Military Modelling

[Bubbles_Barker]

do they still fill them with concrete?

Not that I know of but I'm not walking across a live-firing range to find out!

 

[CrashTestDummy]

Thanks that sounds about right

Or Otterburn?

 

[Cold_Collation]

Last time I was there (about 2 years ago), it was along a hedge side and in better condition. Shame to see an old Mat going to rack and ruin.

It's a Matador. It probably still runs.

 

[LARD]

It's a Matador. It probably still runs.

Good point there fella! Swap the batteries, fresh diesel and she'd probably fire-up....

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

I came across this at the S Yorks Aviation Museum:View attachment 514913
Ticks ‘weathered’ box, moves on...

It seems to have moved anyway:

Paging @Truxx to get it going again....

 

[Nimbus]

It seems to have moved anyway:

View attachment 515233
Paging @Truxx to get it going again....

That was quick. I took my licture last Wednesday. Looks like a Bedford with refuelling booms behind.

 

[feu_de_joie]

Not a Matador, actually a Marshall. We still had Mk1 Militants up to 1989 and thoroughly good they were too

 

[Kirkz]

Not a Matador, actually a Marshall. We still had Mk1 Militants up to 1989 and thoroughly good they were too

All men like pictures of Knockers.

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

Not a Matador, actually a Marshall. We still had Mk1 Militants up to 1989 and thoroughly good they were too

I swapped out my Mk 1s for Mk IIIs in 1983 and then subsequently the Mk IIIs for 14 Tonne TMs:

 

[Kirkz]

I swapped out my Mk 1s for Mk IIIs in 1983 and then subsequently the Mk IIIs for 14 Tonne TMs:

View attachment 515246

Where is that please?

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

That was quick. I took my licture last Wednesday. Looks like a Bedford with refuelling booms behind.

Sorry, not being clear, that photo was taken before yours!

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

I swapped out my Mk 1s for Mk IIIs in 1983 and then subsequently the Mk IIIs for 14 Tonne TMs:

View attachment 515246

36 Squadron RCT (10 Corps Tpt Regt RCT) vehicle park - Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld 1989.

We certainly knew how to line things up during the Cold War!

 

[Kirkz]

36 Squadron RCT vehicle park - Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld 1989.

We certainly knew how to line things up during the Cold War!

Thought it looked familiar, I was 33 Sqn RCT at Birdwood Bunde in 83, and visited Catterick Barracks a few times.

 

[LARD]

It seems to have moved anyway:

View attachment 515233
Paging @Truxx to get it going again....

That's where I remembered it parked.

 

[Cold_Collation]

36 Squadron RCT (10 Corps Tpt Regt RCT) vehicle park - Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld 1989.

We certainly knew how to line things up during the Cold War!

I used to live on Am Niederfeld as a kid, the field we played on overlooked the truck parks.

I remember when all this were Fodens, AECs, Antars, etc.

Also remember (1979-ish?) when it was full of Humber Pigs ahead of an NI deployment.

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

Thought it looked familiar, I was 33 Sqn RCT at Birdwood Bunde in 83, and visited Catterick Barracks a few times.

Ah - we picked up our Mk IIIs from there!

 

[Cold_Collation]

Well, the field's gone, according to Google Maps. That would have been it on the right where the garages are. The truck park is just beyond.

I suppose it was 40 years ago...

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

I used to live on Am Niederfeld as a kid, the field we played on overlooked the truck parks.

I remember when all this were Fodens, AECs, Antars, etc.

Also remember (1979-ish?) when it was full of Humber Pigs ahead of an NI deployment.

That's right - did you ever go to the Alte Munze?

I think we managed an NI tour every 18 months or so and the NI Trg Fleet were a common sight on the roads of sunny Bielers!

 

[Bubbles_Barker]

Well, the field's gone, according to Google Maps. That would have been it on the right where the garages are. The truck park is just beyond.

I suppose it was 40 years ago...
View attachment 515263

That's it alright - it's 36 Sqn vehicle park you could see:

 

[Cold_Collation]

That's right - did you ever go to the Alte Munze?

I think we managed an NI tour every 18 months or so and the NI Trg Fleet were a common sight on the roads of sunny Bielers!

Sadly, no.

My father was based at the old Rochdale Barracks, the RAOC place that had the bakery. The name passed to another location later.

I went to school on Catterick (Bielefeld Primary shut last year, according to the the internet). Cubs was also done on Catterick, so we'd wander home through the vehicle parks at night (also usually stopping to mess around on the bit of rough ground near the POL compound where they tested the despatch bikes). Judo and Saturday morning cinema were up at Ripon Barracks. Winter sledging in the trees up at the back of Lipper Hellweg.

Happy posting, that was.