Any chance you could do a back ground video of your team. It would be interesting to know each person's skill set and how you all came together as you all seem to work very well together.
Back in the day when I started rebuilding old cars (1978) my girlfriend was the same as your lady, always there helping out. We married in 1980 and despite her current fight with cancer, we are still going strong. We watch your videos together, she loves them, thanks everyone, very entertaining. Cheers from Canada.
ah bless Jack - what was funny was watching him get bigger as he walked closer to the camera, but then suddenly seem to shrink again when he got to Aaron - we love you Jack, never forget your a useful guy to have around to fit into those tight spaces, like down the barrel of a gun etc Adam looks really happy in the rain, test driving his Tonka - i'm off to wash myself down in the rain
@@copee2960 i will add, there is nothing wrong with anyone small, as me dear old mum would say 'vertically challenged' ' perfectly formed' - one of my best mates was of small build, but he could punch your lights out in a blink, tough little bugger but he had to slap him and stop him biting at our knee caps haha
Sweeping in an AVRE curling style! Now, there is a thing I never thought I would see. You guys have a great relationship together, which makes this channel so good to watch. Kudos my friends, kudos to you all! 👍
I've been a fan for quite a few years, I told my son about your channel, he's 11, and it is now his favourite channel. We take him to the reme museum at Lyneham ( where I was stationed) a few times per year as he loves armour from all generations. Keep up the good work guys 👍🏻👍🏻
@@MrHewesTrue but some of us have been following you since you were featured on Fitter Mat channel. I've definately been watching your antics on TH-cam for over a year now, just not all on your own channel! I'm pretty sure it started with the Centurian BARV, that video was in May 2021, so i've been following for nearly three years now.
I take it Adam is the best driver of these things; he seems to get the job of manoeuvring big equipment in tight quarters. I reckon the Stolly with the missing wheels on the trailer was his best work to date.
People don’t understand the amount of work that you guys have to do to get these vehicles back into running condition and looking so good. Fantastic job, fellas, and you girls too! Oh, I forgot to mention the supervisor, fantastic job, Ted😊
It is astonishing just how much mud can come out of a tank's tracks. Inches of it on the underside of the fenders/sponsons. In between the road wheels. The mud at Ft. Hood was like glue. It mocked our puny hoses. Worth the effort, though. Nothing quite as pretty as a freshly washed tank.
Another great job you done today 👏 👍. You never get bored in that shop and I think that it is much better then playing with Tonka toys especially with Ted and the girls 😅😅😅
Loved the video! Can't wait for the FV4005 to get completed and have its legendary turret and status in the tank community back! I know a lot of people have told you this, but you're restoring a legendary vehicle.
Joe came across your channel this week and been watching it back to back love Ted gorgeous dog and you have a fantastic family and especially your crew keep up the good work fantastic.🐾👍 Jaimie and the dogs 🐾
Excellent, one and all! Great to see a big team muckin' in. At ~14:30 it looked like you were brushing the ice ahead of a very big curling stone. Amazing how that AVRE can shed stuff. After 2h of cleaning, as soon as it moved something like a big stone fell off. Your lekky bill must be painful.
Awesome videos guys nice to see somethings dont change armour will always hide mud and spit it out when you dont want it too usually as a senior officer is inspecting the troop lol 😅 fv4005 comming along nicely cant wait til june and seeing it after all thease years (first saw it turret only in the old play area where the stand for the kuwait arena is now on the floor as a kids climbing thing with an early chieftain turret gun barrel in the dirt 94 time )😂
@@1chish making a 'really crappy job' brilliant. really was the turning point from watching Larry, Moe and Curly hanging brake shoes. i was worried the video would only be featuring them, Hewes equivalent to dropping the kids (us) off at day care. instead we get the same high standards we've learned to respect.
I was feeling really p@#£&* off.(I have depression like so many show business stars!! ) trust me they don’t know what they are talking about!! When you have real depression you will be F@#£&*(. But after seeing your latest vids I’m now feeling a lot better. I used to work at Bovington, as a fitter, and sometimes I miss the old days. Thanks guys for cheering me up.👍👍 By the way guys,I don’t think Bovington reconditioned that gearbox. They were sent away. But I can get back to you on that🙂
I'm from the United States and recently found your channel. The work you guys do is absolutely amazing! My family name is Whatling and my Grandfather was born in Norwich. I am a member of the Whatling family website and found out I have a number of relatives, in the UK. Keep up the good work! Always look forward to the next video!
