Dave Arnold is alive and well! Had a brush in with cancer but doing well, the owner of the military museum bankrupted the business and Dave had to leave the site and eventually sold all of his tanks before moving to Sri Lanka to start a business which unfortunately failed and he’s now back on the Isle of Wight doing shot blasting, painting, light restoration and he’s available for work!!

@misterquintus

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if anyone ever completed this Comet

@steveg3981

9 ай бұрын

This explains why the museum web site shows few vehicles. So sad

@davec5153

6 ай бұрын

If KZread was around when this was made, Dave would have had one of the biggest tank restoration channels, he had the personality to be in front of the camera.

"Wedgy wedgy? Wedgy wedgy. This looks like a good wedgy wedgy........WAKEY WAKEY!" *slams side of the tank with a sledgehammer*

If KZread was around when this was made, Dave would have had one of the biggest tank restoration channels, he had the personality to be in front of the camera. Also, wasn't the Centurion the best British tank of WW2. It might not have been in tank on tank action but a few were in service.

While watching all the videos from this group I realized that the good wisdom of "Earn a living by doing something you love to do and you won't work a day in your life" is correct.

Have been to that museum its definitely worth a visit i had a great time there lovely people there who run it they are full of great information time flew when i was there planning to go back again next year . plus the isle of White is a lovely place to visit as well plenty to do and see.

It was sad to see such a relic in that condition and what they used it for. It's awesome to see them put it back together.

I like how the comet was powered by a meteor engine

@coensimons9515

7 жыл бұрын

sorry

@oscarmuffin4322

5 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not aircraft engines were used in tanks because they were.... light (And powerful). You wouldn't think lightness matters in a tank but it did make a difference. The only downside is that they used petrol instead of much less flammable diesel. Aircraft engines were also proven reliable and easy to get. Hence why the Abrams uses a turbo-shaft engine. Very light and extremely powerful.

@Paciat

5 жыл бұрын

@@oscarmuffin4322 He meant the Comet and Meteor are similar names. Tho Comet name had to start with a letter C like all the Cruiser tanks. But how much of a coincidence it was? This tank was designed with a proven (in Cromwell) Meteor engine so the name Comet fits perfectly.

@xvdd1

4 жыл бұрын

@@oscarmuffin4322 Yep power to weight factor is a prime consideration in many vehicles in the tanks case if you have a lighter power unit you can always add more and heavier armour.

@PeteCourtier

3 жыл бұрын

@Dave Ad if only Centurions were ready for the ETO. Centurion vs Tiger II. Awesome.

Great bunch of guys, know their stuff

I just love the keyboard experts! - "Those that can, DO, those that can`t CRITICIZE"

"This year features the only running Tiger" *shows Panzer III*

@FearlessLeader2001

5 жыл бұрын

David Parry At least we call the Cromwell by its correct name

@FearlessLeader2001

5 жыл бұрын

David Parry he kept calling it the “centaur”

@FearlessLeader2001

5 жыл бұрын

David Parry A Cromwell.

@gregg4164

5 жыл бұрын

@David Parry Considering the Comet is the only decent tank the British managed to build during the war isnt saying much about the British.

@maxr5613

5 жыл бұрын

@@gregg4164 calling it the "only decent" British tank of ww2 is a bit far fetched seeing as it depends on the situation

I love these guys! They're such characters

English eccentric genius and hard work . Great videos and thanks for preserving history .

Absolutely amazing, interesting and entertaining - thanks to all involved!

One of the most interesting tank restoration videos on YT! Kudos to you.

Out of the entire series, these guys seem to have the most fun. "Wedgy-widgy?" Wedgy-widgy!" ---- "I am now the apprentice." "Yeah, you me bitch?" "I'm your bitch."

@zanerafael4168

2 жыл бұрын

I know im randomly asking but does any of you know of a tool to log back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot my password. I would love any assistance you can give me.

