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Before I decided to do this Carrier Tug (and its JSU)
I had already collected some reference material regarding towed JSUs and Trailer/Carts, so don't worry, I will be including some of those. Swampfox sent me some pics of the Portable Control Tower. Actually made me laugh, sorry. Looks like a joke thing at first, to be honest. A box trailer or small van, painted black and white checks and a glass bubble added on the roof where a "controller" can sit and look out at the airfield! But I guess it makes sense...and although it might look a little silly, its obviously a necessary piece of equipment. And I could very easily create something like this. The bubble dome might be an issue, but everything else is possible. My only issue is the age of the equipment. I believe all the pics Fox sent are of WW2 vintage. You mentioned that it may have been used at later times... well, I would have to see some proof of that. Hopefully a photo or two of a later version used in the Koren or VietNam conflicts? Or even used in a non conflict environment, that doesn't matter. But if its not 1950s or later, then I don't want to include it. Hawkman...I did a FORD Tractor for the WW2 kit...this is not what you are talking about? I'm assuming you mean a later Ford Tractor then...so, post a pic so I can understand what model
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Dave, Yes it is a later version, pretty much a militarized farm tractor with enclosed cab, I will post pics of it and some other GSA we used on the flightline.
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Dave;
Here are some pics of flight line GSA that I used nearly every day. you can also see most of the Tractor I had mentioned earlier. Also including some scans of the model kit I have of it. The kit is a USAF version with one door in the rear of the cab. Ours had a sliding door on either side. It was yellow with grey wheels. There is a pic of fire extinguishers, an MD-3 AGPU-the green box on wheels, then a Hobart GPU-the yellow box on wheels, and last an oxygen cart, the one with all the tubes on it. Jeff |
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Jeff, those pics are so tiny I can't see a thing.
I can see the tractor in the last two...I didn't realize it was just a farm tractor? I'm not sure I want to try a model like that. I understand the application, it makes sense...but its not exactly what I want to put in this kit. I'll keep it on the back burner though.
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Sorry Dave.
I will post links to the original size that I scanned them at they are all over 1meg in size so I could not post them full size and I thought I got the right links..I undestand on the tractor, it was a popular flight line vehicle, and used as much as a tug. Jeff |
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Working on another "add-on" unit for the Carrier Tug...this one is a Fire Response unit.
Basically just a cage type addon that carries a tank of suppresion liquid and space for other hardware. And I am also planning on a self contained Fire response Tug. ...found an interesting carrier style vehicle. In the meantime I finished this tow JetStart "Huffer" unit. I have another Tow Start Cart that I might build aswell...an airfield/airport style. There will definitely be a few variant options in this kit.
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there's a few of this model of Huffer onboard the USS Midway:
a couple more angles of the model... is it just me, or does this thing look like some sort of overgrown lawn mower? lol I wish I add a 1/50 scale jet to photograph with it, to better illustrate the scale. I'm estimating the real thing is somewhere between 4 and 5 foot tall. The side compartment is for storage of the flexible "huffer" hose.
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If you ever get interested in doing the Ford tug, it looks like the industrial version of the Ford 2000. Here' an ex Penn ANG one with a add on Air Force snow plow
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I'm thinking, when this kit is done
and I am thinking about adding that "one more" model... thinking about a "bonus" model (like I did with the first kit) that I might whip up a simplified version of this Ford. It doesn't fit exactly in with what I am working on for this kit, and I am afraid there are too many detail areas that I just don't want to tackle. But maybe a simplified version might make a good "bonus" addition. Jeff(Hawkman), send me larger pics (of the ones you posted) especially those model diagrams.
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