot being fired. None of the tanks in the video have firing mechanisms. 
