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Lionelgee 07-05-25 12:31

Best Thread for restoration of Armoured Vehicles
 
Hello Brains Trust and Moderator Types,

Where would be the best thread on MLU to track down World War II tank restorations?

My wife works at a school and encountered a student today who is very, very interested in World War II Tanks. From the description of the information exchange - okay the student dominating the conversation - it seems likely that they would be very interested reading links to the restoration of World War II tanks. When I went to the "Restoration" thread they seem to be dominated by sticky threads. While my from reading the titles within the Armour Forum it was very hard to identify actual restoration projects.

Do any tank restoration project threads spring readily into your mind that might capture the attention of an inquisitive teen? If so could you please post a reply with the links to such threads? Who knows they might even become a member and improve the lower end in age of our demographic!

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards
Lionel

Niels V 07-05-25 16:33

sorry its not MLU, but there is very good one by Adrian Barrel https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/12060-m10-r...comment-157109
there was also a magnificent Sherman one but the pictures has been lost to Photobucket.
One of the good one recently here is the Otter restoration

maple_leaf_eh 08-05-25 06:14

We have seen an interesting thread from NZ where one of ours (and forgive me for not remembering the details) built/builds everything for his restoration. Look for Armour Dreams. Craftsmanship and creativity beyond compare.

Credit for encouraging the student in their quest! The experience of building is long and often distracting.

Lionelgee 08-05-25 13:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh (Post 298719)
We have seen an interesting thread from NZ where one of ours (and forgive me for not remembering the details) built/builds everything for his restoration. Look for Armour Dreams. Craftsmanship and creativity beyond compare.

Credit for encouraging the student in their quest! The experience of building is long and often distracting.

Hello

Your description sounds like Colin Jones who was routinely manufacturing parts for some Vickers MK6B tanks. The posts stopped just after an amazing amount of headway was made and things were looking like tanks again. It was a real shame that the posts stopped. Colin's level of craftsmanship was truly phenomenal.

Kind regards
Lionel

Don Smith 15-05-25 23:16

tank resto
 
Go to Youtube and look at "Workshop Wednesday" on the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum. Tank restoration projects updated every Wednesday.

Lionelgee 16-05-25 00:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Don Smith (Post 298756)
Go to Youtube and look at "Workshop Wednesday" on the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum. Tank restoration projects updated every Wednesday.

Hello Don,

Thank you for the suggestion. Cheers!

Kind regards
Lionel


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