Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 07:09 AM UTC
Resicast is getting ready to celebrate its 20th year of manufacturing resin models and to celebrate this they have released something special in the (yes you guessed it) Universal carrier range of vehicles. Take a look inside for details.
Resicast has continued to expand their range of universal carriers for their 20th anniversary and this one is something special the CONGER. This resin conversion set for the Tamiya Universal Carrier is mastered by Graham Sallar and consists of 76 resin parts.

• 35.1224 – CONGER - €59.50
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Could be a machine so the offices could practice their backhand between battles. But I believe it's a mine clearing device. Tom
FEB 12, 2012 - 09:51 AM
Hi Bill, It was designed to clear mine fields as Tom says. It was towed to the edge of a mine field and un-hitched from either an AVRE or Sherman. A 5" rocket was launched which pulled out about 300 feet of fire hose to fall across the target area. This was then filled with Nitro-Glycerine. Once the hose was filled it was uncupoled from the carrier which was towed away and the filled hose detonated by means of a pull-igniter by one of the crewmen from a safe distance!! It was only used once in action I believe, as an accident occurred when loading liquid nitro-glycerine into the carriers resulted in the destruction of two lorry loads of the stuff exploding when it was being off loaded in jerry cans for transfer to the carriers. The two lorries vanished, as they were carrying about 6 tons of the fuel and 4 nearby AVREs were destroyed. You wouldn't want to be standing around one of these, but it makes for an interesting model. Cheers Al
FEB 12, 2012 - 10:12 AM
Wow, talk about working with a very careful hand, huh? Gives me the jitters just thinking about it!
FEB 12, 2012 - 11:31 AM
WWII version of the MCLIC? Inspiration for "Wages of Fear"? Great idea except for the nitroglycerin aspect.
FEB 12, 2012 - 02:06 PM
Hi folks, I came across a couple of pics on the web. One showing the device being towed by a Churchill AVRE and the other by a Sherman. " TARGET="_blank"> " TARGET="_blank"> Al
FEB 12, 2012 - 10:19 PM
Wow, I didn't think anyone remembered that GREAT movie.
FEB 13, 2012 - 06:32 AM
I remember Wages of Fear (1953 dontchaknow). Has anyone seen the remake with Roy Scheider in it (Sorcerer 1977)? I saw it AGES ago on TV and thought it much more atmospheric. I occasionally sieve through sites like Amazon to see if it's available as a region 2 DVD but no luck yet. Tom
FEB 13, 2012 - 06:50 AM
Ah, an interesting subject - the forerunner to Giant Viper.
FEB 13, 2012 - 09:30 AM
There is such a range of interesting carriers as yet not covered it would be nice to think that this one is the first of some of the more unusual ones. An ambulance carrier would be very useful and the carpet layer and bridgeing varients are interesting too. Al
FEB 13, 2012 - 10:03 AM
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