Duxford - a Pictorial Tour.

[Crimea_River]

Very well done Terry. I found that hall to be quite dark and tough to get good shots. You did a magnificent job there!

 

[T Bolt]

Fantastic Pics Terry, post more if you have them!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks guys. More tomorrow.

 

[imalko]

Cool stuff Terry. Thanks for sharing it all with us.

 

[Airframes]

You're welcome Igor. I've just noticed - the early model PzKfw IV appears to have the turret welded in place. Don't know if this is part of the restoration, or if it was like that in service for some reason, maybe as a Befehlswagen?
Anyway, here's a few more.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent shots Terry, they did a nice job making them look life like!

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff Terry!

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Airframes]

Some more from the same area of the 'Tank Hall'. The 'Tiger' is one of the T34s re-modelled for the movie 'Saving Ryan's Privates' ... or was it 'Saving Private....' , oh, never mind!

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice! Private Ryan's Savings? No that's not it either

 

[Gnomey]

It is certainly something along those lines. Nice shots Terry!

 

[imalko]

Some more from the same area of the 'Tank Hall'. The 'Tiger' is one of the T34s re-modelled for the movie 'Saving Ryan's Privates' ... or was it 'Saving Private....' , oh, never mind!

They did a really good job re-modeling it into Tiger. Only thing which immediately gives away that it's not the real thing is the narrowness of the tracks.

 

[Airframes]

And slightly short in the front. I always wonder why 'they' didn't re-model them as Panthers, which would have looked great, especially as there were no Tigers in Normandy at the time depicted in the movie. But a very good job was done anyway.

 

[Airframes]

Moving around into the next section of the 'Tank Hall', and an appropriate pic or two for this date, the 'entrance' to the 'D-Day' exhibition. Visitors enter here via the hull of a landing craft, with realistic sound effects. Once again, the 1:1 cameo dioramas are very well done, as are the model dioramas, although the latter a bit difficult to photograph due to the perspex cases.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice Terry, always liked the Hetzer.

 

[Catch22]

Cool stuff Terry. I also like it Andy, have one in the stash!

 

[Wayne Little]

Great stuff Terry..!

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff Terry!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

With all here, EXCELLENT!!!!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much for the kind comments chaps.
To conclude this pictorial tour, here are the final shots taken in the 'Tank Hall' .
The last pic is from a Duxford brochure from the early 1990s, before the American Museum and Land Warfare Hall were built, and shows the airfield on a typical air show day, with the B52 etc still parked outside. This gives some idea of the size of the place.
I hope you have enjoyed the 'tour', and might see some of you there some day !