Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Land => Topic started by: Feldmarschall Zod on June 24, 2012, 08:04:28 AM
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I was able to stop by The Heartland Military Vehicle Museum in Lexington,Nebraska today. Took a lot of pix. This one I thought was neat. An old American halftrack with a snowplow.The musuem did not have it long.
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Zodster_2006/cht1.jpg)
The fuel tank and exhaust.
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Zodster_2006/cht4.jpg)
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Zodster_2006/cht2.jpg)
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/Zodster_2006/cht5.jpg)
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Interesting find.
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are we limited to US Mil. halftracks ? I have a few pics of Ford Model-T ½-tracks.
Fire-engines ...
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are we limited to US Mil. halftracks ? I have a few pics of Ford Model-T ½-tracks.
Will you post please.
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Ford Model-T tracks were an after-market accessory available in the 1910s. This vehicle is one of several (sedan & commercial styles) that have been restored. There is also a short 3-part video on the net (part of the Lombard ½-track logging site).
Ok, so my Double-T is an articulated full-track not a ½-trak :icon_nif:
Not to mention all the Russian (like the Tudor sedan below) & Citroen civil versions ....
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Raafif
Thanks for posting those pix. I grew up not too far from Philadelphia. I never knew their fire dept. used half tracks. 8)
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newer 2012 vids of Model-T-snow, a 2½min & two 7+mins - watch the short one first.
http://antiquetrucksandtractors.wetpaint.com/videos (http://antiquetrucksandtractors.wetpaint.com/videos)
2011 vids of Model-T-snow & Lombard logging ½-track.
http://antiquetrucksandtractors.wetpaint.com/videos?offset=20&maxResults=20 (http://antiquetrucksandtractors.wetpaint.com/videos?offset=20&maxResults=20)
If you have RealPlayer you can download them for keeps.
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Oh, fudge-bunnies! Here i was slowly working on a Firetruck halftrack, and now I see it's a real world reality? Nuts!
:icon_crap:
Alvis 3.1
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Oh, fudge-bunnies! Here i was slowly working on a Firetruck halftrack, and now I see it's a real world reality? Nuts!
:icon_crap:
Alvis 3.1
You could always do a beach-rescue one (winch on front) with surfboard ... oh, no that's been done in RL too :icon_crap: :icon_crap:
Looks like there are no alternatives to whiff -- or are there ;)
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I love halftracks SO much! That snowplow is awesome.
Cheers,
Logan
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Man, I'm loving these repurposed halftracks. The conversions for the early cars are very cool too. Come to think of it, I have a couple Revell '32 Ford Tudor sedans in the kit stash. Hmmm....
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Half-track aircraft ......
Yanks & Ruskis tried them ......
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Half-track aircraft ......
Yanks & Ruskis tried them ......
I believe that was the test aircraft for the system that ended up on the B-36. There's an aftermarket company called 'clicktodetail' that makes a very nice resin conversion to convert the 1/72 kit.
http://www.click2detail.com/products-details.php?pro_id=174 (http://www.click2detail.com/products-details.php?pro_id=174)
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half-track still in (private) service .... suitably updated with new cab.
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half-track still in (private) service .... suitably updated with new cab.
That is cool. I wonder how much the cab and chassis was modified.
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I recognize the front wheels as a heavy duty (maybe GM?) wheel I've seen on a lot of Chevy/GMC trucks. I'm guessing they used GM parts like the engine, transmission, axles/differentials, etc. to rebuild this halftrack but I wonder what they did to the frame.
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a few more ....
top two are Iranian conversions
bottom one is Mad-Max cool :o
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Finally found pictures of the long-rumoured Iranian halftrack design here (http://www.military-today.com/apc/iranian_halftrack.htm).
I don't know. It seems to me that Iranian engineers took some inspirations from Chinese armoured car designs.
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:)
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That's awesome. I love halftracks. It reminds me a bit of the Chilean Cardoen BMS-1 Alacrán.
