Borden Flakpanzer

[Ed Storey]

An order, hehehehe, good one! I suspect unique and German were the criteria. Like the Hetzer before it, I will be surprised if this overly ambitious project ever gets completed.

[Mike Cecil]

Did the Hetzer not get completed? I remember seeing it in a hangar partially dismantled in 1998 or 99 - being 'worked' on by a group of German 'enthusiasts' - with the intention to bring it back to operating condition. What happened to it after that?

I also remember seeing the Flakpanzer outside and in very bad shape - probably got some pre-digital images somewhere - so it could only have become even more run-down since then. Unique but big, big project: who's undertaking it?

Mike

[Ed Storey]

I believe the Hetzer project was suspended and never completed. Here is the latest I have found on the project.

http://pspborden.com/CitizenOnline/?p=525

Apparently there is a Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/FlakpanzerRestorationProject/

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks Ed.

Mike

[Bob Phillips]

check out the article " Restoration of the Worthington Park Hetzer" at www.pzfahrer.net/borden.html
Looks pretty good to me.
As far as the current project, big job, great work so far from what I see on their facebook page. Lets give them the benefit of the doubt!
BP

[James P]

Originally Posted by Bob Phillips

check out the article " Restoration of the Worthington Park Hetzer" at www.pzfahrer.net/borden.html
Looks pretty good to me.
As far as the current project, big job, great work so far from what I see on their facebook page. Lets give them the benefit of the doubt!
BP

Re. the CFB Borden Jagdpanzer 38 "Looks pretty good to me".....................as they say looks are deceiving and sadly it was not a successful restoration.

[Ed Storey]

"Benefit of the doubt" is great, if this were a high school auto shop project; but it isn't. It is an expensive project on an important and unique piece of German SWW armour, held by a DND museum.

I would have a better felling about this project if there was more information available other than a Facebook page and some dated news media reports.

For a major project like this, the questions I have are;

What is the goal of the project?
Who is the project manager?
Who is in charge of PR/media?
What is the PR/media plan?
Who is in charge of the finances and what is the project budget?
Who is in charge or raising funds and who are the sponsors?
What facilities and equipment are available for the project?
Who is conducting the research?
Who is in charge of acquiring parts?
Who is on the restoration team?
Who is overseeing the quality of the work?
Does anyone working on this project have any experience with a project of this magnitude and if so what was that experience?
Are there examples of previous projects that this team have worked on?
What are the milestones and the end-date for the project?

I don't see any of this on the Facebook page.