Landships II

Date: Dec 11, 2005

And More Model T's

Date: Dec 11, 2005

Impressive restorations all three!!!

/Peter K

Date: Dec 11, 2005

Very nice, i've seen the Doughboys Ford Model T pickup twice before and will see it in the near future hopefully, i'll get plenty of photos (and hopefully get to see the other two as well)

Robert Langham · Corporal

Sorry, above was me!

Tim R · Hero

Thanks Steve

I love the sites.

All The Best

Tim R

eugene · Field Marshal

does anyone know how accurate is the RPM ford T lorry in 1/35?
Their FTC and ft-17 are decent

Tim R · Hero

I don't care for them so much, the detail to me is a little chunky. I love to use the 1/32 scale old Pyro kits as conversions. They seem to be the best source for me.

But try them for your self, They may work out for you!!

Good Luck

All The Best

Tim R.

steve fildes · Sergeant

eugene wrote:

does anyone know how accurate is the RPM ford T lorry in 1/35?
Their FTC and ft-17 are decent

I liked the scout car kit, but my first one almost qualified as a practice run for me. The instructions are well done, but without photos of the real thing, it's easy to assemble suspension parts at incorrect angles. They'll fit together several ways, still in the correct location.

Some model shots I've seen seem to reflect this. The cars squat down in a very un-T-like fashion.

You know, Model TT rigs were very non-standard. Often built from the motor back by the buyer; and often from the crates they were shipped in. As Patrick O'Brien would say, "It's Liberty Hall here, brother!"

Have fun,
sf

Robert Langham · Corporal

eugene wrote:

does anyone know how accurate is the RPM ford T lorry in 1/35? Their FTC and ft-17 are decent

Technically it's not a Model T lorry (or TT), as the TT's were built from 1917 onwards and the radiator looked like this, like on all 1917 onwards Ford Model T's (known as the black radiator)

http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1800-1919/1918-Ford-Model-TT.jpg

The radiator depicted in the model is of a pre-1917 Model T, like this

http://www.rootlieb.com/html_files/mt_lrw/thumbnails/06_mt_lrw_jpg.jpg

The 'black radiator' is more curved, and is featured on the 1/72 Model T ambulance. Also, if it was a model t lorry it should be longer as well. The RPM 1/35 kit basically represents a pre-1917 modified car, modified into a pickup, a bit like the MMGS

Tim R · Hero

Nice Photo Robert

Thanks!!!!!

All The Best

Tim R.

Robert Langham · Corporal

Cheers, i'm hoping that sometime next year, around April, to see a real Ford Model T Truck, as I will then have my own car (only 17 at the moment, currently learning to drive and working to fund my lessons and then a car) and am currently setting up travelling to someone who owns a Model T truck in England. I've also e-mailed the IWM asking if they have any photos of the Model T truck in British service in WW1, hopefully I will get some good photos

steve fildes · Sergeant

Robert Langham wrote:

eugene wrote:

Technically it's not a Model T lorry (or TT), as the TT's were built from 1917 onwards and the radiator looked like this, like on all 1917 onwards Ford Model T's (known as the black radiator)

Robert:

OOPS! Caught out again. You're right, of course. The scout car, etc. was truly a "car."

A question on the model truck: would the brass have been painted out in the field, allowed to tarnish, or buffed to shine, at least initially?

sf

Robert Langham · Corporal

Erm not sure about that, i would have thought painted over, but from the photos here

http://www.modelt.free-online.co.uk/amb2.htm

and here

http://www.modelt.free-online.co.uk/amb1.htm

some of them appear shiney - they were probably just shipped straight from the factory without any repainting, but i would have thought later on they would have been painted over or at least just left to tarnish. Would also depend on their proximity to the front line as well

Robert Langham · Corporal

Found a poorly made model of the 1/72 Ford Model T ambulance by RPM earlier, so practically tore it to bits and see what I could do making a lorry version out of it, this is the result

The white bits are cardboard, and the blue bits is blu-tac. I've ordered another RPM Model T ambulance off Hannants, when that comes i'm going to convert it into a lorry like the mock-up photoed (except with plasticard, not cardboard)

steve fildes · Sergeant

Thanks, Robert. Maybe the donors of those new ambulances, etc. couldn't bear to see all that lovely brass painted mudtone, parading through the hometown, so they waited until they got to the front, as you said.

For modelling the Front, mud does have its uses when color info isn't available.

Good luck with the T lorry. Wish some of those old photos were more detail-oriented!

sf

BTW, my elderly neighbor collects Model A parts, and has owned at least one T. I'll see if he knows where there's a restored one nearby.