boely Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hello Guy,s, I am looking for reference picture,s of the Corbitt and White 6X6 6-Ton Trucks as used by the US Corps of Engineers in WW2. I have several 1/35 scale resin kits of these great machine,s and I have to put behind them 1/35 scale kits of the 16 and 20-Ton Fruehauf flatbed trailers with dolly. Finding reference,s of these 16 and 20-ton Fruehauf flatbed trailers with dolly seems impossible,do some of you maybe know where I could find me some reference,s on these trailers? The 16-Ton Fruehaf flatbed trailer with dolly wil be placed behind the White truck and as load I have an 1/35 scale D7 Catterpillar Bulldozer,the 20-Ton Fruehauf flatbed trailer with dolly wil come behind my Corbitt and that gett,s as load an 1/35 scale Ruston Bucyrus 17/19 Excavator. I have also an 1/35 scale kit of the Brockway Treadway truck and I am also looking for picture,s/reference,s of that vehicle,this truck wil be placed in an Treadway Bridge Engineer diorama. I have in 1/35 scale an complete M2 steel floating Treadway bridge and with this bridge and the truck I want to create as said an engineer Treadway diorama,I have several other vehicels and stuff for that diorama,like an resin kit of the AFKX 352 Truck with Le Roi compressor and I have an second D7 Bulldozer and sveral other vehicle,s for that diorama. As you can read I am an great fan of the US Army Corps of Engineers in WW2 and I am also an big fan of the WW2 Allied Recovery,maintenance and repair vehicle,s and such,including the Tranktransporters as used in WW2 by the Allieds. I have several 1/35 scale kits of these vehicels and trailers,like the M25/26 Pacific with the Fruehauf trailer and I have an kit of the Ward La France M1A1 and have two kits of the Diamond T 969A Medium Wreckers,both the soft and hardcab. Futher more I have an 1/35 scale kit of an Scammell SV/2S Heavy Breakdown Lorry and an kit of the Scammell R100 Artillery Tractor,I have also an kit of an CDSW Morris Light Breakdown Lorry. The Sherman and her family and the M3 Lee/Grant and family are also favourite to me,and the T2/M31 and M32 TRV,s are my biggest favourite,s of these machine,s. I have several kits and stuff to build me several of these TRV,s. I am going to build them complete with interiors,an fellow modeler has turned several brass cabledrums for the winche,s on an lathe for me. So with these cabledrums and some other stuff I have I can scratchbuild complete interiors for these TRV,s. But that is anther story!! If you could help me with picture,s of the above mentioned vehicels and trailers that would be great and verry appriciated. Thanks and al the best! Boely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) Hi and welcome, are there any pictures of use in this thread ?? plenty of engineer equipment at this museum. But you will have to scroll down to find what you are looking for. Ashley http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=9510 Edited March 2, 2009 by ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 A bit of period colour work from the Timkin Axle book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Found this in my folders if its any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boely Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Thanks for thinking along guy,s! The picture of the Bulldozer on the flatbed is great!! I have orderd today as an aid in my builds of my Corbitt/White/Brockway 6-ton trucks the TM on cd-r from Easy One Productions,they have several TM,s on disks and they are an great help in correcting and detailing my scalemodels. If you want to have an look on what they got here is an link to their site: http://www.easy1productions.com/ I am not affiliated with them only an happy costumer. I have this TM also in print,an fellow-modeller has made photocopie,s for me,butt on disk is also verry handy. Butt picture,s of the real deal are an great addition in building my scalemodels. I have several TM,s and as said they are an great aid in building,detailing and correcting of my 1/35 scalemodels. An TM on the 16 and 20-Ton Fruehauf flatbed trailers with dolly are verry hard to find,does any of you know if there is an TM on these trailers available? In the main time I keep on searching on reference picture,s of these vehicle,s and trailers,so if someone can help out it is appriciated. I hope in some small way I can preserve the past with my scalemodels of these machine,s and to them who did the ,,job,, with these machine,s back in WW2. Beside,s building scalemodels I am also collecting books and stuff about these vehicels,trailers and machines. My era of interest is WW2,I have collected