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Post by buzyg » Mon Nov 20, 2017 9:05 pm

Great effort all involved. :thumbsup: Appeared the Belgian CAD guy had been involved for 5 years. Yet the project apparently took 5 months. :?
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Post by Ewazix » Mon Nov 20, 2017 9:31 pm

I actually thought seeing it on the battlefield was quite a sight and I can see how the remembrance parade crowd could have turned in to the Guy Martin tank show which isn't quite right. A pretty tall order was pulled off amazingly well - top work :thumbsup:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:20 pm

markeg wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:50 pm Actually, the Council, Police and "H&S brigade" have received a lot of undeserved bad press here. They needed to operate under strict guidelines for public events, and were looking into how the tank could be accommodated within the Remembrance Parade. At no stage did they reject the application - however, the producers of the program decided to go for using the tank in France as an easier option.

Despite not getting to see it "live", it was a fantastic achievement by all concerned.
Well it seems strange that they managed to have one in London this weekend!

I'm looking forward to watching the programme tomorrow - Guy Martin is always worth watching. :thumbsup:
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Post by paulgs1000 » Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:27 pm

Great TV :thumbsup:

Made me aware of what an amazing job was done by the original builders in the First World War - incredible :o
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Post by Graeme_NI » Fri Nov 24, 2017 3:17 pm

Watched this on catch up earlier in the week. It was equally inpressive and humbling watching what the build team achieved as well as seeing what the original tank crews and all the military involved in The Great War experienced

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Post by ronk » Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:23 am

The German fella should take a lot of credit - his CAD work and research was the foundation.
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Post by Hellequin » Mon Nov 27, 2017 2:23 pm

his books are great reads as well. His enthusiasm is fabulous!
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Post by firebobby » Mon Nov 27, 2017 2:25 pm

You could see the enthusiasm in last nights Robot car show too, he's a great fella in my books.
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Post by Paulr » Mon Nov 27, 2017 2:29 pm

I never appreciated the scale of them. They are huge!
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