Onslow Park

dates of the tractors and motorbikes shown,

The Fowler is a Marshall - they were all part of the same group.Fowlers were usually orange and Dinky Toys got it wrong with theirs!

Brian L Dominic

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Hi Arthur, how come you didn't mention the biggest collection of Sentinel Steam & Diesel vehicles I have ever seen. (Also one Stationary Engine) They were celebrating 100 years of the firm in Scotland & Shrewsbury & had a steam run between the 2 sites followed by a large party. I will try to get round to posting my pictures tommorrow. Also the working field was the best I have ever seen. Many US & English rare machines were working. They even had a contest to see how fast 4 people could assemble a Ferguson tractor from the parts available to the assembly line. ISTR the results were about 30 minuits.

end of season do, and an excellent note

Millward's Lister N is a truly impressive sight. A

rise. It was very uplifting to see that

parade, and watched the steamers lumber

enthusiast drive his model steamer about.

working field to see some really fine early

dates of the tractors and motorbikes shown,

Nice pictures Arthur. Makes me regret being stuck in work earning an honest crust. As for that certain fair haired Petter enthusiast he was doing the same thing at Fairford the weekend before. He does assure me though that it is only a "sideline" (like another posters leaning towards valve radios and bicycles) and will not veer him away from his main interest.

Regards

JohnR

machines were working.

tractor from the parts

Pictures of Onslow Park at

Sentinel Steam & Diesel

rare machines were working.

Ferguson tractor from the parts

Did anyone see that V12 German tank engine running??

Looked rather 'angry'.

Tim..

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and very thirsty.

Hi Tim, He had no cooling on it & only ran it for a few minutes each time. You could hear it all over the showground & a pillar of dark smoke went up. I couldn't get near enough for a photo when it was running.

Unless Vic has improved it since Welland its only running on 9-10 of its twelve cylinders. It makes an unholy but impressive sight :-) ttfn Roland

I did see the photo next to it with a great plume of black smoke rising above it but not running!

Shouldnt be that black running off load at constant revs though. If its only running on 9-10cylinders it must be abit sick...

Tim..

"Tim.." wrote

At idle at least one of the cylinders is only along for the ride, and when revved it bangs and misfires. Still very impressive though, and I bet a valve and injector job would do wonders........I wonder where you'd find a set of nozzles for a 60+ year old Maybach?

Regards

Philip T-E

The Jagdpanther tank I saw at Military Odyssey last weekend has one of these Maybach units. Having been rebuilt from the tracks upwards, it starts first cylinder over compression & runs very sweetly indeed. Not so impressive though as it neither pops, bangs nor emits clouds of smoke of any colour!

Regards,

Kim Siddorn,