(http://www.military-today.com/apc/alacran_l2.jpg)
As impractical as the concept might be, I love the idea of a modern halftrack. I saw this recently, too.
(http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/images/centaur/centaurbrochureinside.jpg)
Proposed variants of the Land Rover Centaur halftrack, including some armored ones.
http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/en/centaur-half-track (http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/en/centaur-half-track)
Thanks,
Logan
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Cool! I see what looks to be a Mowag front end kinda-sorta on that Chilean halftrack!
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I'l add my favourite ..... V.W. Typ-155 ...... I have over a dozen photos of these prototypes supplied to me by Porsche when I wrote the history for them.
In one biography for Ferry Porsche the author claimed that a Schwimmwagen was also used in the Typ-155 trials - hinting that it was also a half-track.
Unfortunately he got it wrong - the Schwimm had drum extensions on the wheels not tracks ....... or did it ?? ;)
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cut a half-track down to a full-track ?
APC based on a SdKfz-251 & SP gun on a Famo SdKfz-9 :D
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I'l add my favourite ..... V.W. Typ-155 ...... I have over a dozen photos of these prototypes supplied to me by Porsche when I wrote the history for them.
In one biography for Ferry Porsche the author claimed that a Schwimmwagen was also used in the Typ-155 trials - hinting that it was also a half-track.
Unfortunately he got it wrong - the Schwimm had drum extensions on the wheels not tracks ....... or did it ?? ;)
One can get a number of kits/conversions for these:
(http://wpk-plastickits.eu/_obchody/plastikovemodely.shop5.cz/prilohy/3/vw-typ-155-schneeraupe-ausf-iii-plastikovy-model-m-0.jpg.big.jpg)(http://images.auctionhelper.com/images/10343//KORA/C3503A.jpg)(http://www.leadwarrior.com/images/L35203-1.jpg)
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I have the Leadwarrior conversion .... BEAUTIFUL ! Very finely cast resin that used my research :)
The Kora 1/35th version is a bit rough & has PE tracks.
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The 'half a 251' is reminiscent of the RA Dragons from the '20s-'30s. ;)
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/55/media-55258/large.jpg)
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Steyr half-track below seems to be a private conversion - note the skis front & rear .... and the massive spuds on the track links !!
Opel Kapitan with crawler-tracks (NSU Kettenrad parts), 1942. This car was part of a project by the WaffenAMT to improve traction of light vehicles in sand & snow - it seems that during the war, Stock Motorpflug AG Berlin were building NSU Kettenrads for the army & took part in the project. Stock made motorcycles in Berlin until 1932 & are still in business in Heidelberg, Germany.
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One can get a number of kits/conversions for these:
You could, in theory, make any of these half tracks
http://www.americantracktruck.com/index.php?page=videos-pictures (http://www.americantracktruck.com/index.php?page=videos-pictures)
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US Amphibious projects.
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/BTS/AMPHIB_HLFTRK_01.png)
July 1942 'Pelican' project, 50' long, 400hp engine, water speed:8 mph, 20,000lbs (empty), 40,000lbs (loaded),
cargo space large enough to carry 6X6 truck. No full size built, but several scale models for tank tests.
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/BTS/AMPHIB_HLFTRK_02.png)
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/BTS/AMPHIB_HLFTRK_03.png)
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/BTS/AMPHIB_HLFTRK_04.png)
May 1944 15 ton project, design and engineering by Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. 37,000 lbs (empty),
30,000lb payload. Continental R975 with Torqmatic transmission. Original design had five road-wheels
per side, later increased to six. 21" wide tracks as developed for T87 105mm howitzer motor carriage.
Front wheels were driven. Twp 28" diameter propellers for water propulsion. 30mph (land), 8mph (water).
Was to be designated T32.
