Willyslancs Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 nice pic , not seen this before .......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Nice photo, the jeep seems to be done in airborne style: Cut bumper, tyre on bonnet, wing baskets etc very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Nice photo, the jeep seems to be done in airborne style: Cut bumper, tyre on bonnet, wing baskets etc very nice Probably is an Airborne jeep, could well have been taken at Walcheren or thereabouts as i recollect Buffalos were used there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 here is another , it said 2 s.a.s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavy8 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) Both of the pictures are quite extraordinary. There's no doubt in my mind that these are S.A.S jeeps, in the first picture you can clearly see the half circle bullet proof windshield. It's also visible in the second picture, but it appears to be half folded. The jeep also has the 3 slats on ether side of the grill cut out. Is that just a box chillin' on the bumper of the jeep in the first picture? or something else? it looks like it could be some sort of unfamiliar support structure, it also looks like a box.. Random- But upon closer examination, these are 2 different jeeps, and 2 different LVT's Edited November 25, 2011 by Pavy8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 great pics . :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 The box looks like a compo rations crate, a useful wooden box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Perhaps part the "seaborne" tail of the 6th Airborne in operation Varsity? Buffalo's were used in the Rhine crossing in March 1945. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Perhaps part the "seaborne" tail of the 6th Airborne in operation Varsity? Buffalo's were used in the Rhine crossing in March 1945. I agree with you Joris, I think the Rhine crossing is more likely than Walcheren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 here is another , it said 2 s.a.s What is the smock that the guy on the bottom left is wearing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Regardless I'd recommend any excuse to vist Walcheren! The K Guns were obsolete by the start of the Second World War , which is why the SAS were able to scrounge them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickmow Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Amazing couple of photos not least as Im currently building a 1:16 LVT4 and any reference is welcome. Might one enquire as to were the piccies came from ? The First LVT appears to have some sort of rubber bumper extension on the top of the ramp ? Are there any more ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Regardless I'd recommend any excuse to vist Walcheren! The K Guns were obsolete by the start of the Second World War , which is why the SAS were able to scrounge them. Obsolescent maybe but definitely not obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder44 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 The crew are wearing AFV helmets and they seem to be wearing tankers overalls with the hood attached, John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Memories of the Airfix LTV/Jeep kit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickmow Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) Ahh my inspiration ! the Old Airfix Buffalo. some decades later heres my version in progress. Uploaded with ImageShack.us The LVT (A)1 behind it was my first big scale Scratch project Something went wrong... Something went wrong... Edited December 10, 2011 by Nickmow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Nickmow Awesome job with your model !!! It looks excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickmow Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Thanks Vulture, Im a bit of an amphibious vehicle fanatic LOL. would love a real one. Plan is to have the Jeep RC'd up too, the Ramp on the Buffalo is now funtional and waterproofish (waiting on a bilge pump) I blame airfix. These photos the willyslancs has posted are inspirational, I wasnt sure how to finish the Buff ie, yank or British but Defo going 79th Armoured now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Thanks Vulture, Im a bit of an amphibious vehicle fanatic LOL. would love a real one. Plan is to have the Jeep RC'd up too, the Ramp on the Buffalo is now funtional and waterproofish (waiting on a bilge pump) I blame airfix. These photos the willyslancs has posted are inspirational, I wasnt sure how to finish the Buff ie, yank or British but Defo going 79th Armoured now Yeah, 79th Armoured sounds good :thumbsup:. When you get the Jeep and Buffalo done you must post vids of them as well please :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickmow Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Yeah its coming on, but meanwhile ! :-D Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 looking good mate ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickmow Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Thanks matey, any more LVT piccies ? Rare one would be LVT 2 The Cargo version without the ramp) in British Service, They mostly feature in the background of the phots in all the reference books I have (and I think I have pretty much all of them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Thanks matey, any more LVT piccies ? Rare one would be LVT 2 The Cargo version without the ramp) in British Service, They mostly feature in the background of the phots in all the reference books I have (and I think I have pretty much all of them) will keep eye out mate ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) I like this one ......Date: 1944 Description: Demonstration of the Doodlebug, a portable ramp for LVT-2 approaching bluff and beach, Saipan Edited December 11, 2011 by Willyslancs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Yeah its coming on, but meanwhile ! :-D Looking good ! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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