simon king

Have you looked on the Armoured Acorn website - something like this perhaps http://media.wix.com/ugd/279ff1_d70234f107d44f30a7a957691ac5c325.pdf

Although the picture has now gone, it was interesting to see part of the "20mph" -the speed limit for trailers- painted very prominently on the back of the tank in the regulation 4" high lettering on the bowser on the RHS

Didn't the Germans useT34 beutepanzers in France? Isn't it the flat-pack Jagdpanther in kit form - apparently using 1945 era factory cut and prepared (but unused and subsequently buried) flat plates as well as salvaged bits? Looks like its a case of attach part A to part B and then attach that to part C, then continue until you have a complete hull Quite a project

Clara Bow in Hells Angels perhaps? - and the other is Play Dirty with Michael Caine and Nigel Davenport. I'm suprised they could gather so many OYs together in 1969 though.

They used mine in a different episode - "Trap" the one with an obviously British actor playing a Chinese drug baron. I also found a Rangers Lozenge from "The Eagle has Landed" on the windscreen apron under the top coat of paint.

those census numbers suggest that the contract must be prior to the date when the two numbers:two letters:two numbers system was introduced - so post 1945 but prior to 1949.

No 10cwt Jointers trailers is listed in the late war edition of the British Army Data Book of Wheeled Vehicles. However (and forgive the thread drift) it does include a 6kv generator on the standard 10cwt chassis used for GS, mortar and DF trailers. Has anyone ever seen what these generator trailers look like - they are not the airborne version. Are these of relevance??? http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=416. http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9822

I'm intrigued by the assymetric cast spring hangers - (yes I know how sad that sounds) They seem to be the same pattern as those fitted to many of the 10cwt trailer survivors. If they were original to the wartime trailers it would mean that the same castings were in production, unchanged, for almost 30 years if the jointers trailers were manufactured in the late 60s. Not impossible I suppose. Not all of the 10cwt survivors have this type of cast spring hanger. If you can garner anything from the few wartime pictures available, it seems that they have a fabricated steel plate, rather than cast, hanger. Some of the survivors retain this fabricated type of hanger. I'd always assumed that cast v. fabricated was manufacturer specific but I'm wondering now whether the cast spring hangers are not original to the wartime trailers at all but were fitted sometime during the 60s as the wartime trailers went through a REME rebuild programme. We know that that happened as some trailers still carry rebuild plates. Perhaps it was found that the fabricated hangers were not robust enough for the prolonged use that some of the wartime trailers were experiencing.

Looks like a hint of a post war number under the OD paintwork on the overpainted rear numberplate on the rear view. Looks like 69 EC or G something something. That suggests a post war trailer as the wartime trailers were given new VRNs in the xxY?xx or xxX?xx series. Just a thought

The comment about Pete Gaine's Morris ambulance was a good example of the poor research in this magazine. That spurred four or five people to write in and correct them. At the moment "design" seems to be trumping content. Then there's that Kubelwagen in "desert" camouflage etc etc etc I also seem to recall the editor acknowledging when he was appointed that he knew little about MVs..............

thanks Rob - that's interesting. Nice to know that something survived Judging from the uniforms that inflatable 25pdr must be post-war.

Just as a matter of interest, have any of the inflatable decoys - such as the Shermans and Bedford MWs often seen in photos - survived. I guess it's pretty unlikely given the perishable fabric from which they were made, but I suppose it is possible, even if they are too fragile to be inflated.

The Tucker Sno-cat - as famously used by Sir Vivian Fuchs (careful typing) in the Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition in the late 1950s. The Science Museum has an example although it seems larger than the steampunk version shown http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/Inspired_Home/ourcollections.aspx

No need Wally - but thanks for the offer. I do appreciate it I now have all the information required for this project.

Thanks Wally - your help is very much appreciated - so assuming that "5 cwt 2 wh L/W amphibious" trailers are Bantam trailers, which would make sense, we could see a 4x4 in the late forties/early fifties towing a Bantam trailer with the registration 77XE84 or 80XE32 from that range - these numbers being chosen by me at random.

Thanks Wally - the automatic advert facility seems to have mangled the last two digits of the number - is it 81XE01

The 1943 regulations do not seem to specify a size for the divisional sign but indicate that the AoS square should be approx 81/2" by 91/2" - although everything seems to be sized to fit the available space anyway. Can thoroughly recommend Axholme. I've found Humbrol model paint is perfectly durable for the markings and tend to apply with a modellers airbrush - which gives you much more control as well as only requiring smaller amounts of paint. One of those little Humbrol tinlets is more than enough

Has anybody got a note of the range of two digit -two letter - two digit VRNs applied to Bantam/Willys trailers in the post-war renumbering process. I've got a list for the British built trailers but not for the American ones. Thanks

Thanks Tony - i was just looking for confirmation of a hunch that I had that all SSC built trailers have curved (rather than angled) edges to the brackets for the handles on the neck.

Tony - was your airborne trailer manufactured by SS Cars by any chance?

originally 2" ID later 2 13/16" ID

I think I'd try casting in the round and removing the excess from the back - leaving a lip top and bottom to give you an edge to work to - but the ingredients are cheap enough to experiment. If you cast on the flat, it might be possible to shape the plate round the body following imersion in boiling water.

Are the plates painted - if so, had you thought of making a silicone mould and then using cold cast metal - iron powder and resin http://www.cfsnet.co.uk/acatalog/project-coldcast.html

Got to fathom out how to fit and connect a street legal lighting board at the back first Tony - something that can be removed easily and won't do too much damage. Construction and Use regs only require marker lights on a pre-1955 trailer IIRC but today's road conditions suggest a full set is sensible, The jeep is June 42 - pre trailer socket - so will have to fathom something out jeep wiring-wise as well. Perhaps a modern socket hidden within one of the jeep's tool-boxes might be the answer.

thanks -for the comments - and to everyone who's offered advice and support during the project... which started like this