Things to see and do

A wander round the excellent Muckleborough Military Collection on my holidays. Didn't go on the bone-rattling drive in the back of a Bedford around the sight this time, but at least my lad was a bit happier to stop and read some about some of the exhibits this time! Always good to see things in reality to get ideas of scale and presence. The Dingo, for example,  really is a small little chap that could easily hide behind shrubbery.
I'm not tall, but could easily look into this! 
2pdr porter
6pdr
17pdr. A real beast of a piece! 
Chieftain, Stug, Sexton and a Pz.61
Meat Chopper quad .50cals. 
ex Irish Army Comet. 
T55 in centre, with a T34/85 in running order next to it , with only 1 logged repair in its 79 year history and a T55 bridge layer. 
the rest of the camp, ex RAF Weybourne, used to train AA crews from WW1 to the Cold War. 
the inevitable purchases. The Humvee is pretty much in 20mm scale and at £2.50 is acceptable for that price. I got one a few years ago, painted it up, covered it in stowage and it's not a bad looking vehicle. Plus think of the fun one can have using it's pull-back mechanism on the tabletop! 

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