les freathy

A 6x4 Thornycroft altered for recovery by Midland Motors

Its about time i put some more in here so a 1/72 scale M26 transporter with landing craft load and a Albion CX 24S transporter loaded with a i ton dumper and Greens utility roller

Mog, how about sharing some of the photos of your fathers signal days cheers Les

A lot of old 15cwt bedfords were converted for civilian use by Arlington, heres one of the early adverts

Talking of old wrecks heres where a lot of old military vehicles ended up, on the farm just like this CMP chevrolet with farm built grain body and of course the customery bald tyres. When finished they were scrapped but the axles were given further use in local built trailers for farm use, i well remember towing some of this old junk around behind the tractor when i left school BALD TYRES we had the canvas comming through and we were towing them fully loaded on the roads and when they finally blew out we had to source another old piece of rubber from the stock of used tyres ah happy thoughts

This OY ended up with Shell and BP at Northolt in 1947

Baz this photo will probably answer a lot of questions cheers Les

Two REME crane trucks in one of the armed forces day parades in Berlin

A cracking factory shot of a new Uranus most likly bound for the Swiss army

A photo of the trailer taken in the late 1940s the number is USAF 0491 1502 and it would appear that either a white or yellow diamond is on the front box with 1B-15 painted underneath

A couple of shots of the LMSW-53 cab/chassis from the assembly instructions for crated vehicles

I must losing me nuts as i have only just picked up on this but Jack is correct in looking for donations,Im happy to suscribe but first a couple of probable stupid questions first i have never bought or sold anything on line so have no wayof paying through that medium and need a address to send a cheque for the mag and second i have never seen the mag so is it all about vehicles etc or a mixture of all types of military items. I did get a PM i think from snapper re model articles which i would be happy to discuss and contribute in the future i await the flak cheers Les

Recieved it Radek i will get the print to you as soon as possible cheers Les

Here are a couple of photos of the one at the Whitfield gliding club in Kent, i took these a good number of years ago so dont know if they still have it. Some where i have a AP on the Cruiser van which should have basic measurements ill see if i can locate it

No problem Radek PM me your E mail address and i will send it to you cheers Les

Katys on a outing in Paris, ive no idea whats going on here, a few years ago i sat where the group of people are in the centre only it wasn,t ambulances flying by but kids on skateboards hundreds of them

Jules, had you forgotton you started a thread on this subject in March last year cheers Les

Not much response on this thread so another try, heres another shot of a in service Ford WOT machinery

Kevin, i cant believe that old Retriever coming down the cutting is holding that lot back did you have a machine behind as the anchor if not you must have worn out the brake drums, amazing

Hey Ted looks like you and i are the only ones in here, anyone else care to join in. Two more from the stable of Richard Allibone two RAF Austin k6

Thought these may be of interest

As stated here are some shots from the recent Trucks and Tracks show the first two from a long time mate Richard Allibone his GMC clubmobile and Diamond T 968 plus another of my Dodge this time showing the crock train

Hey Ted, just noticed your pump on the weeton is grey, mines the same colour as the truck have i got it wrong or were they in both colours

Bet you could if you sat down and kept at it Tony, the easist way these days is to start on kits and theres plenty of choice and then with references move on to conversions. When i first started building models we had little choice and were committed to converting and scratch building hence why many are now building masters for the resin and white metal kits. Just noticed the white star on the Ford WOT best get that off and replaced, ive come to the conclusion the digital cameras are the ideal tool for model photography but do they pick out the faults easily missed by the eye i have had to go back and look at more than a few models. Heres one from a whileback a Crossley fire truck scratch built useing a Convoy resin bonnet chassis and wheels

Sounds like Simon is diverting elsewhere so to keep this going a few more softskins, A Dodge WK60 gantry recovery, the Dodge and a Mack LMSW recovery and a Ford WOT6 G.S. In future i intend to include some photos of softskins built by long time friends most still around but sadly a few now departed. It will ithink generate a varied prospective cheers Les