(http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww291/joncarrfarrelly/BTS/AMPHIB_HLFTRK_05.png)
Later revised arrangement with six roadwheels and rear hull profile modified to allow the vehicle to enter
an LST from the water.
- from Hunnicutt, Half-Track.
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Imperial Japanese Army Type 1 Ho-ha
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Type_1_Ho-Ha.jpg)
(http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/photo/japan/apc_ho-ha/ho-ha_5.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_Ho-Ha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_Ho-Ha)
http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/halftracks/japan/apc_ho-ha.htm (http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/halftracks/japan/apc_ho-ha.htm)
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I just find the names of the Japanese APC & halftrack too amusing to take them seriously ...... Ho-Ki & Ho-Ha ...... Really? ;D
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I just find the names of the Japanese APC & halftrack too amusing to take them seriously ...... Ho-Ki & Ho-Ha ...... Really? ;D
I find this to topic be more Ho-Hum. :o
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That's some really sharp line art.
Cheers,
Logan
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That's some really sharp line art.
Cheers,
Logan
From Tank Power 11: Japanese Armor Vol. 3, Andrzej M Tomczyk, AJ Press 2003
Drawings by Slawomir Zajaczkowski.
The drawing is 7 views of the Ha-ho in 1/35. Several photos of the vehcile are also included
The bok also covers the amphibiious tanks (experimental and production), amphibious tractors,
halftrack, full track APCs and utility tractors and engineering vehicles. Interesting and off the wall
stuff.
:icon_fsm:
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This just appeared on our newscast today
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Here's one for you: 1925 Alfa Romeo RM Winter Sports Half Track
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/22/35/fc/2235fc264997f9135df34e88fa07ed78.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4a/7f/5c/4a7f5caede7d08a2ae84fe6240ecf496.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a2/09/e0/a209e0eaf0392f13dd7a4a170ff3b905.jpg)
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Then there's this...
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/c1/8a/75/c18a756c68c126ccb469ca7b9f1cee43.jpg)
(http://hooniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fullscreen-capture-6292012-95517-PM.bmp.jpg)
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A couple more:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/cf/35/8a/cf358a2190b74571557582c4eaa36d87.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/93/72/6c/93726c7766d497f93d2b13c754b7d5fa.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/89/65/22/896522188741b07075a1edf0c266ae70.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e3IP-O2A2FQ/UwY5TO3vlFI/AAAAAAAADxQ/eDCAmURIBzk/s1600/003+Another+initiative.+Half+track+experiment+stretched+imagination..jpg)
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BTW, I think one of these:
(http://www.militarymodelling.com/sites/1/images/member_albums/42220/bronco1_35buffalo6x6mpcv%20(1).jpg)
Just screams to be given a half track conversion... ;)
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One more...
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/38/33/1a/38331af725c3c5210e762cab85b0261c.jpg)
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Couple of pages about the Citroen half-tracks:
http://www.citroenet.org.uk/utilities/autochenille/autochenille.html (http://www.citroenet.org.uk/utilities/autochenille/autochenille.html)
http://www.citroenet.org.uk/utilities/autochenille/autochenille-2.html (http://www.citroenet.org.uk/utilities/autochenille/autochenille-2.html)
(http://www.citroenet.org.uk/utilities/autochenille/1976-dc43-autochenille/11.jpg)
(https://deserttravels.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/citroen1922.jpg)
http://www.tbauto.org/cars/citroen_halftrack.htm (http://www.tbauto.org/cars/citroen_halftrack.htm)
"In the 1920s and 1930s Andre Citroen put his marketing expertise to use by sponsoring expeditions meant to show off the marriage of his body design with Kegresse's track system, as well as to demonstrate the ability of a half-track to cross extremely inhospitable land.
The first expedition (1922-1923) involved 12 people crossing the Sahara Desert from Toggourt, Algeria, to Timbuktu, Mali. It was the first exploration of that desert by motorcar.
