Lt Chard RE Rorkes Drift

[Carl Edward Sambrook]

This is just the start of my work on Lt Chard RE from the film ZULU it still needs a lot of tidying up, but a great bust to work on.

 

[bistray]

great bust, well painted and, as an ex Royal Engineer, a hero of mine. A good likeness to Stanley baker to

 

[Carl Edward Sambrook]

Bistray, I to am an ex RE, Armoured Engineer 32 Armoured Engineer Regiment. The bust is of Stanley Baker from the famous film.

 

[baronband]

Looks like plenty of us ex Sappers on here then eh? I was Amphibious.

John

 

[Dewi Evans]

It's looking very good

 

[Huw63]

A good start on this interesting bust.

Cheers

Huw

 

[Davy]

Ex RE postie here as well

 

[bistray]

hey us Engineers are everywhere, i was 73 Ind Fld Sqn, later 23 Engineer Regt, then 39 at Waterbeach

 

[Carl Edward Sambrook]

John I served with 28 Engr Regt from 1992.1994 (12 months with 23 Amph Sqn) Paul I was at the disbandment parade for 23 Regt. But it's a proven fact that Armoured Engineers are the poster boys for the Corps.

 

[Davy]

Was that the disbanding parade in the Traz in early 93? Wanted every unit of RE at it cost me a place on Snow Queen as I was one of small few in 3 PC RE who could do rifle drill with the SA80 as we still had the SMG as primary weapon

 

[Waterman]

Good Morning Mr Stevens, it's a lovely day today.

 

[arj]

Nice start on a very good likeness of Stanley Baker.
This is the first of the MMM Rorke's Drift trio that I've seen with paint on it.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[bistray]

Carl i can only imagine that you proved the fact, in my day armoured farmers were the bottom of the food chain

 

[smudger1960]

Great start Carl,

 

[jai]

not an engineer, and I have never been a military ..... I can leave my comment?


Good start

 

[Carl Edward Sambrook]

Davy, yes that was the parade it was bloody freezing. Not sure about being bottom of the food chain, but we certainly liked our pies washed down with beer. Brilliant time in the Corps and still have many friends who I'm still in contact with, and have been asked if I'm going to the SAPPERFEST next year.

 

[Carl Edward Sambrook]

Was that the disbanding parade in the Traz in early 93? Wanted every unit of RE at it cost me a place on Snow Queen as I was one of small few in 3 PC RE who could do rifle drill with the SA80 as we still had the SMG as primary weapon

Davy yes it was, we spent hours on the drill square in Hameln prior to the parade getting ready, which was a waste of time as we only marched passed the dias once.

 

[Davy]

Aye was a very cold day that one. Thankfully we had no hours of rehearsals as we were a 24/7 unit. Promosed a mega piss up afterwards which turned out to be 2 free cans in the gym IIRC and all the units who attended got shunned/left to their own devices afterwards no thanks etc. We had the chance of staying an extra night and going on the pop down town but decided to get back down the road to Duss. The parade was an utter waste of time to be honest.

 

[bistray]

Well the formation parade wasn't any better

 

[Davy]

THe only good thing out of it was it was the first time I got to try out the new bouncing bomb doss bag jumped in to it expecting it to be like a knackered 58 maggot with a load of quills off the feathers ripping into you.