You may be aware that South Africa's Sandstone Estates has, among many other things, an extensive military vehicle collection. Details can be found on its website at www.sandstone-estates.com.

Sandstone is a working, farming estate, but once a year it open its doors to enthusiasts wishing to see and get hands-on experience of its collection. The 2013 event is billed as The Stars of Sandstone Festival and, as in previous years, military equipment will feature alongside the steam railway, agricultural vehicles, vintage vehicles and more. Starting on Saturday 4 May and ending on Saturday 12 May 2013, the programme is determined to some extent by the interests of the visitors.

The Tank Museum has acquired the working replica of a German Great War A7V tank built by armour enthusiast and Tank Museum ‘Friend’ Bob Grundy.

Museum spokesman Nik Wyness said: ‘With the WW1 centenaries approaching, we are delighted to have a working example of this unusual looking machine. It will be a great compliment to the working British Mk IV tank replica we acquired from the production team of War Horse last year.’

The owner of this US-based (where else?) truck is determined not to get side-lined by a bit of ‘soft-going’. Does he know something about 2013’s weather forecast that we don’t?

GMC CCKW enthusiast, Ian Garbutt, whose 352 was featured in September 2012’s Opening Shot, has set himself the goal of trying to record all the 'Jimmys' that have been seen in the UK in recent years. To that end he has started a photo blog and, as we went to press, had already logged an impressive 299 vehicles.

However, Ian believes there are still more CCKWs out there, so, if your vehicle isn’t among the 299 already captured, get in touch with him via his internet page at http://cckwphotoblog.logspot.co.uk/.