Interesting Photo Thread

Information, images, links etc that will be useful for model makers. Please be mindful of any copyright and acknowledge owner of images etc wherever possible.
User avatar
John Everett
Senior Site Contributor
Senior Site Contributor
Posts: 712
Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
Location: Denver, Colorado
Contact:

Interesting Photo Thread

Post by John Everett »

Back on MA we had a very long series of interesting, funny and useful photos posted all in a single thread. The problem was in being able to go back through dozens of old pages to find exactly the picture you wanted.

What if we created a separate board just for interesting pictures? This could then be divided into various categories as we deemed fit.

I'll start off the line with a series of pictures from the medical corps. When we consider that these people often did their work in the most dangerous areas, under the worst and least hygienic of circumstances, rendered aid to both ally and enemy alike as the situation demanded and also did it all without carrying any weapons of their own. Well dammit, it's just noble and represents the best of humanity at a time and place when the the worst of humanity takes center stage.

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin

Completed Campaigns:
Image

User avatar
John Everett
Senior Site Contributor
Senior Site Contributor
Posts: 712
Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
Location: Denver, Colorado
Contact:

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by John Everett »

And just because I like bikes and one of my kids is still small enough to fit in the trailer:

Image


Image


Image


Can anybody explain this one???? :? :lol:
Image
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin

Completed Campaigns:
Image

User avatar
Philipp Gross
Site Admin/Founder
Posts: 5122
Joined: 19 Jul 2014, 23:40
Location: Frankfurt
Contact:

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by Philipp Gross »

John Everett wrote: Can anybody explain this one???? :? :lol:
Image
It's probably running with coal gas ('Stadtgas') as a substitute for gasoline. Basically the same as the countless vehicles with gas generators that were around during the time, except that it's not brewing its own fuel.

Philipp
Completed Campaigns:
ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

User avatar
Gary Boxall
Site Admin/Founder
Posts: 2476
Joined: 18 Jul 2014, 21:34
Location: Auckland New Zealand

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by Gary Boxall »

And there was me thinking it was an early form of a boy racer using NOS :lol: :lol:

Gary
Hi. My name is Gary and I'm an ex-Shermaholic....

User avatar
Steve Reid
Senior Moderator
Posts: 172
Joined: 19 Jul 2014, 01:57
Location: Boston, MA USA
Contact:

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by Steve Reid »

Paging John Everett-


Image


Jeep in the Far East theater.

Steve

User avatar
John Everett
Senior Site Contributor
Senior Site Contributor
Posts: 712
Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
Location: Denver, Colorado
Contact:

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by John Everett »

:shock: :o
WOW :!: Where'd you find that one???!!! The fact that the Jeep wheels match up well with the rails, as well as the locomotive in the background, indicate that these are probably standard gauge (4', 8.5") tracks, and thus not in South East Asia or on a branch line of the Indian subcontinent. Does is indicate exactly where it was taken?

This might be the type of thing, early in the thread, where we define some very general parameters, Allied vs Axis vehicles for example, break this section into subsections before the collection becomes too unwieldy?
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin

Completed Campaigns:
Image

User avatar
Shaun Symonds
Senior Site Contributor.....
Senior Site Contributor.....
Posts: 279
Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 10:16
Location: Kilbirnie Scotland

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by Shaun Symonds »

Steve :o :D
Where did You find that as I've been looking for more images to go with the few I've found before building mine.
I've just finished a version used in Australian need to take some photo's .
Image
only photo I got from a club meet.
Wheels provided by a Very good caster ;)
Complete rebuild of the underside of the carriage to Narrow gauge & the tracks had to be cut as well.

Shaun
Completed Campaigns: ImageImageImage

User avatar
John Everett
Senior Site Contributor
Senior Site Contributor
Posts: 712
Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 20:15
Location: Denver, Colorado
Contact:

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by John Everett »

How did these guys in their "locojeeps" stop?

So you pull real hard and get the carriage up to 10 or 12 MPH. But the carriage weights 8 or 9 times the mass of the Jeep. How do you stop? :shock:

Then, if you can provide enough friction to slow the train, the improvised couplers would be prone to having the train overrun the Jeep and smash it flat, or at least push it off the rails.

I suspect they were careful to never get going too fast. :lol:

Excellent paintwork on the Jeep, by the way.
"You used up all the glue...............ON PURPOSE!" - Darren McGavin

Completed Campaigns:
Image

User avatar
Philipp Gross
Site Admin/Founder
Posts: 5122
Joined: 19 Jul 2014, 23:40
Location: Frankfurt
Contact:

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by Philipp Gross »

I somewhat suspect this is in Australia itself - if this is really standard gauge. I have no idea how far the wheels on a Jeep are usually spaced apart, so I don't have that as a reference. The only other country in the PTO to use standard gauge is China, but I don't know if Australian troops ever got that far. Most countries inbetween used 1067mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge, French Indochina had metre gauge.

Philipp
Completed Campaigns:
ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

User avatar
Shaun Symonds
Senior Site Contributor.....
Senior Site Contributor.....
Posts: 279
Joined: 20 Jul 2014, 10:16
Location: Kilbirnie Scotland

Re: Interesting Photo Thread

Post by Shaun Symonds »

Hi
When build mine I found this page
http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/stor ... d=140.html
The Narrow Gauge tracks are only a couple of " different to a Jeep axle length so hardly any modification apart from the wheel Flange was needed.
They where used all over the world during the war.
Mine's set in a goods yard in Australian.
Queensland gauge 3ft 6inches from what I found on the net.

Shaun
Completed Campaigns: ImageImageImage

Post Reply