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Offline Weaver

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Road train ideas
« on: November 05, 2012, 09:02:53 PM »
Great article from Dark Roasted Blend here on Road Train type vehicles and various related things. LOADS of modelling possibilities (think Scaleorama): there's a couple of models in there to start with:

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/11/huge-off-highway-road-trains.html




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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2012, 10:39:34 PM »
Note the RADAR on the 2nd picture. It was required as the driver could not see the end of the vehicle.  ;D
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Offline Weaver

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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2012, 01:13:12 AM »
I was thinking you could start building something like that by getting the chassis from a 1/24th scale truck then sticking 1/72nd bits on it from trucks, trains, or even boats: the cabin off the Airfix Severn-class Lifeboat springs to mind.... >:D
« Last Edit: November 06, 2012, 01:15:09 AM by Weaver »
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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2012, 02:17:23 AM »
 Two or three of the recently re-issued Terracruiser w/Mace missile kits might make for a good source
 as well...

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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2012, 02:22:19 AM »
Way back when I was an apprentice, a fellow came to work at the shop who told me he has spent the  previous 25 years as a pipe welder in the Libyan desert.  He told me the camp was constantly being moved every two or three days as the pipe line progressed across the desert and they use truck trains with up to twenty trailers being towed at one time.  He was with us for about three months and then he said 'screw this' and he went back to the desert.

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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2012, 02:26:28 AM »
In Australia, Road Trains are used to transport all sorts of things:





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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2012, 02:38:34 AM »
In Australia, Road Trains are used to transport all sorts of things:




Moving unnamed model stashes attempting to stay one step ahead of SWMBO?  >:D
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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2012, 02:41:14 AM »
No comment...
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Offline Logan Hartke

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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2012, 02:56:12 AM »
In Australia, Road Trains are used to transport all sorts of things:




It looks like Greg's branched out to 1:1 scale ASLAVs.

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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2012, 05:00:16 PM »
Nah...that's just the reserve stash defence unit's vehicles being taken for service.
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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2012, 10:07:30 PM »
So are your road trains required to run on the gravel section of the roads Greg ?

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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2012, 01:10:50 AM »
Of course, if you want to go really exotic, there's always this Syd Mead concept:



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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2012, 06:22:30 PM »
Road trains tend to work best where the terrain is nice and flat and you have plenty of space to get up to speed and plenty of space to slow down and nice gentle curves.   Hilly/mountainous terrain with steep curves aren't good for them.  The US one in the first post were designed for supporting the DEW Line in the Arctic but air resupply prove workable and so they were dropped as a program.  Driving of tundra and ice would have worked for them - as long as they didn't have problems with pressure ridges or rocky terrain.  The radar was for navigating in fog or snow.

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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2012, 04:13:20 AM »
ah, Le Tourneau - my favourite whacky vehicle designer.  There were several "road-trains" he designed for the DEW-Line / Arctic supply use, some have been accidentally preserved in junkyards.  I have a very nice book on his stuff.

He should have added that radar to every vehicle built before they left the shed for the first time ...... his personal VW Beetle was crushed when he parked it behind one of his vehicles on the test range .... the driver didn't know it was there, couldn't see it & just backed up over it !! :o
LeTourneau didn't blame the guy, he accepted that he parked too close  ;D

In WW1 Herr Porsche liked road-trains too

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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2012, 09:13:21 PM »
Another jungle-basher here, but this one's supposed to be a pleasure cruiser!  ???



From a different DRB article here: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/03/retro-future-glorious-transportation.html
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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2012, 02:08:37 AM »
Another jungle-basher here, but this one's supposed to be a pleasure cruiser!  ???



From a different DRB article here: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/03/retro-future-glorious-transportation.html


Looks like something that might have met with some very strong opposition from the "earth first" and green peace crowd if it were ever built. 
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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2012, 07:08:32 AM »
Another jungle-basher here, but this one's supposed to be a pleasure cruiser!  ???



From a different DRB article here: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/03/retro-future-glorious-transportation.html


Looks like something that might have met with some very strong opposition from the "earth first" and green peace crowd if it were ever built.


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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #17 on: November 27, 2012, 12:45:54 PM »
... but... "EVERGLAES CRUISES"... Really? ???
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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2012, 01:35:35 PM »
 ... and a pretty idiotic business model to destroy the thing that people have come to see.
Seems it would make it very doubtful they'd be able to pay off the cost of their ill-conceived
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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #19 on: June 27, 2013, 07:34:13 PM »
DRB does it again, with a more literal interpretation of the term "roadtrain". This is soooooo buildable.....   ;)



From here: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/06/automotive-madness-funny-pics-part-2.html
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Re: Road train ideas
« Reply #20 on: June 28, 2013, 01:53:16 AM »
This is soooooo buildable.....   ;)


Go for it!!! >:(
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