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churchill tank

tigbrand

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Been quite lucky over the years and have worked in/on a few military sites.
Bournemouth airport(RAF Hurn), DSG at Bovington, Henstridge airfield(HMS Dipper) and recently the Isle of White Military museum,doing some restoration on a WW2 Churchill tank.
Unfortunately the museum closed after id only done 2 months on this tank due to a dispute with the landlord. Originally a Salisbury plain target,this tank had some damage! Sad the museum has gone as the staff and volunteers are all great people and had put ten years work into the place. Red oxide pics are before and white paint after,the bolts are plugging threaded holes that have all been chased or had thread repairs. Used loads of taps as armour plate doesnt like being tapped! Bogey unit has Carl Gustav practice round jammed in. Controls are drivers pedals and steering servos. Cheers tig.
 
Sorry to hear about the museum Tig,it is thanks to the efforts of people such as yourself that some of these important pieces of our military history are rescued repaired and preserved,a shame that the situation with the landlord was not able to be resolved,perhaps another more sympathetic landlord could be found,
Regards and thanks,
Don,
 
That is a shame Tig.......mind you there is still a nice comet out there if you fancy a go yourself :tinysmile_twink_t2:

Cheers Tony

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Cheers Don,yep its a pity. Nice pic Tony! Think i will pass on that one!!! Any more pics of range targets/markers??Cheers Tig.
 
Tig

Is the hull sandblasted or chemical stripper? And, is body filler used or are the holes and divots welded?

Rick
 
We have just moved back to the Island and the museum was the first place I was going to visit. I was gutted to find out it had closed:tinysmile_angry_t:
 
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