Best girlfriend ever. Don't know too many who would want to help and be helpful. Anyhow, she's better to look at then you crusty wagons, but I like what you do, so carry on.
I love anything military. I love your videos. I go to watch tanks training at bovington. Ive lost count how many times ive visited the tank museum, cost me a bloody fortune. I would love to visit your place for a day or 2 working on tanks, i could make tea and coffee for you all all day, i could help with painting , cleaning, just being a dogs body, i just love military stuff. i visit RAF Lakenheath to watch F15s and F35s all day, for days sleeping in my car..Am i sad ? I dont care. im ex military, i cant get it out of my blood.
Daaaaamn! A Battle-of-Five-Armies reenactment, no less. You've got a team of bearded dwarfs from under the mountain, humans, some blond elves, a hobbit and a Wizzard-of-some-sorts :P, behind the cam! Fckng WOW!!!
I think Joe has grown enough to warrant a dedicated paint shed or at least another 3m + high overhead door bay. And a street brush attachment for the Skidsteer for keeping the apron practically mint. Of course we had a platoon of Pvts and Pfcs with brooms and kitty litter clay drysweep to keep our Track Line in the motorpool clean.
When I worked in the mining industry, we had a wheel-track bath that we used to run the vehicles through if they was going to leave the site, maybe of some value to you guys, soon knock one up with the kit you have got.
Military Vehicle Wash Rack Engineering is a whole science unto itself. Our Tracked Vehicle Wash Racks had 8 high pressure water monitor cannon stations, multiple horizontal water jets inside the tub and steel pipes to manipulate the roadwheels and arms to clean out the dried in mud within the suspension.
I am curious how well the Centurion hull will be for the FV4005. I know that the original hull of the FV4005 is a Centurion hull, but they modified a Centurion hull to accomodate the 183 mm gun.
Just goes to show we should have had Ted driving…
why dont you get some radio headsets or radios so yall dont have to yell at each other? lmao
Because things makes stuff cost money and yelling is free @@ChillZone.mp3
Well done lads, them AVRE tracks need a bit of tension 😮
Dents are just scratches with better stories.
@@RobertWillis-c8f THEY said that already.
Any chance you could do a back ground video of your team. It would be interesting to know each person's skill set and how you all came together as you all seem to work very well together.
Yes please!
Yes, BIG please!!
yes, this would be really interesting!
Interesting to know people’s skill sets when so young.
Come on how dumb would that be 🤣🤣 just kidding I suppose. In all honesty I really could care less I just wanted to ruffle some feathers 😉🤯.
TBF, that Jack fella is the first person I have ever seen can walk from backround to the front of a camera shot and his size remains the same.
Dougal ...... now listen . Small , far away . Big , near .
@@anthonycarty9433 First thought that came to my mind, too.
Really!!! I thought he was smaller the closer he got....better get to specsavers🤔
Finding girlfriends who are handy with a scaling gun and a wire brush is a value beyond riches.
Back in the day when I started rebuilding old cars (1978) my girlfriend was the same as your lady, always there helping out. We married in 1980 and despite her current fight with cancer, we are still going strong. We watch your videos together, she loves them, thanks everyone, very entertaining. Cheers from Canada.
Is that Jack's girlfriend? She's got quite a smile, almost like she's single. Mr.Hewes could be sleeping on the couch if he isn't very careful. LOL
They are just lucky guys to be with those lucky girls and wish them the best at all times.
@@woody5109 best wishes
That gal is a keeper!
Anyone else flinch when he had his hands in the tracks and the tank moved 😬
I liked the bit where you had your hand in the track as it started to move back....
Or the long hair near the electric drill.
Yep…😂 clocked both of those..😮steady lads!
man nearly lost the hand 😢
Or the gas tanks unsecured near movin vehicles. Seen a nitro tank go off in an old vid at work, not a fun time. Chain those bad boys, even if empty!
I can’t think of anything more wholesome than nice young people fixing up old tanks!
