PlasticSoldier Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Hi I'm currently working on some RAF ground vehicles from Airfix Vehicle Set and Refuelling Set, however I wanted to make them into 1950's vehicles, not Second World War. As far as I can find, vehicles around that time would be blue/grey with yellow tops. Is this correct for every vehicle, and are the vehicles I'm building from the sets ones they would use in the early 50's in Germany? And would the markings they have in the set still be the same? Many Thanks PlasticSoldier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) All I can really comment on is the Refuelling Set . The Bedford is actually a post-war vehicle so should be ok as it is . Also , Matador Models make a 3-boom AVTUR refueller conversion for it . As regards the Bedford decals , most of them should be ok for an RAF Germany vehicle , apart from the little ones reading F/11 or something like that - they denote 11 Group , Fighter Command & so need changing . As regards the Matador , that's a wartime tanker so would need updating to incorporate refueling booms etc . I thought Matador did something for that as well , but I can't find anything at the moment . Just realized that Accurate Armour do a post-war AEC in 1/48 https://accurate-armour.com/products/148th-products/k48007 There's a few pics in the link which should give enough info to modify the Airfix kit to later spec . John Green Nantwich , Cheshire Edited August 25, 2017 by rs2man Additional info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 And here you can find a lot more kits (all high quality resin) for more: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/search/LH8595d59bf7de41a719eba5d6be/_/p1/c/s/f3707 modelldoc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I imagine there are a number of 50's vintage vehicles in the 00 model railway world that could be used or adapted, although some may be die-cast metal and a bit more difficult to work with. The RAF had a lot of commercial-standard vehicles. I'm sure someone does a Series 1 Landy, for example. If you can find the old Vanderveen/Olyslager book on post-war vehicles there's a lot of candidate vehicles in there. Don't forget that some German domestic vehicles were used by British forces in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Here you have a good reference for all MilMod Models: http://henk.fox3000.com/milmod.htm modelldoc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) On 25/08/2017 at 8:06 AM, PlasticSoldier said: Hi I'm currently working on some RAF ground vehicles from Airfix Vehicle Set and Refuelling Set, however I wanted to make them into 1950's vehicles, not Second World War. As far as I can find, vehicles around that time would be blue/grey with yellow tops. Is this correct for every vehicle, and are the vehicles I'm building from the sets ones they would use in the early 50's in Germany? And would the markings they have in the set still be the same? Many Thanks PlasticSoldier The RAF vehicles in Germany in the 1950s were deep bronze green, not blue grey, and a lot of German manufactured vehicles such as VW beetles and kombis were used as utility vehicles, along with German made fuel refuellers and GS lorries. Type in "Jever steam laundry" in your search engine and browse the pictures in there (warning there are a lot!) hidden in there are a lot of images of RAF vehicles of the period. (The jever station and 4 sqn images have some good refueller pictures!) Selwyn Edited September 8, 2017 by Selwyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Oohhh, found a new annoucement from MilMod on IPMS Germany: http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/news.html Looks nice: "Cold War Warriors" Hope to find some modellers from IPMS Germany in Telford for more information or better for a look in the box. I think some them are on my list. modelldoc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Whoooh, was a great day in Telford. Found and buy a MilMod Nubian (like the truck so much) HoH has also a complete list http://henk.fox3000.com/milmod.htm modelldoc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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