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At long last I got around to taking a few pictures of my Japanese airfield vehicles. The first one is this Isuzu TX40 fuel truck which I built a decade ago to accompany my Kawasaki Ki-45 presented here. The bowser was a derivative of the Type 97 flatbed truck and in use with both air services. To move a payload of 2 tons the sturdy utility vehicle was powered by a 4.4 litre gasoline engine with 65 hp. This Hasegawa kit presented a painless OOB build but required a modification of the roof support since I didn't use the side curtains. I also lowered the front suspension by a fraction to give it a more purposeful stance. The colour pattern was derived from the example below which appears to be a hybrid, perhaps a former IJN vehicle serving with the Army Air Force. An important safety item for the refuelling process was the wheeled fire extinguisher (Brengun kit 48007), which is shown here next to the TX40. Made of resin this nice little model is rather fragile but not too difficult to assemble. To round off my collection of JAAF vehicles I'd like to mention the Rikuo Type 97 side-car bike that I posted in Armour RFI recently. It served as a means of transportation to cover the vast expanse of an airfield. Please look here. Part 1 of the series deals with US airfield equipment. Click pictures for more information. Thanks for visiting, Michael -
The latest addition to my assemblage of airfield vehicles is this tandem hauling gas to the Mustangs of the 357th FG here (or to any other outfit in a variety of combat theatres). The truck is a Dodge WC 52 'Weapons Carrier' with an A-1 Fuel Trailer in tow. More about this model and the peculiar kits from which it was built in the AFV section here. Also in need of a tow vehicle - maybe a Cletrac or a bomb service truck - is the M5 Bomb Trailer that I finished recently. The M5 is a castered third wheel trailer with a payload of 5,000 lbs. It was a ubiquitous piece of equipment at every bomber and fighter airfield. Those who call the 1/48 Monogram B-17G kit their own will remember this bonus part which I enhanced with truck wheels, suspension springs, bomb rails, and other bits and pieces from the scrap box. The bomb trailer corresponds well with my M1 Weaver Bomb Lift, an inconspicuous little helper that made the life of groundcrews easier. It was used to move ordnance from a trailer or truck to the airplane and hoist it to the bomb shackle. This quarter scale model is 1½ in. long. I scratch-built it with parts of the Revell Ground Support Equipment set and the Resin2Detail kit. The latter cannot be recommended as a model by itself. The material is much too soft and fragile to assemble it without a tandrum. References: Technical Manual No. 9-760, Bomb Trailer M5, War Department, Washington 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M5_Bomb_Trailer Another vehicle that I posted in the AFV section a while ago is this Willys Jeep used by Marine Air Group 12 in the Pacific. Full story here. If you want to enjoy more beautifully elaborated airfield vehicles of all scales and eras or present your own exhibits visit this link. Thanks for stopping by, Michael
