Alan McNeilly shares some pictures of some of the Airborne Jeeps displayed by the re-en actors at IWM Duxford in June 2013

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Great Pics Alan! I'll definitely be using these to help with my Resicast Jeep Conversion Sets.

Hi Patrick,

I still have the Recce version to build along with the Med Jeep. I need more modelling hours lol.

Most of these are probably reproductions/salvage jobs, I don't think many/any originals survived. The spec looks correct though and it's good to see how the kit fits onto and into the trucks.

Cheers and thanks for dropping in.

Al

Great pictures , thanks Alan .
Did you happen to notice how the ammo drums are held onto the side of the jeep ? Was there clips undernearh or are they glued on like my 70s Italeri Airbourne jeep model ?

Hi Jim,

Sorry no is the answer there. However, if you look at the main pic behind the passenger seat on the RHS is a small bracket with a pin on it. Could this be the means they were affixed by? I can see the outline of something similar under the magazines that are mounted. I don't know whether the Lewis magazine had a small central opening or not, but if it did that might be one answer, other wise this could be a home made method for display purposes but either way they must have sat on some kind of clip or pin affair.

Perhaps someone else knows or I can ask them next year.

Cheers

Al

From the pictures there seems to be a small post on the jeep with a cotter pin on the end to hold the drum secure . Hope they added a length of webbing to the pin as it would have been hard to pull and switch mags quickly under fire .
I guess if there was a wire basket or other kind of bracket the guys who restored the jeep would have added it , right.

Hi Jim,

If you look over on this site there is a restoration going on of an original. These chaps could probably answer your query.

http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/airborne-and-special-forces/orginal-british-airborne-radio-jeep-143323-8/

You'll have to register but there is a lot of useful original material on the site.

Cheers

Al

Thanks . I'll check it out