TankFest 2017

[Stephen White]

An excellent two days at Bovington, with the launch of the Elephant, 30 plus models running and a lot of interest from the public. More photos to follow but here are a couple of headliners.

Regards

Stephen

[Gerhard Michel]

Very nice; especially the pic with the old and new 'parents' of AT..........

[michael hilton]

If the devil cast his net Now that's what real characters look like.....I would love to see 'names' put to all these faces......I always picture how a person looks before meeting them, or talking to them on the telephone.....just inquisitive.... Would love to have been there at Tankfest....keep posting the photos, most enjoyable...Mick

[Chris Hall]

I'm in the group shot, but I'm not going to identify myself because I'm very shy ...

A great weekend. Thanks to Stephen for organising it, and Kian, Monique, Mark, Gill and Chris for putting it on (and doing the traditional ice cream run on Sunday afternoon). Hot, dusty and, with all the exhaust smoke drifting across from the Tank Park, certainly not one for the environmentalists. But the camaraderie, and the chance to show off our models, is why we do it. The more the merrier.

And Kian and Monique seemed to survive their first dive into the wild, wacky world of we Armortek junkies .... I wonder how they feel today ?

A tired, but satisfied,

Chris

[Dennis Jones]

Check this one out, I won't mention who the driver was as he is shy, but the owner is seen lying on the ground doing some close up videoing and taking his life in his hands with the encroaching Cent !!! I would like to thank everybody at the show for a brilliant time, especially to Monique and Kean for their hospitality and the ice creams, also to Stephen for the organisation. Great on Sunday with the extra running area, I think that was the most running we have ever done at the show.

Saturday's line up.



That Centurion again.



Dennis.

[William Bath]

A very pleasant couple of days, weather just right, lots of people interested in the models as usual, nice to see. Thanks to Stephen for organising it all and thanks to new owners Kian and Monique for hosting us all.

[Daniel Scholefield]

A great two days, nice to meet Monique and Kean and of course run my tank around as frequently as possible. Much better weather this year made the Sunday ice creams all the more welcome. I will post some of the pictures I took when I sort them out from the real tanks

[Russ Clark]

Did anyone video the elefant running because I would love to see it

[William Bath]

Russ, it was static, no motion pack fitted

[sean kerambrun]

Hi guys,

Any photos of the inside?

or how the top/back is attached / removable?


Cheers

Sean

[Russ Clark]

THE BEAST LOOKS HUGE IN THAT PHOTO,IS THE ELEFANT REALLY AS BIG AS IT LOOKS OR IS IT THE SIZE OF A TIGER

[Stephen White]

More pics from TankFest:

The Old Contemptibles

David Skeldon's Cent variants

How to impress the ladies....

More to follow.

Stephen

[Stephen White]

Part 3:

Where did you say Gill put the ice creams?

I come all the way from Belgium and there's no ice cream?

Elephant worship

More to follow

Stephen

[Stephen White]

Part 4:

Note to self - add 10% to his next order.......

What a beauty

Steve Stuart auditioning for Denny's role....

Adrian?!

OK, Bruce, £50 the lot and we'll chuck in an Elephant...

At last, the ice creams.

Thanks to Monique and Kian, Gill and Mark and to all the Armortek owners for a great weekend.

Stephen

[Chris Hall]

This year's Tankfest was Heaven on Earth for the dedicated fans of WW1 armour:

Armortek's Finest, with the ultimate background !

And a couple of videos of the Real Thing (well, in the case of the Mark IV and A7V, almost )

(the St. Chamond - a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity)

(mostly the Mark IV and A7V)

Chris
Unashamedly WW1