Lynx II, hull # 4225

[Peter Duggan]

Folks,

Being Labour day weekend, there were several events with great collections of old green iron. Only solution, attend them both. Steam event in Milton on Saturday and Coe Hill and the Skyhawks on Sunday. Got to see some fine iron and network with a great group of people. Brian Asbury's "creation" on the Hawk missile transporter is the result of a very fertile imagination. The Alvis Stalwart has always been a personal favourite. Barry Churcher's C15TA and the accompanying White scout car are great examples of their types.

Peter

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[Robin Craig]

Can anyone pass the details of the Stalwart owner along, PM is fine.

Another owner is asking

Thanks

R

[Jon Bradshaw]

Brian's creation is a great example of building something from something else. I just wonder what it was based on? Or was it just something he cooked up?
Either way I would love to see it at Odessa next year so I can take a look.

[BCA]

Some Hawk Missile Loaders were sold as surplus in the US about 1988. The Missile racks had been cut off, leaving a running tank-like chassis powered by an M151A2 engine and an automatic transmission. This Hawk/Panzer is based on nothing in particular. There are 3 main plywood modules: main body, front nose and turret which all lift off to reveal an un-modified Hawk loader. The driver position and geometry of the Hawk platform limited the design of the add-on features so a generic tank typical of the mid-to-late 1930's period was created: just a fantasy machine. It was a great opportunity to bolt on a wide assortment of fittings and military accessories that had accumulated in the warehouse.

[Niels V]

Brian isnt the only one to convert a Hawk tractor. Here is one in Denmark made to look a bit like a russian airportable assult gun

[Jon Bradshaw]

I thought with the wheels it could have been a half scale British Tetrarch.

[Peter Duggan]

Folks,

This restoration trip seems to consist of two steps forward, and one step back. Quite rewarding when I finally reach one of my goals on this journey.

The hull floor is now all welded together and all the cuts that were done when the Lynx was cut in half have been restored. Feels quite good.

To add to the subject of paint, I have yet to find any evidence of primer being applied when the Lynx was first painted. Since we are only temporary custodians of our old iron, I have decided to use a two part epoxy primer.

I have been enjoying the conversations that started since I posted the picture of Brian Asbury's creation. I hope that Jon will now post some pictures of his replica.

Peter

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