Adam looks like he wants to kill everybody when he’s driving a tank
He's trying his hardest to look like he's not having fun, but we all know his inner 8 year old is filled with glee
That's his Tank Face. Feared beyond measure !
ah bless Jack - what was funny was watching him get bigger as he walked closer to the camera, but then suddenly seem to shrink again when he got to Aaron - we love you Jack, never forget your a useful guy to have around to fit into those tight spaces, like down the barrel of a gun etc
Adam looks really happy in the rain, test driving his Tonka - i'm off to wash myself down in the rain
I thought he was gonna eat jack..ha ha ha
@@copee2960 i will add, there is nothing wrong with anyone small, as me dear old mum would say 'vertically challenged' ' perfectly formed' - one of my best mates was of small build, but he could punch your lights out in a blink, tough little bugger but he had to slap him and stop him biting at our knee caps haha
Lots of people this week. Biscuits for all and thanks for all the amazing videos.
That AVRE is probably the nicest sounding meteor i have heard. Beautiful engine 😊
It's the only one that doesn't fart and splutter that I've heard
Sweeping in an AVRE curling style! Now, there is a thing I never thought I would see. You guys have a great relationship together, which makes this channel so good to watch. Kudos my friends, kudos to you all! 👍
That 4005 is looking great!
Can’t wait for the tracks to be fit and the engine to be in it.
I've been a fan for quite a few years, I told my son about your channel, he's 11, and it is now his favourite channel.
We take him to the reme museum at Lyneham ( where I was stationed) a few times per year as he loves armour from all generations.
Keep up the good work guys 👍🏻👍🏻
I have only been doing it a year 🤣
Future tank lover and geek. 😊 The next generation is picking it up!
That’s OK, he’s getting a bit old for REME. 😂😂
@@MrHewesTrue but some of us have been following you since you were featured on Fitter Mat channel. I've definately been watching your antics on TH-cam for over a year now, just not all on your own channel! I'm pretty sure it started with the Centurian BARV, that video was in May 2021, so i've been following for nearly three years now.
The girl working with you guys was absolutely beautifull! what a lovely smile :)
Pretty sure that's Jack's other half.
@@robinhadley Jack's mum??
Neither, but she is desperate.
That AVRE grows it's own mud!
Loved the collaboration with the guys from the Norfolk Tank Museum. Great plug for their endeavours. Keep up the great work!
Lovely to see the vehicle swaps. Joe showed his chops as lead sweeper for the UK heavy tank curling team. Cheers laddies and lassies. Thank you
Ted doing the important Dog job of protecting the floor from falling food.
I’ve seen restoration videos on old cars and trucks, but seeing a restoration on a FV4005 is behold cool!!
I take it Adam is the best driver of these things; he seems to get the job of manoeuvring big equipment in tight quarters. I reckon the Stolly with the missing wheels on the trailer was his best work to date.
Usually, drying a tank out in the midlands takes all summer. Yet Mr. Hewes can do it in a week. Incredible!
People don’t understand the amount of work that you guys have to do to get these vehicles back into running condition and looking so good. Fantastic job, fellas, and you girls too! Oh, I forgot to mention the supervisor, fantastic job, Ted😊
kids today eh. That 432 sounds and looks so good now. Amazing the difference in organisation when two dogs are supervising.
Ah, Mr Hewes pushing that platform brush. Remindes me of Friday mornings down Bovington tank park. RA support troop 1984- 85. Happy days.
Good show mates love watching you work on these Tanks
I’ve never seen the tinkling on tanks channel! I’ll keep an eye out as it sounds rather interesting!!!
That paint job came out absolutely brilliant!
Good to see some very skilled hands having a little tinker! 😯🤓👍👏
It is astonishing just how much mud can come out of a tank's tracks. Inches of it on the underside of the fenders/sponsons. In between the road wheels. The mud at Ft. Hood was like glue. It mocked our puny hoses. Worth the effort, though. Nothing quite as pretty as a freshly washed tank.
"Its not mint, but its better'n it was!" Company motto? 😂
Another great job you done today 👏 👍. You never get bored in that shop and I think that it is much better then playing with Tonka toys especially with Ted and the girls 😅😅😅
Cheers from your Nordic neighbour in Sweden. Glad to see you got the sunny weather we also experienced the other day here. Lovely vid as always.
