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Cheers for that David. I can only feel for the poor sods who had to fight in those things.

I heard that more British WWI tankers were killed by the poison from their own engines than by the enemy. I see no reason to doubt it......

HMS Royal Oak. 833 men went down with her and rest there still. RIP.

I've vistited Scapa Flow to see her, or should i say the buoy marking where she lays. Indeed, very sad. They reckon you can see her shape quite clearly from the air at low tide.....

Amos.

Please can we never mention the s---k word

Welcome to The Club Cleopatra1, and to the thread that never dies!

John (Vice Chairman) was telling me he thinks your garages are based near Southwark tube? Said he saw one in a yard there.....

How many Ducks do you actually have in the fleet? I would have thought maintanance was a nightmare. What stuff have you had to replace, and what is the most annoying and reoccuring problem with them?

There'll be more questions to come.........

Amos.

Top Stuff!!

Thank you Gentlemen............

Amos.

Fishing company started using the Lewis guns to shoot seals and whales.

Now, that's just not cricket!!! You've got to at least give them a sporting chance.....

Excellent post Hinrik, many thanks for the information (most of which i was unaware of....) I'm sure our members meant no offence when they requested information....

Amos.

Cheers for that BJOW, interesting reading.....

But tell me, did you scan that or are you the worlds fastest typer?!!!

Amos.

Kurt,

Firstly, welcome to the club. You are amongst Gentlemen here, and will hopefully enjoy the polite atmosphere. What an array of photo's! I've only had time to look at about half of them, and they are certainly comprehensive. Many thanks for sharing......

Amos.

Cheers for the pics Jim. I'm moving house this month to something much bigger, and am hoping to create my own liitle 'space' to get back into modelling. Been years since i last made one......looking forward to getting back to it.....

Amos.

Superb! Thank You Jim.....

Very good Stephen!.....

Otto,

A superb thread, many thanks for sharing it with us....

Amos.

I would always bow to Gordon's knowledge on the subject, and yes, i would speculate she is the Sheer...

I am way late to this thread, but the WWI German tank is an A7V.

Don

Cheers Don, i thought it was!

i spent ten years doing up an old 1941 American made 741B Army Indian motorcycle.

Paul

Now that is what i call committment Paul!! Thanks for sharing the pics with us......

Amos.

Where is Tony based? I've heard his name mentioned many times.............

That's a great site you've linked to there Daniel, i've just spent some time looking at it. A definate thumbs-up.....

Amos

Fantastic.......you're a lucky man indeed.......

Guys, I've just had an e-mail from Simon, he has kindly volunteered to pay all of our fares to Norway and to put us all up in the cabin, for the annual GMIC drink-up. Offer gratefully accepted Simon!!!!

That scenery is stunning Simon, i can see why you bought a cabin there....thanks for sharing the pictures with us....

The Carbine is interesting, i've never seen that before...

I've only just got round to reading this. Fantastic post Chris, Thank You......

What a great post!! I used to love making models as a teenager (absolute rubbish but i enjoyed it!). I simply don't have the time nowadays. I spotted a model Stug IV the other day and was seriously tempted....

It's very easy to simpy build a model, paint it etc, but it's the small 'added' details that make a good model count....

Amos.

However officers who worked in a particularly dangerous area were entitled to request extra protection in the form of a sword.

Shame they can't be re-introduced!!

How did you find that article Brad?! I remember reading this post when it was originally posted, and wondering what the 'real' story was.....many thanks for posting that....

Amos.