At last!

[wibblywobbly]

Looking good, just hope everyone can find it.

Went to Bovington today, seeing as I can get in for free for 12 months, and actually looked at everything this time. Was there for a fair few hours and took lots of reference photo's just in case I decide to build anything that can't be bought off the shelf.

No matter how many times I see it, that King Tiger looks absolutely enormous! O.O

[mcevoyi]

i LOVE bovy !

you lucky so in so ..... evey chance i get i go to the tank museum ... and evey time i take piles of pics too

hows the museum shop looking .. there usualy a great selection of books and some kitts

iain

[wibblywobbly]

The shop was good, I bought a dvd on the Tiger, plus they sell a 4 pack of soldiers which just happen to be almost 1/16th scale at £2.75? I bought some, took them home, sawed them off at the waist, filled the shoulder joints with milliput, and painted them up as a DAK crew. Cheap as chips, and I now have a 3 man crew in my open top Panzer SIG33. That was an unexpected bonus.

It's a great day out down there, hardly anyone about, even went over and had a look in the scrapyard through the fence. There was a guy doing the same who seemed to know a bit about what was in there, including the weird Sherman variant which is ultra rare. A beach landing recovery vehicle?

I will go again when the weather warms up next year, it's not too far away from Bristol.

[Steenv]

I would like to visit the Bovington Museum. Maybe perhaps spring 2010 of fall 2010 could be a possibility. I have a whole lot bonus point on my airline loyalty card, so it could be made a low-cost trip

Have any of you recommendation for a good and cheap place to stay there. A Inn or bed&breakfast style place

cheers
Steen

[hatakashi]

You could've contacted the museum a week or so prior to your visit, then they can organise a private tour for you to climb into almost any tank(s) you want.
I did it last year and climbed into that kT 104!

[FireflyKeith]

Yep i went a couple of weeks ago with my free return tickets like you say there was nobody about so i could freely take pictures of what i wanted without somebody getting in the shot. The new hall looks great now its finished and i spent much longer looking around this time than i did before, wish i had seen the Sherman in the scrapyard tho, sounds interesting.

Keith

[Steenv]

Hi Hatakashi - wow thats great info. THANKS. Did you just email them ?

cheers
Steen

[wibblywobbly]

Hatakashi...now you tell me! My God, I wish I had known that. Mind you the girl on reception sort of made up for it

[Ex_Pat_Tanker]

Really? do tell.... O.O

[hatakashi]

hehehehe yes just EMAIL them, and most likely u'll be granted an access to ur dream tank, or TANKS!
I spent 2 hrs or so inside the KT that day, with a museum volunteer telling me stories about it.