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Waiting for a new Deuce and a Half
165thspc
#521
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 04:18 AM UTC
There was also a long wheelbase wrecker as well:
165thspc
#521
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 04:21 AM UTC
F.Y.I. There are more wrecker photos back on page 19 of this thread as well. Mike
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 04:25 AM UTC
There must have been some sort of tow bar between the wrecker and the vehicle being towed!
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 04:28 AM UTC
Here would be a real Farm Find!
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 04:29 AM UTC
REAL MODELS is ready to help us out with this vehicle:
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 04:37 AM UTC
(Modeler Unknown)
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 04:47 AM UTC
Unloading Dragon Wagon wheels and tires out of the back of a wrecker:
Youngun
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 06:00 AM UTC
I don't know if you saw this michael but it looks like hobby boss is planning on releasing a 1/35 CCKW-352, a 750 gallon fuel tanker and a soft top white 666
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2804569608
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2804569608
165thspc
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 06:31 AM UTC
I knew about the White but not about the Hard Cab CCKW tanker.
Even more significant to me is the very next listing! The Short Wheel Base CCKW with hard cab and gun ring.
If there was any US prototype that I wanted to push into existance with this blog it would be this model ! ! !
Cheers and thanks for the report!
Even more significant to me is the very next listing! The Short Wheel Base CCKW with hard cab and gun ring.
If there was any US prototype that I wanted to push into existance with this blog it would be this model ! ! !
Cheers and thanks for the report!
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 08:20 AM UTC
Not a Deuce and a Half but still something I wish were available!
Maybe we can hope for one from Commander Models one day, as they already do a wonderful Ford, Burma Jeep in resin as well as a 1/2 ton Dodge and an International.
Maybe we can hope for one from Commander Models one day, as they already do a wonderful Ford, Burma Jeep in resin as well as a 1/2 ton Dodge and an International.
165thspc
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Posted: Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 05:52 AM UTC
Coming (hopefully) some time soon from HobbyBoss:
If these two models become a reality then this blog will have been more than worth it, though I am going to miss having to build the second one semi scratch.
If these two models become a reality then this blog will have been more than worth it, though I am going to miss having to build the second one semi scratch.
Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 08:15 AM UTC
Interesting news Mike...But I'm still longing for this 2.5 ton truck :
H.P.
H.P.
jon_a_its
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Posted: Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 10:58 AM UTC
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Don't mean to make you folks feel any colder than you already are but check out this wintertime photo:
Short Wheelbase CCKW set-up as a towing tractor with fifth wheel! Note the side pull tow bar mounted over the rear tires on both these vehicles (never been exactly sure just how this accessory is supposed to work) but you usually only see this item mounted on recovery trucks. These guys must have been pulling a lot of cars out of ditches this day.
Happy Holidays!
Mike
I have a book called "Redball Express", which shows a lot of trucks, carrying this bar over the starboard(?) rear wheels, but can't recall any pics of these in use.
PS looking forward to the Hobby-Boss Jimmys' they be a lot more affordable than some companies di and there will be lots of variants! yummy.
Big-John
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Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 01:47 PM UTC
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Coming (hopefully) some time soon from HobbyBoss:
If these two models become a reality then this blog will have been more than worth it, though I am going to miss having to build the second one semi scratch.
I'm pretty excited about the news of these two variants.
jvazquez
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Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 05:46 PM UTC
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 06:40 AM UTC
Anybody make a 1940's era forklift in 1/35th?
That photo of the guys unloading the Dragon Wagon tires out of the CCKW has great possibilities!
That photo of the guys unloading the Dragon Wagon tires out of the CCKW has great possibilities!
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 07:59 PM UTC
Interesting pictorial history of Clark Lift Trucks from 1917 until today. Just grab the timeline slider and move forward or backwards in history.
http://www.clarkmhc.com/company/history.asp
http://www.clarkmhc.com/company/history.asp
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 08:05 PM UTC
Photo above dated 1943 on Guam.
Photo above dated 1945
Photo above - no date
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 08:13 PM UTC
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Amen to that!
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looking forward to the Hobby-Boss Jimmys' they be a lot more affordable than some companies di and there will be lots of variants! yummy.
Amen to that!
Paulinsibculo
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Posted: Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 05:29 AM UTC
And another interesting one, which never made it to any battle field.
They are in the movie about 7 minutes after the start. And a whole row at 10 min.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKdLbEQ6Dv8
Interesting type, I guess developed for the Air Force.
But maybe somebody knows more!
They are in the movie about 7 minutes after the start. And a whole row at 10 min.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKdLbEQ6Dv8
Interesting type, I guess developed for the Air Force.
But maybe somebody knows more!
Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 07:37 AM UTC
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Anybody make a 1940's era forklift in 1/35th?
What about this one from Verlinden (#2622) ? :
Looks like a Clark to me :
But even though they say it's OK for the 40's, I'm not sure it's OK for WW2. The one above could be a postwar YardLift 40...
http://www.clarktheforklift.com/history/scroller/images/1946_yardlift_clark_forklift.jpg
Same question for the Hyster YT-40 from MMK :
H.P.
PzAufkl
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Posted: Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 11:23 PM UTC
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And another interesting one, which never made it to any battle field.
They are in the movie about 7 minutes after the start. And a whole row at 10 min.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKdLbEQ6Dv8
Interesting type, I guess developed for the Air Force.
But maybe somebody knows more!
PzAufkl
Joined: October 24, 2009
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Posted: Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 11:25 PM UTC
Duane Pfister built that training truck, converting Italeri's CCKW 353. He wrote about it in the august 1990 issue of Military Modeler.
Peter
Peter
Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, February 08, 2014 - 11:42 PM UTC
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And another interesting one, which never made it to any battle field.
They are in the movie about 7 minutes after the start. And a whole row at 10 min.
I guess that's the one in the footage (Chevrolet E-5 gun turret training truck) :
(from http://www.twinbeech.com/turret_truck.htm )
H.P.
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 02:57 AM UTC
Thanks guys for the info on the lift trucks as well as the Verlinden model.
AND THE NEW QUESTION: where am I gonna get a top turret off a B-25/B-17 in 1/35th scale?????
p.s. Love that flight line Cushman!
AND THE NEW QUESTION: where am I gonna get a top turret off a B-25/B-17 in 1/35th scale?????
p.s. Love that flight line Cushman!
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