@alexzandercolson9857

2 жыл бұрын

@Zane Rafael instablaster :)

This is one of the best channel on youtube. thank you for sharing amazing videos on tanks!

love the way they work. absolutely brilliant. hope the lads are all ok thanks

I'm 57 that was the 1st tank ( toy model) I saw and fell in love with

There is a Comet in Hong Kong Museum of coastal defense, it is beautiful, look forward to see the platoon reborn

The Comet is back !

Im inspired to buy and restore my own tank. Hats off to you , sir.

@Itsaboutthewaterlife

4 жыл бұрын

Dang: you inspired me.

I’m a Tread Head and this is my favorite show.

What a amazing tank

Fantastic guys fantastic someone has to do this,need more here in NEW ZEALAND AS WELL, THANKS GUYS🇳🇿😎👍kiwi pip🇳🇿😎👍

These guys are great

Oh bugger!The tank is on fire!

Dave is hilarious.

Thanks for making this video available..very interesting..keep up the good work.

@FamilyTime_TV

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love tanks

Everyone: this is amazing what an Impressive collection Bovington tank museum: laughs in 300 vehicles

@Itsaboutthewaterlife

4 жыл бұрын

Wow: big collection.

@kowboykalebb

4 жыл бұрын

I've heard bovington has a fair amount of cunts running it though.

@Ato-3000J

4 жыл бұрын

Saumur Musee des Blindés: *laughs in 800 vehicles*

@soupgaming5923

3 жыл бұрын

@@kowboykalebb a bit late but how so?

Cat played big part restoring this tank.

One of those working Comets is at the Muckleburgh Collection in Norfolk. Well worth a look if you find yourself in East Anglia.

I really liked Dave Arnold, and young Dave and the rest of Mr Arnold's team. They were doing excellent work but doing it tough with, apparently, little funding. I admired their work so much I dug around on the internet to see where I could send them some money towards their work. I was devastated to learn that Dave Arnold, for some reason, had to shut down the Isle of Wight Military Museum. There were snippits of old UK news stories about some kind of dispute about the owner of the land Dave's facility was on. Then I discovered that some other people had taken on the project and renamed it the Wight Military Museum etc. Then, that these new owners or operators had some kind of run in with the law and were barred from entering the premises. This is all really, really sad. Dave Arnold and his team were good men doing valuable work. I've tried to track down Dave Arnold but so far no luck. I'd like to think he's still in tank restoration somewhere. If anyone knows his whereabouts please let me know. Perhaps, with enough supporters he can get back into the tank business. Contact me through this forum about Dave and we'll get on to it. Cheers, BH

@themightywookie351c3

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, do you have a recent status update?

@cheapstonegd6296

4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear a status update as well. Hope that they are all doing great!

@HJDore

4 жыл бұрын

TheMightyWookie351c I visited the museum something like 3-4 years ago and even then I was told the museum was half owned by bovington tank museum, then I heard the museum had closed down months later and the vehicles sent to bovington.

@chrispza

4 жыл бұрын

I have seen Bob Darwood in various vijayos from Bovington Tank Museum.

@michaelwaugh3431

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sat right next to him!

IS 3 is a Beast !!!

Thumbs up

a very nice show indeed :)

I like how a Comet is powered by a Meteor.

@mikereger1186

6 жыл бұрын

Photon Sergal And so were the Cromwell and early Centurions. A quantum leap ahead of the poor old Nuffield Liberty engines powering the previous cruisers and the Centaur.

My first armor scale model was a 1/72(?) Matchbox Comet followed by a Jagdpanther, also by Matchbox. I wish there were more documentaries about the Comet.

@FamilyTime_TV

7 жыл бұрын

We'll keep an eye out for more comet documentaries.

@Verdunveteran

3 жыл бұрын

Built both of those set's myself. Still have them.

Love the Comet. Just bought a 1/35 Tamiya model if the A34.😀

iv bin to fort bliss in el paso tx and watched the training it wus realy cool

Liked for the cat in the beginning lol

David Fletcher looks young in this!

