To the Green Fields Beyond

[Leon]

We'll be on the way back from the Warfare show but I'll be popping this on the planner to record.  I think if we had the resources available, quite a few of us would like to build our own tank!

[T13A]

Hi

When I started this topic off I did say it was about building a WWI tank and on Channel 4 didn't I. I did didn't I? Someone please tell me I did or am I going completely mad? Don't answer that basil.

Confused T13A

Cheers Paul

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

You did old bean, very much looking forwards to it.
Will

[DanJ]

And it was an excellent program, a very good mix of history and modern technology used to create as exact a replica of a MkIV female as possible.

I loved the fact that JCB who built the thing used modern welding techniques but then added all the rivet heads in the right places to make it look authentic.  I was also very impressed by the inside which looked just as full of dangerous machinery as the original; the scene where one of the drive bearing sheared and the tank ground to a halt was rather scary when you realised that the drive chain taking the power from the dif to the sprocket was pretty much exposed and if it had snapped could have bounced around inside the hull.

Even the wife found it interesting.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Agree Dan

[toxicpixie]

I enjoyed it, was pretty good. Although they're very woolly on why they didn't get to drive it up the main street of Lincoln for the parade. It's not that the police banned them, it's that the police said the production company would need to provide extra safety measures like marshalls and crowd control and some means of making sure the rather limited visibility and maneuver of the tank combined with crowds and awkward access didn't result in an accident. The production company declined to do so and went to the deserted battlefield instead! Which did make for some good visuals, to be honest, and is very in keeping with the commemoration.

[Techno]

Seconded.....Before this thread gets 'iffy'.

Cheers - Phil