The second, also known as La Croisiere Noire, traversed Africa from north to south, beginning on October 28th, 1924, and ending on June 26th, 1925.
The third, and most famous expedition, known both as the Citroen-Haardt Expedition and La Croisiere Jaune, commenced on April 4th, 1931 in Beirut, Lebanon, and followed Marco Polo's Silk Road route to Beijing, while seven other half-tracks left the Yellow Sea City of Tianjin to meet them part-way. The expedition was covered by publications such as National Geographic. The half-tracks survived Russian bureaucracy, arrest, bandits, rebels, severe weather, and the death of Georges-Marie Haardt, who succumbed to pneumonia at the end of the journey, but finally arrived in Beijing on December 2, 1932."
There was also an attempted crossing of Canada in 1934, La Croisiere Blanche, that failed because of the weather.
http://citroen-c4-c6.forumgratuit.org/t19-la-croisiere-blanche-canada (http://citroen-c4-c6.forumgratuit.org/t19-la-croisiere-blanche-canada)
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Here's an RAF David Brown tractor.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4367/36800585486_f5722dacfe_c.jpg)
Chris
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I thought of using a Steyr RSO as a post-war vehicle, maybe as a half-track. I assumed that there would be a large supply of partially wrecked trucks, tanks and tractors that could be combined into useful vehicles.
It turns out that the Germans did just that post-war, with the Waldschlepper 1500:
(http://s43.radikal.ru/i100/0909/9f/69f06f45ec17.jpg)
(http://www.maquetland.com/v2/images_articles2/images/waldschlepper_deutz_1500_avant_droit1.jpg)
Achim Icke Klinger built one in 1/35 using an RSO kit:
http://home.arcor.de/waldschlepp/waldschlepp/index.htm (http://home.arcor.de/waldschlepp/waldschlepp/index.htm)
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(https://deserttravels.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/citroen1922.jpg)
This one makes me think of doing a Beau Geste style armed French Foreign Legion Halftrack in North Africa - kind of an early version of the later LDG armed vehicles.
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Because US halftracks are eternal, like the DC-3. I can't wait for the 2100s, when US halftracks in South America have adaptive camouflage and mount rail guns.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_ZSlRt_CzE/VXE-_xOQAHI/AAAAAAAAVuE/zu6ajit__wc/s1600/Dom%2BRep%2Bhalftrack.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Il1OnnNjUjw/VoYqMPtDVsI/AAAAAAAAaGc/qqituu7Ny3c/s1600/Dominicano%2BM3.jpg)
These appear to be M5A1s, to me.
Cheers,
Logan
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Nice find Logan :)
If the Ejército de República Dominicana is still keen on halftracks, how about adapting the M3/M5 suspension to the domestic Dominican RM-79 APC?
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Because US halftracks are eternal, like the DC-3. I can't wait for the 2100s, when US halftracks in South America have adaptive camouflage and mount rail guns.
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That's some funny stuff right there! ;D ;D ;D
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Dare I suggest a LAV-25 variant half-track? ???
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That looks great, apophenia! Almost like an M3/OT-810 hybrid.
Cheers,
Logan
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Here is a photo showing a prototype of a tank destroyer based on the Halftrack that was armed with six 105mm Czekalski recoilless guns.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/petrus_maximus/Misc/CITEFA-Canon_1.jpg)
The same I believe:
(http://www.militariarg.com/uploads/4/2/2/1/4221080/5272949.jpg?664)
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Modern(ish) Peruvian Halftrack:
(http://www.armyrecognition.com/forum_pic/Peru_Half-track_Saorbats_001.jpg)
(http://www.armyrecognition.com/forum_pic/Peru_Half-track_Saorbats_002.jpg)
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^ Can't be Peruvian - it's got no Saggers on it! ;D
Dare I suggest a LAV-25 variant half-track? ???
Done!