My last name is Wightman and my ancestors were from there it's true, we have a seal and everything

Dream JOB

Good job guys, if your going to do something then do it right.

my father used to drive a Comet in Hong Kong 3rd Royal Tank Regiment ,just after the war

I would love to work there :)

@knightlife98

7 жыл бұрын

Ian Bullock I would be the coffee/tea go-getter, just to get my foot in the door...!!!! So I too, share your enthusiasm to be able to do this stuff all day...!!!! Forget about just enjoying the work, these tanks are Legends, shrouded in our world's history...!!!!

@Itsaboutthewaterlife

6 жыл бұрын

Ian and Scott: I owe you: I just figured out what I will be doing in my retirement. Hurry Sundown.

@thedetectorist108

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately this museum is a sad shroud of its old self after the ownership changed. I went there a year ago and it has gone downhill.

It's so cruel to vandalize these 60-70 year old relics. There gorgeous war machines and don't deserve to be vandalized. Kids should learn not to destroy parts of these beautiful vehicles. If you or anyone you know have vandalized one of these vehicles or any in that case. You should not harm history. You should never harm tanks, preserve them for as long as you can. -fluffo7ishere

@lambdaz8953

6 жыл бұрын

I see that you (presumably) are wearing a soviet gas mask in your profile picture with the filter attached. I just want to warn you against those filters, allmost all of them up to the 90s and beyond contain asbestos, if the filter is somehow disturbed or degraded you could potebtially breathe it in, and you probably know the consequences. Stay safe dude.

@holdfast7657

6 жыл бұрын

True. It breaks my heart every time I see Tanks used as targets. I have had to use them as demolition targets and often wish we could sell them or give them to restorers. Most are in great condition and some are in running order.

a tank fitted with a crane? Now that is an excellent peacetime use for tanks! what an excellent idea much heavier than any payloader or catapillar built sturdier and a more powerful engine. I think you have something there to save a lot of scrap tanks

@ktmbikes9227

3 жыл бұрын

That was used in war time, you need recovery in combat and thats how you fixed things in the field.

Hey guys, great videos, please keep them coming. I would like to make a suggestion about working on rusted and seized bolts as well as rusted tight fitting components . Kroil Penetrating Oil is amazing for issues like the ones you guys encounter daily. Kroil Creeps Into Millionth Of An Inch Spaces, Dissolves Rust (this sentence straight from their website). I don’t sell the product nor profit in anyway from saying my opinion about Kroil. Kroil works as described above and I use it all the time. Hope my suggestion helps your restoration projects.

No ear defenders using a great big pneumatic impact wrench in a steel box.... Nuts!! To say nothing of hard hats.

I'm sorry but 21st century Germany has some bad ass looking tank

Traditional British workman, flat hat and overalls. Classic.

Put the whole thank in a pool, and fill the pool with coca cola- a really good rust-remover.

Sad to hear about the Isle of Wight museum going bankrupt, then reopening without Dave Arnold, his crew started a new restoration company which quickly closed down. I wonder if he finished the comet restoration.

@sergeantsargestaff3171

8 жыл бұрын

No if you go to there web sight you can still buy tickets to visit the museum

@Marc83Aus

8 жыл бұрын

New staff though, but Daves tanks are still There, it looks like the comet was never finished either, it's also for sale.

@TheMarineGamerIGGHQ

7 жыл бұрын

they should just join up with bovington

@josephelias9081

7 жыл бұрын

That's unfortunate

@SvenTviking

5 жыл бұрын

It’s not widely advertised as an attraction over there. It’s a bit like the Muckleburgh collection in Norfolk. Who’s ever heard of that, yet it’s the largest private military museum in the country.

My son would love a job like this

You'd wish Ken Miles was still alive to help you . Being a legendary race driver he was a WW2 chief mechanic among tanks.

The Centurion was at the victory parade in Berlin. The Soviets were curious at this new tank. The Centurion eventually beat the later Soviets successor tanks in the Arab-Israelii wars.

