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The Bovington Tankfest thread

Discussion in 'WW2 Museums. Events, & places to see.' started by Owen, Jun 25, 2006.

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  1. Owen

    Owen Member

    Nice pics.
    youtube seems to have savaged them
    Would the quality of the vids be any better if you put them on Photbucket?
     
    Owen, Jun 30, 2008
    #61
  2. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Just noticed there's now an option on Youtube to view the videos in full quality, just below right of the screen. You can set your personal options to always display higher quality or just click that link.
    yout.jpg
     
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    von Poop, Jun 30, 2008
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  3. Owen

    Owen Member

    Ah, that's much better.
     
    Owen, Jun 30, 2008
    #63
  4. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    Jealousy rears it's ugly head, here in the Heart of Dixie.
     
    Slipdigit, Jun 30, 2008
    #64
  5. Bodston

    Bodston Little Willy

    Smashing.
     
    Bodston, Jun 30, 2008
    #65
  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Two more Dodgy Vids:





    And more pictures:

    Churchill Croc (again... tends to draw my eye ;)) :
    Croc-close.jpg

    Churchill-again.jpg

    Churchill-croc-2.jpg

    Churchill-croc.jpg

    This static one's recently been tarted up, it was thought to be the oldest surviving Churchill until recently
    The Tank Museum - Bovington - Collection Workshop News

    Churchill-mark-I-II-III-aga.jpg

    Churchill-mark-I-II-III.jpg

    Valentine:
    Valentine-front.jpg

    Valentine.jpg

    Crusader:
    Crusader(1).jpg

    A10 Matilda:
    Tilly-1-parked.jpg

    Tilly-1-front.jpg

    Tilly-1-again.jpg

    Tilly-1.jpg

    A11 Matilda 2 :
    Tilly-2.jpg

    Sherman:

    sherman(1).jpg
     
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    von Poop, Jun 30, 2008
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  7. uksubs

    uksubs Senior Member

    Great photos Adam & save me posting mine :D
     
    uksubs, Jul 1, 2008
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  8. Owen

    Owen Member

    I do like that one looking down the barrel of a Valentine.
    Good image.
     
    Owen, Jul 1, 2008
    #68
  9. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    The Afrika Korps were in attendance too:

    Mark III
    Panzer-III-22.jpg

    Panzer-III.jpg

    Panzer-iii-mantlet-2.jpg

    Panzer-III-rear.jpg

    Panzer-III-mantlet.jpg



    I'd never registered that the trough for protecting the aerial was wooden, kind of assumed it was steel:
    Aerial-trough.jpg

    Tiger 131, only saw her running very briefly this year.
    Tiger-131.jpg

    Tiger-Sprocket.jpg

    Tiger-visor.jpg

    Tiger-rear.jpg



    As I'd had trouble finding clear shots of her scars a while back I thought I'd do some closeups of battle damage. This is the one that most likely did for her, 6pdr round that gouged the barrel shroud and took a chunk from the mantlet, then entered the turret ring, probably jamming it:
    Tiger-131-damage.jpg

    Tiger-131-barrel-shroud-6pd.jpg

    Tiger-131-damage-2.jpg

    Tiger-air-cleaner-damage.jpg

    Tiger-trunnion-damage.jpg

    The happy staff at the tank museum... skipping wherever they go :D.
    Happy-staff.jpg
     
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    von Poop, Jul 1, 2008
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  10. mahross

    mahross Senior Member

    Here are a couple of links to photos taken by myself and a mate on Saturday. A great show.


    Tankfest 1

    Tankfest 2

    Enjoy

    Ross:)
     
    mahross, Jul 3, 2008
    #70
  11. cash_13

    cash_13 Senior Member

    Thanks Ross took the liberty of saving one of the centurian pics as a wallpaper for my pc hope you dont mind....

    Regards Lee
     
    cash_13, Jul 4, 2008
    #71
  12. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Some shots from inside the museum:

    Little Willie & Interior (anyone know what damaged her front vision ports ?) :
    little-willie.jpg

    little-willie-front.jpg

    Little-willie-interior.jpg

    Little-willie-interior-driv.jpg

    Whippet:
    whippet.jpg

    A1E1:
    independent-1.jpg

    Independent.jpg

    Rhomboid.jpg

    A9
    A9.jpg

    Henschel Tiger B
    Henschel-Tiger-II.jpg

    Tortoise:
    Tortoise-1.jpg

    tortoise-3.jpg

    Schmalturm:
    schmalturm-4.jpg

    schmalturm-3.jpg

    Panzerfront.jpg

    Finnish Stug 40:
    Finnish-stug-2.jpg

    Finnish-Stug.jpg

    finnish-stug-1.jpg

    SdKfz. 234/3
    sdkfz-234.jpg

    sdkfz-234-1.jpg

    sdkfz-234-2.jpg
     
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    von Poop, Jul 4, 2008
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  13. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Had my first 'video response' to one of my Youtube Crusader videos - from these chaps:
    YouTube - TankSights's Channel
    Apparently flogging the Official Video, some good footage.
    (Don't forget to click 'watch in high quality', for some reason my Youtube won't default to it).
     
    von Poop, Dec 18, 2008
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  14. Owen

    Owen Member

    Owen, Jan 15, 2009
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  15. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    von Poop, May 18, 2009
    #75
  16. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member

    Adam, I visited Bovington recently for the first time, it would take 2 days to do it properly, its on my to do list for later this year
    Heres a few more pictures
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    The tortoise is a big one, shame it was not ready for ww2 I wonder how it stand up to a tiger
    [​IMG]
     
    Pegasus, May 18, 2009
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  17. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Good stuff Pegasus, Quite the world standard collection isn't it.
    I don't get down there half as much as I'd like to. If I lived nearby I think I'd be volunteering like a shot.

    Funny how the Tortoise tends to draw the eye.
    I like those stylish little fantail exhausts on that massive fat arse... I'm funny like that :unsure:
     
    von Poop, May 18, 2009
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  18. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member

    Good stuff Pegasus, Quite the world standard collection isn't it.
    I don't get down there half as much as I'd like to. If I lived nearby I think I'd be volunteering like a shot.

    Funny how the Tortoise tends to draw the eye.
    I like those stylish little fantail exhausts on that massive fat arse... I'm funny like that :unsure:
    I thinks it must be its stylish sleek curves truly a beauty of the battle field :p
     
    Pegasus, May 20, 2009
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  19. Rob Dickers

    Rob Dickers 10th MEDIUM REGT RA

    Tank Fest 09- 27th-28th June. Bovington Tank Museum

    Hope to see you all there! (Only like big guns with two wheels, still never mind, will suffer).
    Rob D
     
    Rob Dickers, May 31, 2009
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  20. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Don't think I'll make it this year.
    Just had a heads-up from Egston that Mike Gibb's Sdkfz. foundation's 'Santa fe' Stug will be attending. Not specifically confirmed in the programme that it's the Gibb vehicle, but that's the only authentic running Stug restoration ongoing recently that I can think of, Wheatcroft's Finnish examples only being recently delivered:
    Ãåðìàíñêèé òðàíñïîðò Santa-Fe Ñàíòà-Ôå
    Presumably it'll be up to their usual remarkable standards.

    Also there, a replica of an A7V :huh: - Perhaps unlikely it'll be the complete and accurate replica built as far as possible by the original firms that resides in Germany (Munster), but you never know... if that could be confirmed I might make more effort to get there.

    Pdf programme:
    http://www.tankmuseum.org/asset_arena/textual/de/bovtm_tankfest_2009_show_guide.pdf
     
    von Poop, Jun 14, 2009
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