On a very wet Saturday 29th November Mark Spencer held his
open day. Throwing his home open for members of the club to display their models
in return for (nearly!) all the food and drink they could manage. A fair
exchange some would say. Unfortunately, as previously mentioned it was an awful
day but Mark had the foresight to erect a gazebo or two for the drivers and
spectators to shelter from the weather although not all stayed dry. Apologies
for the delay in posting the pictures and the quality of some of them but as it
was such a dull dreary day photography was difficult to say the least and
finding enough reasonable pictures to post wasn't easy. Thanks to Johnny,
Richard and Howard for what we have though.
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| Mark had Peter Shaw's Maus on
display after receiving some upgrades. |
Also on display was the famous
Chinese M1 which Mark had so much trouble with, very impressive nonetheless. |
Mark had a few models
'undressed' to show the various stages of construction. |
Here we see the man himself,
taking Bryan Brown's Firefly around the course. |
Jameson Robinson's T34 at
speed! |
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| Jameson's T34 again from
another angle. Check out the exquisite paintwork if you ever get the chance. |
Big Dave's King Tiger doing
what looks like 100MPH! |
And disappearing over the hump
before wading the water splash. |
Bryan's Firefly which must get
the award for the most amount of clutter on a model! |
Mind you it looks superb for
it. |
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| Chris Leech's scratch built
SdKfz 222 charging around Myers Close. Hopefully in the future Chris will
supply me with a construction article! |
I'm not sure who brought this
model but I believe it was scratch built. Very appropriate immersed in the
water splash. |
Although quite suited to the
water it struggled in some of the more muddier sections of the course. |
This I feel will be the Clubs
Mascot in years to come. Young Elvis, the only living 1/6th scale dog in the
world! |
Howard's JS2 noses through the
mucky water splash. |
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| And here ploughs through the
liquid mud. |
Humpy's Panther bulldozes its
way through the water splash, and anything that gets in its way! |
The DUKW owner also took this
single motor clutched Tamiya King Tiger around the course including the
water splash! |
Not to be outdone Jim decided
that he'd do the same with his model. |
Although it did get a bit
jammed up with crud! |
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| Mark's 10 ton Panther making
light work of the water splash. |
And again, making an imposing
sight bearing down on the camera man! |
Mark's speedy T34 slides round
a corner... |
...and charges across the
camera's field of view. |
Mark's faithful Tiger getting
it's wheels wet... |
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| ... and chewing up the mud. |
Visitors look on as Howard and
Richard drive their T34's around the course. |
Richard's T34 looking very
wet... |
...as does Humpy the
transmitter boy . |
Mark's King Tiger waiting in
the wings. |
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| The UKTC's South East Division
(minus Humpy's JP) lined up ready for their turn. |
The aftermath of a days play,
Marks back garden looking like something from the Somme! |
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