I would love to have this as a job.

@Itsaboutthewaterlife

4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to volunteer when I retire.

I find it saddening that you can find places with world war 2 tanks just rusting away. Those tanks deserve to be put in a museum not left to rust and rot away

PLEASE DISCOVERY CHANNEL! Give that guy who owns it his own show. Super funny and make learning fun.

The meteor engine was a detuned Merlin. In some cases it was literally a Merlin which had reached max air miles refurbished and used in a tank.

Needs to take the Breach ring out of the loaders hatch... Opens up and takes apart the TC's hatch o.O

The Comet did have a last hurrah in the Korean War.

34:50 I must try that, moving your head instead of the grinder. :D

If Bovington is South West of London then I was taught geography wrong! Bovington is in Dorset West of Poole and Bournemouth. It’s home of the Royal Armoured Corps with their firing ranges which goes out 2 miles at least into the sea!

@Kimdino1

5 жыл бұрын

I winced at that statement too, but it is technically correct. Like Washington being South West of Moscow (well, it's true......technically).

@britbong1457

5 жыл бұрын

The firing ranges aren't in Bovington

@marcuswardle3180

5 жыл бұрын

Britbong That’s odd! When I grew up in Wareham and my friends in Wool would always refer to the ranges as being in ‘Bovi’. When I lived in Wareham we could always tell when they were firing because our windows would rattle!

@britbong1457

5 жыл бұрын

Marcus Wardle You could probably hear them shooting in lulworth, they shoot small arms and do small exercises in bovi. I used to live in bovi, went to school in purbeck and we'd hear them firing all the way down in lulworth

@marcuswardle3180

5 жыл бұрын

Britbong I went to Purbeck too. When were you there?

I want to see the episode where they restore the two tanks in the intro (Panda & Metro)) LOL

07:27 U SIR HAV A BADASS MUSTACHE

@LordByte

8 жыл бұрын

Lookup "David Fletcher's Tank Chats" here on youtube :)

I am interested in the cat tho :D

27:48 best part.

Funny, I went to this tank museum last year. Got into a discussion with the guide as to who built most of the Meteor engines, Rolls Royce or Rover cars. It’s Rover, but he didn’t know that.

@xvdd1

4 жыл бұрын

Rover produced approx 9,000 engines, Morris played a part also apparently.

Nice show! Could use computer graphics to explain some details but, very nice show !

"It's the best gun in the world." Who teaches these people about reality?

@Rangerman69420

5 жыл бұрын

So you're not allowed to state your opinion anymore? Geez.....

Cute cat

the thing really looks like a PzKpfW IV...

I want to work there win I grow up it looks cool

They produced this gem in 1945, would be funny if it was not so sad :(

wait a sec you're welding back with 625 ink ??? in my mind I was thinking it would have been 309 root with the back side ark gouge out then welding 100% and fill and cover with .45 flukscore wire with a backing gas ? Less I miss understood Iron head with the British act-cent ??? lol it happens !!!

some tank crews called the comet Iron Duke i9 dont know why but its a cool name

Imagine the comet crews. You get a new advanced tank hot off the presses and no training how to use it, and your first lesson to cut your teeth with it, is nothing less than a trial by fire. To be fair, they were already largely familiar with the use and operation of tanks, but it's like putting the game that you've never played before, putting it on expert, and skipping the tutorial and jumping right into the fray.

makes me warm and fuzzy to know Iron head is spoken all around the world and the rest of the people have no idea what we are saying but other Iron heads ;) " Ear Balls ... Wakey wakey !!! " ;)

I wonder, what if you grind off the bolt heads, remove the plate, work on the exposed threads of bolts, something to grab ? lots of rust penetrating oils?

surely the Brits would have had a few Centurions to display along with the JS3

Life goals 1: Become a billionaire. 2: Design and build my own tank based on the best qualities of all tanks in history. Anticipating technological advances within the next 40 years.

@MrOllievirus

5 жыл бұрын

2 is already done mate, it's called Centurion.

