Long waits over

[CINDERS]

Well one more from my bucket list realised getting to Bovington was now out of reach but Queensland is almost my back door well 3500 kilometres away !

Finally I can say I have laid hands on and seen up close and personal a PzKpfw VI Ausf. E Tiger 1 and what a dream come true for myself.
It is a static display but the museum is hard at work and moving towards over the next years to make it a runner so 131 will not be alone I hope I get to see her running.
She stands with her other cats a running Panther (One of only 6 in the world) alongside a static Jagdpanther.

All up there is the very start of Germany's WWII tanks right through to their bigger tanks and TD's with over 440 exhibits o/all there it takes a couple of visits just to take it all in.
The Arms & Armour Museum in Qld is well worth it, a privately owned museum yes 1 person ! it's the 4th largest of its type in the world.
I have so many pic's it is going to take a fair while to sort through them.
To give you some clarity as to costs they purchased the Panther a while ago from the English persons who did it up over a period of 4 years to a running factory finish and the cost you may ask?
A mere $14 million British Pounds or $28 million/Aud + shipping & insurance thats big $'s for 1 tank, but what a tank..........

Of a side note the owner is sending a Grant from his property to be refurbed at the museum so they can do a swap for another AFV from another museum.
So hows that just take a Grant I have lying around on my property to do up so I can swap it for something else we need.