The girls add a splendid amount of class. Bravo you scaly wags!
Always excellent to watch you guys at work.
Great video as usual, I can’t get enough of this tank content. Thanks for sharing. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Good to see a busy workshop ! With Ted the foreman ! Great video Joe!
Young Jack was dwarfed by the BIG bloke from the tank museum. Always interesting to watch progress of these fine machines too!
Terrific job. Medals all round at Tea!!
Loved the video! Can't wait for the FV4005 to get completed and have its legendary turret and status in the tank community back! I know a lot of people have told you this, but you're restoring a legendary vehicle.
You guys crack me up
And definitely love what you guys are doing saving history when most people want to destroy it
Joe came across your channel this week and been watching it back to back love Ted gorgeous dog and you have a fantastic family and especially your crew keep up the good work fantastic.🐾👍 Jaimie and the dogs 🐾
A real pleasure to see so much progress and mission's accomplished - thanks for sharing!
Ted's in his element... even more humans to supervise!
Another great video well done guys.....
Big lad Aaron ! Another cracking video.
Dont be too Hard on Mr Bossy, He seems to have been working jolly hard and you cannot fault his work.
Very nice work by Ted's Dream Team 👍
A lovely little video about musical tanks. Loving the videos. thank you.
Crazy Tankies. Luv youse all ! Regards from AUS
Getting the AVRE back in was like a game of heavy duty curling. You need to up your sweeping game.
Great work , was slightly worried with that young maid stood between the towing frame when connecting up . Thanks for sharing 👍💨💨
Good show lads, and what a lovely smile she has.
I see Joe is skilled at AVRE curling 👍🏻
I was only 5 hours late with my "original" comment, then. 😞
@@Ibis117I saw the same, but am nearly a day behind. Ah well.
Joe on the brush & there you have it curling with tanks ,brilliant ❤😂😂😂😂
EPIC! I hope one day you will run all of those wonderful machines together!! what a racket that will be!
Wonderful video - thanks
The FV432 interior is looking quite nice.I miss my tank, it's been 48 years.
Great team , considering these are war machines, to do the work and being successful with the maintenance , highly valued , thanks for sharing !
That was one of the best video ever and to get help with brakes the tank is looking so good 👍👍👍😊
Love the channel!
Thanks for changing the title. Of all the nerds who love your show, you have to expect that some of us are punctuation nerds! 😁
Excellent, one and all! Great to see a big team muckin' in.
At ~14:30 it looked like you were brushing the ice ahead of a very big curling stone. Amazing how that AVRE can shed stuff. After 2h of cleaning, as soon as it moved something like a big stone fell off.
Your lekky bill must be painful.
You have all done very well! Springs too mind.
Awesome videos guys nice to see somethings dont change armour will always hide mud and spit it out when you dont want it too usually as a senior officer is inspecting the troop lol 😅 fv4005 comming along nicely cant wait til june and seeing it after all thease years (first saw it turret only in the old play area where the stand for the kuwait arena is now on the floor as a kids climbing thing with an early chieftain turret gun barrel in the dirt 94 time )😂
Boys and their toys!. Great vid as always. 🤣 Ted seems to be shirking his supervisory responsibilities!. 🤣
It was the mention of Chips that did it!
Don't forget the Lass who is always in the background doing really crappy jobs ....
@@1chish making a 'really crappy job' brilliant. really was the turning point from watching Larry, Moe and Curly hanging brake shoes.
i was worried the video would only be featuring them, Hewes equivalent to dropping the kids (us) off at day care. instead we get the same high standards we've learned to respect.
I was feeling really p@#£&* off.(I have depression like so many show business stars!! ) trust me they don’t know what they are talking about!! When you have real depression you will be F@#£&*(. But after seeing your latest vids I’m now feeling a lot better. I used to work at Bovington, as a fitter, and sometimes I miss the old days. Thanks guys for cheering me up.👍👍
By the way guys,I don’t think Bovington reconditioned that gearbox. They were sent away. But I can get back to you on that🙂
That AVRE sounds beautiful.
Props to the editor, when they cut in the captain slow, it was almost too much. Had to go back and watch that again.