What's with all the blurry cut scenes? And how do you get a tank to the Isle of Wight?

@bigandclever

4 жыл бұрын

on the ferry of course. But it costs more than a car!!!

The Comet gun wasn't actually 77mm, it was 76mm. However, there were other British tanks with 76mm guns, but the one on the Comet took different 17pdr ammunition. So because you had two different types of 76mm ammo, so that even a quartermaster who wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer wouldn't mix them up, the 17pdr ammo was classified as 77mm as a convenient fiction.

I wonder how long it actually took actually restore this tank. id say close to a year?

@jaxteller4074

5 жыл бұрын

Takes about 10 years to actually fully restore a tank

I find it somewhat sad that there is still this "Reds under the bed atitude" alive and doing well when it comes to all things Russian. It should be remebered that Russia has never done anything to anyone else other than be the first into Germany by two weeks before anyone else, something that can hardly be described as a crime. The Russian tank may not be flavohr of the day, but it has to be said that it was a very good tank and proved its point on the battle field, regardless weather it was nice to ride in or not,,,, it should be remembered that it was not developed to be all set for sunday drive. The Comet regardless, was a very well made tank and had it been around earlier , may have changed thevdirection of the war. All in all, a very good video, and for me a reminder,, as I use to live across the water from the Island of wight and on weekends use to travel up the Medina river and through the lock , a lovely little Island.

@kieranwilliams5148

5 жыл бұрын

John Laccohee-Joslin Russia back stabbed the Polish at the start of WW2 and helped Nazi Germany take Poland. Additionally, the Soviets massacred a bunch of Polish troops at Katyn. Plus the Russians done a false flag attack on one of their own towns near the Finnish border as an excuse to go to war with Finland. Russia did plenty of stuff to other people and got away with it.

@raydematio7585

5 жыл бұрын

When Stalin met Churchill at the Kremlin he boasted that he had killed more Russians than the Nazis and that doesn't include all they killed outside of the Soviet Union

@Itsaboutthewaterlife

4 жыл бұрын

Libs need a boogeyman. What is sad is that the real threat is China. Thank goodness Trump is on top of this.

I believe there are about 30 or 40 Comets in reserve in the Finnish army.

david fletcher calling the comet a sawn off 17 pounder lol

The a34 used Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS) which is far diffrent from the Fin Stabilised Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot you show which i belive was first used in 1961 by the T-62

Look at David Fletcher back then... and look at him now, see any difference?

They should really stop with the " best thing in the world" all the time...

@FamilyTime_TV

7 жыл бұрын

This comment is literally "the best thing in the world"! Thanks Yakkuru.

I don't thing the suspension was repaired durn the war when it was sent out nov 44 ! I think the odd centure shock was put in by factory being short on new shocks for the new tanks!? I just seems like it was to solid and well built to be repaired maybe but I don't think so it was like the side armour had never been off having all the paint etc still visible behind interesting thought though!

I love British humor

just curios how much would it cost for you guys to do something like this if i supply the tank

@thomascunningham3377

8 жыл бұрын

Depends on what you would like done to the tank/vehicle, we are currently Restoring a few pieces of WWII armour, we offer all sorts of packages to suit what you would like done. Drop me a PM if your interested.

What happened to the engine? No recondition? Replaced?

I wonder if MSG Kempf is any relation to Gen.Kempf commander of Operational Detachment Kempf that fought at Kursk in July 1943?

I hope that guy is aware that the Abrams uses an American made L/44 wich is a German gun so he could have said it's the same as the L/44 but with a longer barrel called the L/55

Sad to see so much air tools and grinders use without ear plugs.

@sidewaysaction9983

4 жыл бұрын

Worked in heavy engineering all my working life, no compulsory ear protection first 30 years and I do have high frequency hearing loss. But the last 15 years or so I've never had so many ear infections. Plugs or cans are no good for your ears period. When you get to my age nobody has got anything to say worth hearing anyway.