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I just have to get one of these for grand children when they appear.

There's a few related clips too and in the picking lists a Discovery based German armoured car - looks very good.

Ah! Just discovered the main site;
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate ... rmd%3Divns

Good videos too.

I think there is somewhere in the UK that does it. I remember seeing a documentry on the construction of the tank and some guy has got about 10 of them on his farm I think.

Dennis.

Hi Steven,

The kids tank is a home-made project.
Here http://www.commandojurre.nl/ you can find how you can build it for your future grandchildren

Thanks Ad

I enjoyed going through that site. The links have got some interesting items - there's a whole tracked vehicle scene that I had no knowledge of.

Steve

The smile on the kids face says it all. Cool project! Thanks for posting! Bob

Hi Steven,

Another good link, you should post some of your 1.1 half-track photos that you restored .

A question I have been burning to ask, did they have tanks when you were a boy, or was it ballista's and trebuchet sorry couldn't resist

Paul.

Without my woad, loin cloth and flint axe I do not feel properly dressed! Can't be doing with these new fangled trebuchets and whatnot.

The hand-tinted Daguerrotypes of my half track are currently lost under a pile of wax cylinders of Disraeli's Greatest Hits in my cave. I will try to find them for you.

Gad! The wonders of electricity...

Try: http://dwimorberg.com/sf/

Years ago I had a number of articles published in Off Road and 4 Wheel Drive magazine including the above one on my half track. Also included on the list is a handful of photos. As you can see the machine was mildly tarted up for use on the road - indicator lights etc. The modern military headlights were 150watt jobs, you could fry eggs on them.

The machine also appeared in Bart Van Der Veen's Wheels and Tracks magazines several times and is, I think - in its current form, the last photo on the last page ever published.

I also had articles published on fantasy cars, a Champ and Alvis Stalwarts. The article on Stalwarts has been very widely plagiarised in books and magazines ever since as it was the first long technical article to appear in the civilian press.

Hope you like the stuff Paul.