LAV-25 half-track
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/ChernayaAkula/WhIf/LAV-25halftrack_zps85ba77f9.png)
LAV-25 three-quarter-track ( :P)
In both cases, the tracks were lifted from an M41 and are not to scale, going for looks only.
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/ChernayaAkula/WhIf/LAV-25threequartertrack_zpsae500aac.png)
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^ Can't be Peruvian - it's got no Saggers on it! ;D
Are you going to argue with the guys in the back about it?
Love those LAV Halftracks - they need to be done in plastic!
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The Lav-25 half-track is particularly credible, given that the LAV steers on it's front two pairs of wheels. It would be even better if the drive sprocket was at the front, thereby shortening and simplifying the drivetrain.
The 4x wheels + 2x tracks paradigm gets me wondering. Imagine if the four wheels were at the corners of the vehicle and the tracks in the middle. The wheels would give you the 'lift' neccessary to get over obstacles, which in turn would mean that the tracks' front and rear sprockets wouldn't need to be raised. that would give you more track contact area on the ground. You could put the drive sprocket above the centre of the track, the latter then having a triangular shape, and that would enable you to have it pivot freely around the drive sprocket axle liek the 'walking beam' suspension on the back of ENGASA AFVs and trucks.
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Knew that wasn't an entirely original idea:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2411/2307574670_348597f344_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2306773073_628ff12250_o.jpg)
From here: http://tanks.torensma.net/index.php?page.id=9&article.id=56&&PHPSESSID=23cf47ebb15a431f8e2cf00b1205ca64 (http://tanks.torensma.net/index.php?page.id=9&article.id=56&&PHPSESSID=23cf47ebb15a431f8e2cf00b1205ca64)
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That's Ob'yekt 19, one of the developments that led to the BMP-1. The tracks were/are retractable.
(http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/R/Rubtsovsk-Obyekt-19/Obyekt-19-01.jpeg)
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And speaking of BMP-1 developments, does Ob'yekt 911 count as a half track? It had 4 retractable wheels for high speed road travel.
(http://otvaga.narod.ru/Otvaga/armour-rus-obj/ob911_2.jpg)
(http://otvaga.narod.ru/Otvaga/armour-rus-obj/ob911_1.jpg)
(http://otvaga.narod.ru/Otvaga/armour-rus-obj/ob911.gif)
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And speaking of BMP-1 developments, does Ob'yekt 911 count as a half track? It had 4 retractable wheels for high speed road travel.
No, it's a 'convertible' just like a number of between the wars experiments.
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Fair enough.
Video showing both in operation here:
https://www.zhuatieba.com/video/XMzkzMDYxMjg0&usg=ALkJrhjetWtcAB3ZNIwWLR75r6in2I9-iw (https://www.zhuatieba.com/video/XMzkzMDYxMjg0&usg=ALkJrhjetWtcAB3ZNIwWLR75r6in2I9-iw)
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Here's something I cobbled together recently...
Logan's Profiles - SdKfz 231 Halbkettenfahrzeug (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=144.msg140069#msg140069)
(By the way, I'm posting it in multiple threads since you never know where someone might be looking for inspiration months from now.)
Cheers,
Logan
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Never mind the Nazis, here's the Traclat (Tracked Light Artillery Tractor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._7#British_Improved_Copy
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/66/96/856696ab0d9be47781059ea159bc0f04.jpg)
See also https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/UK/vauxhall-BT-three-quarter-track-traclat
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A different sort of 'halftrack': the Vickers-Wolseley Wheel Track Tank. This odd vehicle experimental was designed by Vickers in 1927 on the basis of Wolseley truck. This machine which resembles to armoured car more, tracked however, never was produced in series. It was equipped in front as with the back with a wheeled-unit to allow the vehicle, on road, to travel more quickly and to save its tracks. This vehicle had a crew of 4 men and weighed 7.5 tons. It was propelled by an engine 6 cylindes Wolseley developing 120 hp what enabled it on its wheels to reach the 40 km/h and on its tracks the 24 km/h. The armament consisted of 3 machine-guns .303 (7.7 mm) Vickers with water cooling.
