Hello,

This my version of the latest news from resicast, "Para lightweight trailer "Electrical repair"

thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a43 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a42 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a41 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a40 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a3f by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a3e by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a3d by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a3c by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
thumbnail_UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3a3b by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr


Enjoy!

This is really cool! The details all over it and the fine weathering make this totally realistic. Did you base this on a photo or similar reference? And do you have further plans, i.e. a dio of some sort? Thanks for sharing a unique build!

Very cool !

Just one question:
Did paratroops bring repair facilities with them on aerial assualts?
I realise that the lightweight trailers were probably not dropped with parachutes, more likely landed with gliders et.c.
Did they really use glider/transport capacity to bring in repair trailers?
How does that fit in with operational doctrine et.c ?

No, I have absolutely no experience with paratroops, neither directly nor from reading their operational doctrine/manuals et.c. It just feels strange to bring repair facilities.
If I were to go camping, I don't like camping but IF I were to go, I wouldn't bring tools and materials to repair things I didn't expect to break. If I suspected that something was likely to break I might bring spares but not a small repair shop.

/ Robin

Well I don’t know or care much about camping but Christophe, that’s a superbly rendered trailer – beautifully built, beautifully weathered

Thanks guys!

First of all, this link 'll give you a lot of informations about para trailers : http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?27455-British-WWII-REME-Lightweight-Electrical-Repair-Trailer-Restoration-Project

I'm not sure but i think this trailer was only used by "the road", not by gliders or parachutes.

No dio or vignette for the moments. Maybe later...

For now, this trailer is the property of Resicast, for models show.

Thanks Grinding valves from broken engines ....

The trailers were taken by glider to Arnhem. We still did the same when I served as a modern day Airborne REME soldier, although tge trailers and vehicles were droppeed by C130...al airborne operations have REME support.

Thanks pegasuspaul!


This is the second...

IMG_5593 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
IMG_5595 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
IMG_5596 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
IMG_5597 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
IMG_5598 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
IMG_5599 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
IMG_5598 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr
IMG_5597 by Christophe Nachtergael, sur Flickr




You can see both of them at Resicast 's stand, at Eurominiature, this weekend.