ianscales

Glad to hear it's back on the ground, albeit it with some repairs to do.

With regards to preventing it happening again (On a low budget) the costs need to be weighed up against the probability of a similar situation (As you say, the worst weather in 30 years).

........ and I've just noticed, that looks like a 3 Ton version !!

the narrowing is only about 3 to 4 inches per side

Yes about that Ted, it's just enough to take the 'swing arm' style suspension, which must have been a feat of engineering in itself.

I've often wondered how many were overloaded though, whilst I appreciate the relative lightness of a fuselage I've see some pretty daunting loads i.e.

recymech, I suspect that's the same scrap yard as my previous post ;-)

Here's one from my collection, taken at a scrap yard in Cyprus.

how do we tell between WW2 production and later 5 ton models. ??

The measurements I have don't include the gap between the wheels but it's not difficult to guesstimate from the other measurements.

I've checked all the close up pictures I have of the 'Head' and they've all got the plates missing !!

Yes I think you did, I'd forgotten that :red:

Oh I see, I half thought it might drop back down once the snow melted :red:

I'll dig them out Fyll.

Edit: I've got them Fyll, send me your Email address and I'll get a copy over to you.

Any news if the Vulcan has returned to the ground?, given that the snow is thawing quicker than the crane can get there.

I check this forum and your site every day, pure noastalgia

Ha Ha!!

You never know what's coming in the mail next, like the last batch of 2MT pics :-D

This one??

Ted, you might be thinking of 'RAFMTD' ;-)

Ian, in my set of APs 2782 in trailer section item 10 it states Taskers 5 ton semi trailer long low loader but its not a Queen Mary but a 16 wheel flat fuselarge trailer shown with a front bogie attached

Oh, the plot thickens !! I wonder why, because the numbers produced are about the same as the 3 Ton version so it's not likely that they would have just left it out.

Thanks Fyll.

I have all the measurements from the 5 Ton example at Yorkshire Air Museum (Taken to enable model build) and can confirm that the overall length is 40 feet.

Richard the reg number of the one on the right is 16 AK 54, not likely to be the one you rebuilt though as the picture was taken in 1986 !! (Unless, of course, that you did the rebuild while it was still in service)

Mostly agricultural but with a smattering of military........

If it's where I think it is, you need permission to view (Not often granted) there is a remote signalling device on site so if you go wandering in the landowner will soon follow !!

Will see if I can match up some pictures to clarify.

Just thought I'd add a few from my album...............

Incidentally if anyone has a copy of the AP 2782A, page entry, for "Tasker 5 Ton, Long Low Loading Semi-Trailer" I would be most grateful of a copy

But alas, as this thread is going, I suspect no one has :-(

Thanks Ted, always interested in being enlightened re: QM Trailers (Please mail info if you can)

Re: The model, it's slow going, but with fingers the size of most peoples hands it was always going to be a long job !!

They look like the foam tyre model aircraft wheels.

They are, they need grooves cutting in them and the centres removing to put new hubs in.

Does anybody have any drawings or pictures of the Tasker coupling?

100% balsa apart from the wheels.

It is my understanding that there is no difference in length (40ft) between the 3 & 5 Ton versions, the 3 Ton version has 3 'crossed' sections before the wheel, where as the 5 Ton has 3 and a half, but, the 'crossed' sections on the 5 Ton version are at a more acute angle.

That being said there were many variants made, but to my knowledge these involved bodies rather than length.

The overall length issue (inc prime mover) is still somewhat debatable as Taskers original poster depicts a 5 Ton variant with a Spitfire onboard being pulled by an S Type Bedford with '60 Feet Long' boards on !!! This would make the distance from bumper to 5th wheel area of the S type approx 20ft !!

1,862 3 Ton & 1,975 5 Ton versions were in operation by the end of the 2nd WW, to say the figures are about the same there's very few examples of the 3 Ton left.

The old Newark Air Museum one was 3 Ton

East Kirby is 5 Ton

Yorkshire Air Museum is 5Ton

Hendon is 5 Ton

Duxford is 5 Ton

Eden Camp is 5 Ton

2MT (Wittering, Historic Fleet) is 5 Ton

.......Oh, and the one used in 'Reach for the Sky' was 5 Ton

I might get round to finishing the 1/15th scale model I started ages ago !!

Ian