(http://www.felixshara.com/wp-content/uploads/Vickers-wheel-cum-track-tank.png)(http://www.felixshara.com/wp-content/uploads/Vickers-Wolseley-WT-1-FS.jpg)
(http://www.felixshara.com/wp-content/uploads/Vickers-wheel-cum-track-Reconnaissance-Car-1926.jpg)
(http://www.felixshara.com/wp-content/uploads/Vickers-wheel-cum-track-Reconnaissance-Car-1926-1.jpg)
(http://www.felixshara.com/wp-content/uploads/1FS-1.jpg)
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https://armouredarchives.com/blog/laird-centaur
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The farmers around here are right into half tracks --
This was at the Massey Ferguson dealership in the little town near my place.
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Experimental Tank Destroyer
(https://i.imgur.com/6MuHvN2.jpg)
Turns out it's a T5/ M1 Motor Gun Carriage, 90mm
(https://i.imgur.com/AYLcxIT.jpg)
The first to get underway was the T1 3in Gun Motor Carriage. This mounted a 3in anti-tank gun on a chassis based on the Cleveland Tractor Co high speed tractor, an aircraft towing vehicle used by the USAAF. Work began at the end of 1940, and the T1 was standardized in November 1941 as the M5 3in gun motor carriage.
The M5 was powered by a 160hp Hercules diesel engine. The 3in gun was mounted at the back of the vehicle, with an open gun shield. There was no crew platform, and the crew operated the gun from the ground behind the vehicle.
The resulting vehicle was disliked by Brigadier-General Andrew Bruce, commander of the Tank Destroyer force. He refused to accept the M5 for his tank destroyer battalions, and instead wanted the M3 75mm Gun Motor Carriage, which was based on a half-track personnel carrier. Although work on this project only began in June 1941 it was standardized in October 1941 and was much more popular than the M5. As a result the M5 programme was cancelled before the start of series production.
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Looks like it's lost it's front wheels ;)
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Based on the Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor, not a half-track.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Cletrac_M2_High_Speed_Tractor%2C_The_American_Air_Museum%2C_Imperial_War_Museum%2C_Duxford._%2830725937230%29.jpg/1024px-Cletrac_M2_High_Speed_Tractor%2C_The_American_Air_Museum%2C_Imperial_War_Museum%2C_Duxford._%2830725937230%29.jpg)
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Looks like it belongs on the post apocalypse thread. First time I saw an experimental vehicle loaded down with crapola. :icon_fsm:
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Based on the Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor, not a half-track.
So it is.
https://theironmule.blogspot.com/2017/06/cletracs-m-2-high-speed-tractor.html
How about this - we imagine the lower half is from the M3 halftrack. That's still inspiration, isn't it?
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Monogram included a very simple 1/48th scale M2 in their 1/48th B-24.
The Lindbergh 1/48 Northrop Snark also has an M2, it’s far better than
the Monogram version having an actual suspension with separate road
wheels, and tracks etc. rather than the all moulded in one of the Monogram.
Resin and 3D printed versions are available in 1/72nd, 1/48th and 1/35th.
Commander does the only 1/35th in a normal resin kit. $$££€€
The T1 was standardized for production as the M5 3” Gun Motor Carriage, but
didn’t go into production or service because it had already been surpassed in
the role.
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The Lindbergh 1/48 Northrop Snark also has an M2, it’s far better than
the Monogram version having an actual suspension with separate road
wheels, and tracks etc. rather than the all moulded in one of the Monogram.
Huh. I wonder how many of those tractors were unbuilt, and languished/tossed?
https://archive.aeroscale.net/review/15239/index.htm (https://archive.aeroscale.net/review/15239/index.htm)
(https://cs.finescale.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/1000x0/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/13-49-00-00-01-52-23-44/19.jpg)
I can't even find out what gun was mounted, it's that obscure. Then again, that leaves a lot of latitude for a build.
