Quote from: Rheged on April 17, 2024, 03:56:33 AMI've sometimes considered purloining a British WW1 light tank from Rheged minor's stash and building it as an ice cream vendor  I suppose I'd have to call it "Mr Whippet"  ices.




Sorry, Chris, I know that's getting close to another entry in THE BOOK

Be perfect for a NAAFI/AAFES field food truck (aka the infamous "Roach Coach")

Quote from: Rheged on April 17, 2024, 03:56:33 AMI've sometimes considered purloining a British WW1 light tank from Rheged minor's stash and building it as an ice cream vendor  I suppose I'd have to call it "Mr Whippet"  ices.

Sorry, Chris, I know that's getting close to another entry in THE BOOK

Actually I find that quite amusing. Just wonder how many of us are old enough to get it ?   

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Quote from: Rheged on April 17, 2024, 03:56:33 AMI've sometimes considered purloining a British WW1 light tank from Rheged minor's stash and building it as an ice cream vendor  I suppose I'd have to call it "Mr Whippet"  ices.

Sorry, Chris, I know that's getting close to another entry in THE BOOK

Actually I find that quite amusing. Just wonder how many of us are old enough to get it ?   

Pick me!

Yum!

They don't make soft-serve ice cream like that any more.

Quote from: Old Wombat on April 17, 2024, 08:34:41 AMYum!

They don't make soft-serve ice cream like that any more.

Always prefered slightly "crisp" soft scoop rather than out of the machine. We had an Italian family run ice cream shop in our local market in the 50/60's and it was      My dad had gone to school with their two sons in the 30's so we got a discount 

Quote from: Old Wombat on April 17, 2024, 08:34:41 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on April 17, 2024, 06:25:18 AM

Quote from: Rheged on April 17, 2024, 03:56:33 AMI've sometimes considered purloining a British WW1 light tank from Rheged minor's stash and building it as an ice cream vendor  I suppose I'd have to call it "Mr Whippet"  ices.

Sorry, Chris, I know that's getting close to another entry in THE BOOK

Actually I find that quite amusing. Just wonder how many of us are old enough to get it ?   

Pick me!

Yum!

They don't make soft-serve ice cream like that any more.

No, truth in advertising legislation means it has to have a higher food content now...

It's all waffle cones and gelato these days but you really can't beat the old style soft serve in an old style cone (just what were they made of?) with a flake jammed in the top.

Back into this thread.

Use of tanks of this era continued on for some time.
A diorama of actual events that I finished last year.
Testing of the prototype Bailey Bridge Concept early in WW2. Can't get enough weight ? Stack 'em up 


The real deal. Used a Mk V** tank that had be a development vehicle for bridge laying and recovery roles

Interesting, where did they do those tests?

The very first trials section of Bailey Bridge is about 1.5 miles away from my house, it forms the barrier between the car park and the offices at Mabey & Johnson's plant in Lydney where Bailey Bridges were built.





And here's my Subaru Legacy, my company car in 2007, parked right up against it. 

    

Quote from: buzzbomb on April 18, 2024, 05:02:15 PMBack into this thread.

Use of tanks of this era continued on for some time.
A diorama of actual events that I finished last year.
Testing of the prototype Bailey Bridge Concept early in WW2. Can't get enough weight ? Stack 'em up 

That's a tremendous build 

One can safely state that Donald Bailey got it right with this design!

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 17, 2024, 02:37:02 AMThose amphibs look amazing, were they an RW project or completely from your head? I like the snorkels sticking out of the top. 

That's very kind of you, thank you very much!

Yes and no. There was a real world amphibious personnel carrier called the Mk.IX "Duck." The initial seed for this idea was that I wanted to mount a gun at the front of a Male tank but needed to think of a reason for doing so. I then thought that an amphibious tank would need the gun there so that it was above the waterline. I took some design ideas from the real world Mk.IX  to make mine more plausible.

GOOD thinking! 

I've just realised what the 'flappy bits' are on the tracks too, they provide the drive when it's afloat of course. 

I wasn't aware of the Mk IX "Duck".  Just proves you're never to old to learn 

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Quote from: buzzbomb on April 18, 2024, 05:02:15 PMBack into this thread.

Use of tanks of this era continued on for some time.
A diorama of actual events that I finished last year.
Testing of the prototype Bailey Bridge Concept early in WW2. Can't get enough weight ? Stack 'em up 

That's a tremendous build 

Looks even better in the flesh.

Quote from: zenrat on April 20, 2024, 04:12:50 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on April 19, 2024, 05:36:39 AM

Quote from: buzzbomb on April 18, 2024, 05:02:15 PMBack into this thread.

Use of tanks of this era continued on for some time.
A diorama of actual events that I finished last year.
Testing of the prototype Bailey Bridge Concept early in WW2. Can't get enough weight ? Stack 'em up 

That's a tremendous build 

Looks even better in the flesh.

This is true!