1920 Ford FT-B Polish Armored car

[cjwalas]

Great info, Looker. Thanks for posting those links. Now I'm looking forward to this one even more.
Chris

[ct ertz]

Wow, its small. I can fit two on one page. Should I do the 1920 version and a solid color post 1920 hypothetical in say, Polish green?

CT

[Miles Linnabery]

Dear Corry:
Am I showing my age? But the thought that comes to mind is look a early soap box racer!
Gotta Try it,
MILES

[cjwalas]

How about a B&W one for the colorists in the crowd. Of course the solid green would be just as good for that.
Chris

[Uyraell]

The article on the Ford FT-B vehicles says the meaning of the "FT-B" designation is not known.
I wonder if it could not be as simple as FT-B = Ford, Tański-Bronenoster (taking Bronenoster to mean "armoured Breakthrough vehicle")?
This would credit the designer, Tański, without necessarily revealing the meaning of the designation to other military forces outside Poland.

I'm guessing a little at the "Bronenoster" word, but if memory is correct, the Polish word for "armoured" as applied to vehicles is similar to "Bronenoster".

I hope one of the Polish speaking members of our forum can bring the necessary linguistic information to light. I hope my respectful suggestion helps to clarify what the FT-B designation means.

I certainly like the looks of the vehicle model.

Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell.

[jjb89]

I wont one! I wont one!

It is a great new, that Ford FT-B come to live

Maybe You make one with own name like Osa (Wasp)?

I don't know what mean "FT-B" but I don't know what mean "Bronenoster"
"Brona" is a agrigultural harrow...armoured is "pancerny" or "opancerzony".

The "FT" can mean "Ford Tanski" or "Ford T", maybe "B" letter is just from next modification of softskin Ford T, when Ford T was "A" next is "B" and then "C" in Tfc?*

* This is only my own conjecture.

Regards!

[Kazziga]

Here is an article that you may find interesting: Ford FT-B (Tf-c) Polish armoured car

By the way, the Polish word for "armoured" is "pancerny" or "opancerzony". "Bronenosny" is Russian for "armoured".

[jjb89]

"Bronenosny" is Russian for "armoured".

Aaa thats why dont know this word:D

[Uyraell]

Thank You both, Kazziga and Jacek my friends.
I knew the chances I had the wrong meaning for the "B" were fairly high.
On the other hand, it's 40+ years since I last heard Polish spoken on a regular basis, and about 15 years since I last heard Russian spoken regularly. I was a bit worried I'd gotten the two languages mixed somehow, and I apologise for that.

The model itself is certainly one I'd like to build, because I like Armoured Cars, and I like vehicles of that era.

Kind and Respectful Regards my friends, Uyraell.

[ct ertz]

Here is the link to the build thread done by cjwalas. It is an awesome build! CT Ertz's 1920 Ford Armored Car 1/72

In the photo of the car there is no search light, so I left it off. A small hatchet was also left off. These are easily scratched if you want. The finished model is well under 2 inches so it is on the small end of the 1/72 scale armor.

I will have it available at ECardmodels.com Shop soon, along with a couple others of my new "paperclads-Wheel and Track series". I hope there is enough interest in these odd and early AFVs as I want to do a few more. I will still be doing my "Paperclad-fighting ships of the Civil War" series but it is nice to branch outThe AFVs I will be working on will all be pre-1939 and most will be somewhat odd! I like odd.
CT