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Very interesting repair truck!
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 12:08 AM UTC
Animal,
Do you have a model of this truck crane?



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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 12:11 AM UTC
What a good pic Pawel, where do can find it ???????????
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 12:15 AM UTC

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What a good pic Pawel, where do can find it ???????????


I found it on this website: http://www.geocities.com/Plowmaster71/

Pawel
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 12:19 AM UTC
Ah yes, another great example of GIs findng a field-expedient solution to a problem! What an awesome little dio idea!
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 12:29 AM UTC
Can't tell exactly what they are doing. Are they hoisting the engine or the dozerblade?
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 12:34 AM UTC

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Can't tell exactly what they are doing. Are they hoisting the engine or the dozerblade?


The caption says they are changing a radiator.

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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 12:36 AM UTC
now that's one of those "why didnt i think of that?" idea

i think its great for a dio
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 03:24 AM UTC
the brilliance of the american GI never ceases to amaze me...I feel that animal or gunny will soon have a diorama on this one...this would win a prise at a contest for one of those two experts
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 03:40 AM UTC
Does anybody make a kit of this particular dump truck? Checked ebay and only found one in 72nd scale..I think the ones I have seen were the WW2 version in 35th.
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 04:08 AM UTC
Field modifications - gotta love'em.

That's a great photo - thanks
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 04:34 AM UTC
The Vietnam-era armored D7 and D9 dozers are on my "to do - one day" list since I've came across pictures showing some of them in Simon Dunstan's "Vietnam Tracks" book a few years ago. Too bad the only plastic Caterpillar dozer (post WW2) kit I know is the 1/25 one from ERTL (and it's a D8 !) ...

Thanks for the pic (and the link as well) Pawel !

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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 06:53 AM UTC
Hi Guys,
IIRC, Hobbyfan made a dump-body conversion for the AFV Club 2 1/2 ... I'm sure it's expensive.
the dump box itself shouldn't be so hard to replicate but the lift mechanism will be.
thanks and good to be back,
Chuck
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - 07:00 AM UTC
The truck is M51. It is based on 5-ton M54 truck. There is no plastic model of M54 available. Real Model offer a resin conversion from Italeri M925 kit to M51, but I don't know how good/bad it is.



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Posted: Monday, August 16, 2004 - 02:51 AM UTC

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Ah yes, another great example of GIs findng a field-expedient solution to a problem! What an awesome little dio idea!


I could not have said it better myself.
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Posted: Monday, August 16, 2004 - 03:08 AM UTC

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The Vietnam-era armored D7 and D9 dozers are on my "to do - one day" list since I've came across pictures showing some of them in Simon Dunstan's "Vietnam Tracks" book a few years ago. Frenchy

Hi Frenchy,
Normally Don on Prime Portal does put a little military D7 walk on line.
I have some pics (100+) from a actual D7R in civilian use in France.
But all this pics are not Nam period pics.

Cheers.Pascal
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Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 12:38 AM UTC

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But all this pics are not Nam period pics.


That's the problem, Pascal ! I've seen Don's great pics and I already have downloaded some "modern" D7 pics a few monthes ago. But I'm not in a hurry and I have enough work waiting on my workbench to keep me busy for a while...

(PS : j'ai bien noté ton offre concernant le D7R...)

Thanks
Frenchy
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