Brengun/Hauler models - Mk.IV tank airship tug

[jcf]

Wings are too short to be a Kit plane. 

[PR19_Kit]

Wings are too short to be a Kit plane. 

By a factor of at least 2.5! 

[NARSES2]

Wings are too short to be a Kit plane. 

  

I must admit I hadn't looked into the type at all, but my assumption was that is was a late 20/30's design. Thanks for putting me right Nick 

I may still build it as a 30's aircraft serving in Manchuria or Korea.

[Weaver]

Brengun 1/144th Mark IV airship tug      :
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BRS144058?result-token=fEfZt





I'm sure we could think of other things for it to tow, like a steampunk flying saucer or an Ian McQue-style anti-gravity work boat:

[NARSES2]

What a fascinating subject 

[Old Wombat]

Exceptionally well detailed for such a tiny kit!  

Could be a mobile airship/anti-grav ship docking station, rather than a tug.

[jcf]

Norman Bel Geddes designed Texaco Doodlebug streamlined tanker in 1/72nd:
Doodlebug

History of the vehicle (evidently despite regularly being depicted in red they were actually painted black):
Doodlebug history

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[PR19_Kit]

The linked article says they were red, in a later note added in 2019.

[jcf]

The linked article says they were red, in a later note added in 2019.

Ah, I see that now. Black would look cool - 1930s Phillips but orange text on black rather than the usual black
text on orange. BP, Sinclair with the dinosaur etc.

Lots of options. 

[Weaver]

Norman Bel Geddes designed Texaco Doodlebug streamlined tanker in 1/72nd:
Doodlebug

They do it in 1/144th scale too: http://www.hauler.cz/e-shop/1-144-construction-kits-18/doodlebug-texaco-1874

[jcf]

Interestingly they also do the Doodlebug in 1/120th(TT) scale in their Hauler line:
1/120 Doodlebug

[killnoizer]

The TEXACO Truck is very sweet ...

Just like the giant snow cruiser from 1939 .

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/06/the-antarctic-snow-cruiser/396617/