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Odds & Sods (aka Non Modelling) => Got any good Links put them here => Topic started by: rickshaw on July 29, 2019, 03:19:55 PM

Title: WWI Convoy
Post by: rickshaw on July 29, 2019, 03:19:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=449&v=4GMITokuHN4   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: WWI Convoy
Post by: kitnut617 on July 29, 2019, 04:03:39 PM
Absolutely lovely Brian, and in my old stomping grounds too ------ 
Title: Re: WWI Convoy
Post by: PR19_Kit on July 29, 2019, 04:30:44 PM
Absolutely amazing, I had no idea so many of that age vehicle still existed, let alone be capable of running! Splendid job finding that Brian.  :thumbsup:

I felt the late model VW Beetle at 26:06 could have taken a less obtrusive position in the parade though....
Title: Re: WWI Convoy
Post by: rickshaw on July 29, 2019, 09:28:20 PM
I was interested in what they were towing.   While the double tow low-loader might have been post war and the low-loader with the tank was I think WWII or later, it was interesting to see that such vehicles still existed.  The green on the Rolls AC was a bit "off" but more than likely accurate.  Too many beards, not enough hairy upper-lips which were required under official regulations until 1917 when Nicholson became the CIGS (he hated his and had the Regs changed) but a splendid effort all round!   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: WWI Convoy
Post by: Old Wombat on July 30, 2019, 02:57:30 AM
Puts a whole new spin on the term "road train"! ;D
Title: Re: WWI Convoy
Post by: scooter on July 30, 2019, 03:08:23 AM
Quote from: rickshaw on July 29, 2019, 09:28:20 PM
I was interested in what they were towing.   While the double tow low-loader might have been post war and the low-loader with the tank was I think WWII or later, it was interesting to see that such vehicles still existed. 

It was Bovington's Mk IV that they were pulling on the modern lowboy.  I was initially curious about the chaps walking alongside the ancient lowboy, until I realized they were brakemen.