some great books and TM,s and I have some nice dvd,s of this subject. One of my latest books if got is The Corps of Engineers:Troops and Equipment in WW2 from the technical serie,s. This book is out of print but I got it thru the help of an friend in the US. It is an fantastic book about this subject,it has not much picture,s butt it is an verry interesting book. So I keep on searching and if someone knows where I could find me reference picture,s of the above mentioned vehicels and trailers that would be great! Thanks!! Greetz! Boely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Glad the pictures were useful now how about some photos of your models on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boely Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 Hello Les, As soon I get my camera I wil post some picture,s of my models. I am still searching for reference,s on the 16 and 20-ton Fruehauf flatbed trailers with dolly as used by the US Corps of Engineers in WW2. I wish there was an TM of it available of these type of flatbed trailers with dolly. Any help in finding reference,s of those WW2 type 16 and 20-ton Fruehauf flatbed trailers with dolly is welcome and appriciated. I have gotten in today the book called Lincoln,s Excavators-the Ruston Bucyrus Years 1930-1945. I have yet to look into it butt I hope it has some useful reference,s on the 17/19 RB Excavators I have in 1/35 scale. Greetz! Boely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 found this photo on the ww2dodge site a link to an archive http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/wwiiheslop/ Good photo of a pair of Corbitts and bulldozers along with dollied trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hello Les, I have gotten in today the book called Lincoln,s Excavators-the Ruston Bucyrus Years 1930-1945. I have yet to look into it butt I hope it has some useful reference,s on the 17/19 RB Excavators I have in 1/35 scale. Greetz! Boely. Boely - in that book you will find information on the British-built RB excavators, note the square cabs. These will be the same as your (Accurate Armour?) kits?. I am fairly certain all the U.S.-built examples (from the parent Bucyrus-Erie) had a more modern looking curved cab, and were also supplied to British forces as lend-lease. I think they were pretty much identical mechanically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boely Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) Thanks guy,s for the reply,s! Abn deuce,thanks,that is an great picture! The first truck/trailer has also an dozer on the back of the truck,that would make an great modelingsubject!! N.O.S,I have indeed two of the Accurate Armour 17/19 RB Excavator kits. As far as I know the US did use this type of 17/19 RB Excavators that my kits represent,when reading the description on the Accurate Armour site on this Exacavator the US would have used this type of Excavator for sure: http://www.accurate-armour.com/ShowProduct.cfm?manufacturer=0&category=14&subcategory=25&product=1164 These kits seem to have the curved cab you are refering to,I wil do some more researche to be sure. What do you think when looking at the photo,s of the kit?? Thanks and greetz! Boely. Edited March 6, 2009 by boely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 These kits seem to have the curved cab you are refering to,I wil do some more researche to be sure.What do you think when looking at the photo,s of the kit?? First Boely, I think it is a wonderful kit - would like one myself!! Someone was certainly producing a 1/35th scale U.S. plant trailer kit - I've seen an advert last year or so. Second, it seems to represent a British machine because it has a Ruston Bucyrus nameplate on the jib. If a U.S. built machine it would read Bucyrus-Erie? The cab shape is same as British (your RB book will confirm this), but I cannot find any info on the U.S.-built machine cabs. The machines would be identical mechanically, but I thought I'd read somewhere that the US cab design was slightly different, and was later modernised before the British ones changed (I can't find the reference to this at the moment). I could be wrong here, so if anyone can find a pic of a machine in U.S. wartime service that would help! There is a very good U.S. vintage earthmover website if you can find it, someone there will know for sure! I've wondered before if there was ever any interchange of equipment - is it possible that U.S. Engineer units preparing for D Day might have been issued in U.K. with British-built RBs?? Pictures of models please a.s.a.p! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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