COMMANDERS models had a 1/35th kit over a decade ago
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/commander-models-1-060-m2-high-speed-tractor-cletrac--359087 (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/commander-models-1-060-m2-high-speed-tractor-cletrac--359087)
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Experimental Tank Destroyer
(https://i.imgur.com/6MuHvN2.jpg)
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaah, couldn't be.... 1949, you say? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASU-57)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/1458/24211505643_c6d4bc2ea6_b.jpg)
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Anyone recall the resin (3d printed maybe?) set of "bolt on" snow tracks, designed to fit a standard 4x4?
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Anyone recall the resin (3d printed maybe?) set of "bolt on" snow tracks, designed to fit a standard 4x4?
Did you mean these 3D printed track sets?:
(https://images1.sw-cdn.net/product/picture/710x528_25187591_13719027_1597510438_1_0.jpg) (http://shpws.me/QMrU)
Image source - Shapeways > Hephaestus Design Studio > Truck Track Right Side - 1/24 scale (http://shpws.me/QMrU)
Click on html or image to view products at Shapeways
(https://images3.sw-cdn.net/product/picture/710x528_25187637_13719065_1597510394_1_0.jpg) (http://shpws.me/QMrT)
Image source - Shapeways > Hephaestus Design Studio > Truck Track Left Side - 1/24 scale (http://shpws.me/QMrT)
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Very similar, although something made me think they were 1/35 on a Humvee
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From the same designer in 1/35th, $23.71 for the set of four:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/46ZY6C5EV/track-set-for-wheeled-vehicles?optionId=63206700&li=marketplace (https://www.shapeways.com/product/46ZY6C5EV/track-set-for-wheeled-vehicles?optionId=63206700&li=marketplace)
(https://images1.sw-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,gravity=auto,format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1920/product/picture/710x528_19583743_11352965_1597588874_1_0.jpg)
(https://images1.sw-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,gravity=auto,format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1920/product/picture/710x528_19583691_11352965_1500501399_1_0.jpg)
Personally speaking I think the 1/24th scale track assemblies would look better on a 1/35th vehicle,
especially if doing a halftrack.
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Ah, its for 4 - OK! Yes, plan would be to install the 24th scale on a 35th Lav-II 4x4
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BTR-M3: Study for an APC
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/BTR-M3.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (http://"https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/BTR-M3.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds")
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From the same designer in 1/35th, $23.71 for the set of four:
[url]https://www.shapeways.com/product/46ZY6C5EV/track-set-for-wheeled-vehicles?optionId=63206700&li=marketplace[/url] ([url]https://www.shapeways.com/product/46ZY6C5EV/track-set-for-wheeled-vehicles?optionId=63206700&li=marketplace[/url])
([url]https://images1.sw-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,gravity=auto,format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1920/product/picture/710x528_19583743_11352965_1597588874_1_0.jpg[/url])
([url]https://images1.sw-cdn.net/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,gravity=auto,format=auto,fit=scale-down,width=1920/product/picture/710x528_19583691_11352965_1500501399_1_0.jpg[/url])
Personally speaking I think the 1/24th scale track assemblies would look better on a 1/35th vehicle,
especially if doing a halftrack.
And the real things
http://www.americantracktruck.com/ (http://www.americantracktruck.com/)
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Short video about early British/UK half-track vehicle development:
YouTube > Armoured Archives > Bedford Traclat Halftrack Design & Development (https://youtu.be/P18htZhsPmw)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a3/5d/db/a35ddbd1a90848497d655f8ad56c73d0.jpg)
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:smiley:
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Size comparison
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8f/98/8d/8f988d9a21ef910f02c3a3d21a9ff2a8.jpg)
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If they all look the same just count the number & shape of the wheel holes - that will tell you what size / model halftrack it is.