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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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

cheers
Steen

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

Really? do tell.... O.O

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.