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We all need a bit of support and TLC from time to time.

Well, this build is for the support and transport types; the supporting tail rather than the striking head.

 

Who: ...

What: Military and civilian transports. For example: troop carriers, busses, lorries and supply carriers, and associated support units.

Excluded types: Bombers, fighters, tanks (the striking elements).

Included: Types where the primary role is as a carrier, loader or transporter (the supporting tail) and many civilian types.

Edge case examples:

HP Victor tanker - yes (carries/supplies fuel); HP Victor bomber - no.
C-130 Hercules - yes; AC-130 gunship - no

When: History

Where (Element): Land, Sea and Air (and space?)

 


What do you think?

 

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47 minutes ago, Robert Stuart said:

We all need a bit of support and TLC from time to time.

Well, this build is for the support and transport types; the supporting tail rather than the striking head.

 

Who: ...

What: Military and civilian transports. For example: troop carriers, busses, lorries and supply carriers, and associated support units.

Excluded types: Bombers, fighters, tanks (the striking elements).

Included: Types where the primary role is as a carrier, loader or transporter (the supporting tail) and many civilian types.

Edge case examples:

HP Victor tanker - yes (carries/supplies fuel); HP Victor bomber - no.
C-130 Hercules - yes; AC-130 gunship - no

When: History

Where (Element): Land, Sea and Air (and space?)

 


What do you think?


 

 

 

 



 

I have questions, what if it started life as a bomber but was re-purposed and modified into a transport ? The medium bombers converted into executive aircraft in the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s. I actually know of several A-26’s and B-25’s. There is even one B-17 (Col. Robert McCormick/Chicago Tribune) all of these types have been converted into private corporate aircraft. 
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._McCormick

 

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17registry/b17-4485507.html

 

If you say no thats fine I'm sure I can always find something, maybe a deuce and a half ? 
 

Dennis

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Following your Warbirds link , Denis

 

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Purchased as scrap.
{snip}
Fitted with beds, desk, library & swivel easy chair in nose.
- Used for business flights to Europe, Africa, South America, & the Caribbean.

 

That sounds like a great story to me, yes, go for it.
:)

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A tank transporter is obviously in and a tank is obviously out. This suits me as I have a tank transporter to build soon. I had a couple of other ideas which need clearance though.

 

Would you accept:

 

a tank recovery vehicle, an AVRE, which recovers (usually tows) broken tanks from the battlefield

 

an armoured personnel carrier, APC, which transports soldiers right up to the fighting.

 

I think probably not as both of these tend to have a few guns around for self protection, but then so might a Herc in a combat zone. 

 

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I don't think self defense armament is an issues, as he didn't call out specifically unarmed.  As long as they are not armed/tasked as a strike vehicle...which I can certainly see where an APC might fall into a grey area (though I would probably consider its primary role as a troop transport).  But we'll let Robert make the final call.  :popcorn:

 

Hey @JeroenS, here a GB proposal that's right up your wheel house!  :clap:

 

You might as well put me down for this one.  I'm a fan of the "non-mainstream" topic and certainly have a couple subjects available in the stash.

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1 hour ago, Bertie Psmith said:

Would you accept:

 

a tank recovery vehicle, an AVRE, which recovers (usually tows) broken tanks from the battlefield

 

an armoured personnel carrier, APC, which transports soldiers right up to the fighting.

Both would be fine, as would a tank transporter. 
BTW: If you want to display the tank transporter with a load (e.g. a tank), that would be fine, just so long as the focus of this build is the transporter.

 

Chris @helios16v I couldn't have put it better - yes to what you just said.

Talking of callouts, wonder if we can get @Hockeyboy76's interest - I think he knows something about transporting stuff.

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1 hour ago, Robert Stuart said:

BTW: If you want to display the tank transporter with a load (e.g. a tank), that would be fine, just so long as the focus of this build is the transporter.

 

That would be brilliant as I could then use both parts of my intended Leopard GB entry, a German SP Howitzer on a transporter! (I'd build the 'tank' in advance though as it's just the cargo in this context and the transporter is a huge kit.) Please add me to that list. Yay!

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Count me in. About half of my stash would fit the bill although I might think about something a bit left field. The B-17 used in Project Coldfeet is one I'm keen to build - it transported people to an ice floe, dropped them by parachute, then picked them up again using the Fulton skyhook system and transported them home - sounds like a transport role to me!

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Absolutely, I'm in! I have some resin trailer wheels and I was thinking to scratch a lowboy type trailer, so this sounds like a good excuse for that.

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4 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said:

I have plenty of subjects waiting in the stash for something like this, HMMETTs, Fauns and the like.

Oh, right, I have Takom's small scale M1070/M1000/D9R combo in the stash, I might do that one. I love that thing.

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4 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said:

I have plenty of subjects waiting in the stash for something like this, HMMETTs, Fauns and the like.

 

Also an APA/LPA and Liberty Ship come to mind.

 

And of course the obligatory C-130 and A400s

 

Sign me up...

 

 

And here I was thinking you would add "and a maybe slightly more than 25 percent complete what was originally an Anigrand 1:72 C-17". 

 

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