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The SOMUA tank was also surpassed by German tanks, because of its numerous mechanical breakdowns or fuel shortages (as French Army Logistical Services were unable to follow the pace of German Panzerdivisionen), in spite of some successes, which only postponed the end of the battle:    The Somua tank in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOMUA_S35Regards. Guy
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Not much of a gun there!!! Looks cool though. CAW
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THE GUN LOOKS LIKE YOU
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George Hiram wrote:THE GUN LOOKS LIKE YOU Well well. Look what the cat drug in! You probably fought in that war. CAW
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SOMEONE IS TELLING STORYS ON ME AGAIN
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In Holland, transfer between 2 gravel extraction sites:   Scania-Vabis LT 110 Super 6x4/2 tractor with dropside body (modified(*) NZG model) loaded with an unknown brand dragline bucket for crawler crane (NZG element) and towing a Scheuerle T 5041 L 2+2-line semi-trailer with extra-low bed (NZG model), carrying a 54.7 tonnes Weserhütte W180 lattice dragline (modified(*) NZG model) and a lattice boom extension (NZG element),   Note (*): normally towing a similar 3+3-line Scheuerle trailer, the Scania-Vabis tractor had its guiding poles glued (both broken as very fragile); the Weserhütte crane had its pulley lifting frame lowered for the transfer (by removing rear rivets), its right rear access ladder repaired (fragile) and its right access path glued again. Regards. Guy
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Guy: that is an absolute killer looking rig! Craig
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Craig,
Many thanks for your positive comments.
Guy
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In the US, road haulage by a railroad company, of an ex-airport tractor bought second-hand as a future railway station luggage tractor:    DiamondT 620 4x2/2 dropside truck (Corgi model) loaded with a Toyota TAL-2TD25 4x2/2 airport tractor (Tomica model to be repainted),  Regards. Guy
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The re-edition of Solido tanks 1/50 models by Hachette was triggering the increase of my collection at low cost:   - left: Zavod No114/Omsktransmash T34/76-1943 battle tank fitted with a 76.2mm cannon and 2x7.62mm machine guns (modified(*) Solido-Hachette model), - right: Zavod No112/Krasnoye-Sormovo T34/85-1944 battle tank with a 85mm cannon and 2x7.62mm machine-guns (modified(*) Solido-Hachette model), Note (*): antennas were added (missing search lights) on both tanks and the tank body machine-gun re-glued on the left model. Wikipedia article dedicated to the T34 battle tank ("the best tank of the world", according to a German General E. von Kleist): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-34I wonder why these 2 Solido models are today so expensive on the second-hand market (is it because of their rarity?). To be continued. Guy
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The T34-76 1943 version, with its 2-man turret, which was fighting against Panzers during the German invasion:    To be continued. Guy
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The Red Army was aware of their main battle tank weaknesses and the T34-76 evolved in a T34-85, with, among other things, its wider 3-man turret and a more powerful cannon:    Regards. Guy
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Fire-engine pumper of the SDIS 78 (Paris Region Fire Brigade) modeled in a 1/50 scale by the Italian Bburago company:     Renault Trucks Premium 260 dCi 4x2/2 truck fitted with a double cab and a Gimaex/Gicar FPT SR ( Fourgon Pompe-Tonne and Secours Routier) body (Bburago model), Note: in spite of being stamped under the chassis in a 1/50 scale and being advertised everywhere in that scale, the Gimaex/Riffaud hydraulic escape ladder Renault D16 fire truck is in fact a Bburago.. in a 1/43 scale (its width of 5.65cm indicating a width in real life of 2.425m when modeled in that scale):  Regards. Guy
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Another fire-engine, in US this time (The front fire-pump with its air sir sphere was specific to Ahrens-Fox equipment at that time):   Ahrens-Fox MX4X 4x2/2 pumper with a torpedo cab, a fire-pump and 1st response equipment (Corgi model),   Wikipedia topic related to Ahrens-Fox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahrens-Fox_Fire_Engine_CompanyRegards. Guy
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