That was entertaining especially seeing you Joe practising your curling brush technique on the AVRE 🤣
Please turn off HDR in the camera settings
6:50 that look, natural born killer xD
Awesome channel, great content. Thanks a lot.
Cheers
Thanks + Tinkering with Tanks brought me here!
Actually guys the gearbox was rebuilt in Warminster. We did the transfer box at Bovi, but not the Gearbox.
Cracking vid. The workshop is looking really good too😮
Would have love to seen Adam's reactions when he reversed into the shed!😂
Tectonic plate shift caused to shed to jump in the way...
I'm from the United States and recently found your channel. The work you guys do is absolutely amazing! My family name is Whatling and my Grandfather was born in Norwich. I am a member of the Whatling family website and found out I have a number of relatives, in the UK. Keep up the good work! Always look forward to the next video!
There’s a Whatlington (ton=town) in East Sussex, I expect you all hail from there.
WOWWWWW!!!!!!!!! DA BIG GUY GOTS SOME "PACKAGE" THERE.....
Just love your video's they are so interesting.
Best girlfriend ever. Don't know too many who would want to help and be helpful. Anyhow, she's better to look at then you crusty wagons, but I like what you do, so carry on.
Captain teddy on the mooch for food 😆
Great video gang 👌
❤ Top notch as always.
The intro to this was like something out of Scrapheap Challenge
Tuesday night treat. Can’t wait to get home from work. Woohoo.
You lot are quality humans! 👌🏻
"Look at em go" cheers jack👍
7:20 Simon peg giving me a death stare whilst driving a tank at me
Excellent content. I love it
I love anything military. I love your videos. I go to watch tanks training at bovington. Ive lost count how many times ive visited the tank museum, cost me a bloody fortune. I would love to visit your place for a day or 2 working on tanks, i could make tea and coffee for you all all day, i could help with painting , cleaning, just being a dogs body, i just love military stuff. i visit RAF Lakenheath to watch F15s and F35s all day, for days sleeping in my car..Am i sad ? I dont care. im ex military, i cant get it out of my blood.
Well my job for today is to fit some reversing sensors on a fiesta ...... I will just pretend its a centurion 😄
Mind out using the sledgehammer to finalise the alignment. Fiesta might cry.
Really enjoyed the video👍
I wish I had a bright orange Rain Jumper that said "Mr. Hewes". I would but one of those if it were less than $50 US.
The gearbox was overhauled by 27 District Workshops in Warminster my very first posting in REME in the early 1970`s but not me that did this of course
Daaaaamn! A Battle-of-Five-Armies reenactment, no less. You've got a team of bearded dwarfs from under the mountain, humans, some blond elves, a hobbit and a Wizzard-of-some-sorts :P, behind the cam! Fckng WOW!!!
If it ever stops raining a little investment in a larger concrete apron perhaps?
I was just thinking that! 😂
If I win the lotto, it’s top of my list. After personal shit obvs.
At least gravel.
I think Joe has grown enough to warrant a dedicated paint shed or at least another 3m + high overhead door bay. And a street brush attachment for the Skidsteer for keeping the apron practically mint. Of course we had a platoon of Pvts and Pfcs with brooms and kitty litter clay drysweep to keep our Track Line in the motorpool clean.
@@Skidderoperator , you not seen what tanks do to gravel, they quickly grind it to dust.
When I worked in the mining industry, we had a wheel-track bath that we used to run the vehicles through if they was going to leave the site, maybe of some value to you guys, soon knock one up with the kit you have got.
Military Vehicle Wash Rack Engineering is a whole science unto itself. Our Tracked Vehicle Wash Racks had 8 high pressure water monitor cannon stations, multiple horizontal water jets inside the tub and steel pipes to manipulate the roadwheels and arms to clean out the dried in mud within the suspension.
I am curious how well the Centurion hull will be for the FV4005. I know that the original hull of the FV4005 is a Centurion hull, but they modified a Centurion hull to accomodate the 183 mm gun.
Good work chaps.
Great video lads
One bloody thing for shore.
Concrete.
Use fiber and reo bar. Together. 40 mpa. With accelerator . For cold climate.
God bless mick Australia 🇦🇺
Poor Jack..... everyone needs someone for those little jobs.....