Bovington Tank Museum #1

I finally had a chance to visit Tank Museum in Bovington, trip was quite long, 190 miles one way, but well worth it. I think it is a Must Visit for any tank modeler.

Before even approaching main buildings there are many examples of what can be seen (or poked) inside - tanks are everywhere. Tour around the Museum involves several displays, The Tank Story, Trench Experience, The Discovery Center and Battlegroup Afghanistan. There are plenty tanks to be seen across all these sections, from time of Great War  to very modern.  I did not even realize how big they actually are, Tiger is huge, but King Tiger or JagdTiger are monstrous. So are power-plants and engines (also on display) for such machines. It is pretty impressive seeing in reality how thick tank armor was, and how thin it may have seemed to what enemy may have prepared to use against. It all served and serves still one purpose though - breaking enemy resistance.
 

{Link to Part 2}

I focused on second World War vehicles again, as many vehicles I found there, have yet to build. Not all the pictures are so bad (obviously there were many out of focus again, but that is me), some will be used as reference for my future projects and posted accordingly. 

Trench Experience

Sd Kfz 265 Panzer 1B Command Tank       Sd Kfz 251/8 Ausf C Armoured Ambulance

Sd Kfz 186 Jagdtiger 

                                                            Sd Kfz 2/2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad

Sd Kfz 171 Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf G

Sd Kfz 121 Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf F           Sd Kfz 2/2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad

                                                                    M9A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier

Sd Kfz 173 Jagdpanther

          Jagdpanzer 38(t)                      Sd Kfz 182 Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf B

       Sd Kfz 123 Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf L          Tank Heavy KV1B