AEC Matador tanker Bomber Command WWII

[Vicarage Vee]

I wonder if anyone can help.  I've looked high and low on the net and in my references but can't find a picture of the refueling rig at the back of the Matador that is appropriate for 1944-45.

 

Does anyone know where I could find one?

 

Many thanks.

[rs2man]

Accurate Armour make a superb , though expensive , wartime Matador refueller and there's a nice pic of the refueling rig on their website

 

https://accurate-armour.com/our-products/148th-products/k48002

 

I cannot comment on the accuracy of this , but Accurate Armour have a very good reputation so I reckon it's likely to be a pretty good rendition .

[Vicarage Vee]

Ah, splendid.  Many, many thanks for looking that up rs2man!

[rs2man]

You're welcome mate

[Mancunian airman]

As superb as it is ,  its post-war as it has not got the reels inside, usually two but I have seen three.

I am trying to remember which book contains the photo of the rear end of the bowser with a 57 (?) squadron Lancaster sat with it, taken at East Kirkby; (that may well prompt somebody else memory)

 

This is what the Airfix model was based on  . . .

http://www.catalogue-host.co.uk/richardedmonds/2011-06-11/lot_531?image=6&prev_page=search results&prev_url=%2frichardedmonds%2f2011-06-11%2fsearch_results%3fpage%3d1%26text%3dAEC

 

Try taking a look at this as well

 

http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=38137

 

Hope these offer you some help and guidance

Ian

Edited October 1, 2016 by Mancunian airman
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[Vicarage Vee]

Ah, thank you very much indeed, that conversion may well be the route I take. Pictures of the early pumping equipment certainly are thin on the ground.

 

Once again, many thanks to you both.

[Mancunian airman]

That photograph I mention is in the book entitled 'SilkSheen' by Geoff Copeman but the photo shown on page 61 is from the IWM, ( CH12868) So presume it cant be reproduced here  :-( Sorry

[Vicarage Vee]

Bingo!  Thank you, just what I was after, duly consulted for research purposes.

 

Strange that there are so few pictures of the back and so many of almost every other angle.

[TimV1969]

8 hours ago, Mancunian airman said:

That photograph I mention is in the book entitled 'SilkSheen' by Geoff Copeman but the photo shown on page 61 is from the IWM, ( CH12868) So presume it cant be reproduced here  :-( Sorry

 

You probably can't produce the photo here, but you don't need to.  The Imperial War Museum's collection is searchable online, and if you have the reference number you can quickly find the item you're looking for.  In this case, they do have the image in their database so a quick search for CH12868 will find the photo you're looking for.  This comes in quite handy if you have a book with IWM photos in it and you want an electronic copy of them - as long as the photo is credited to the IWM with a reference number, you can probably find it!

 

Tim