MH 3A Gun Tractor

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all interested parties. Attached are images you may be interested in.

Bob

[jack neville]

Is this the South Australia museum one Bob or another being done?

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

SA Museum

Bob

[cliff]

Bob any chance of some measurements and member sizes please? Thanks for sharing those

[jack neville]

Cliff,

That chassis is now assembled on the SA museum truck. I have dozens of photos I can send you of this one and the AWM truck and I can give you any details you need depending on how detailed you want your model to be.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by jack neville

Cliff,

That chassis is now assembled on the SA museum truck. I have dozens of photos I can send you of this one and the AWM truck and I can give you any details you need depending on how detailed you want your model to be.

Hi Jack. I like to get my models as accurate as I can within reason at 1/35 scale. I have an AWM photo showing 1941 models towing 3 limbers and another with a limber & 25lb gun down a hill in the middle east and this is my aim to do either one in the near future or more importantly when You have the time to do the measurements for us.

You can contact me direct at - mrroo(at)westnet.com.au

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

[chippyrail]

Hi Jack,
As my post about the Ambulance went onto the Artillery tractors could you please let me have any measurements of the rear of the cab & the rear body. I have the plan in the Australian Military Equipment profile Field Artillery 39-45 but it is strange! It is for camo painting really. I would like a copy of any accurate plan of the bodywork. I have a photo taken in an Australian museum which I have tried to get something like accurate measurements from. Any help would be appreciated, I'm not to worried about the winch personally. As Cliff says I try to get an overall scaled model in 1/35th scale using in this case the cab from the ICM kit, the rest being scratch built.
My email is hn.robins(at) googlemail.com
Regards Howard

[Mike Cecil]

Chippyrail

The plan you mention was based upon the original drawing, and not re-scaled to be anyway accurate as to the original vehicle dimensions. All we did was ensure the cam pattern lines from view to view were correct.

After all, it is a cam pattern indicator, not a drawing for a scale model.

Mike C

[chippyrail]

Hi Mike
I realised that it was a camo pattern as I said in my post. The British ones are the same not very accurate but useful for purpose! I have a square on photo as I said & using your Technical Data I have worked out a scale & hopefully I can make a plan if nobody has a published one available.
May I say that your book is one of the best I have in my collection alongside my Carrier books by Nigel Watson & The Sherman by Hunnicutt. I bought it about 14-15 years ago in Wales for £8.50 & it has been well worth it. I've never seen another or any other ones in the series. I now know what the blobs of plastic are meant to be on the Tamiya kit!!
Regards Howard

[jack neville]

Cliff etc,

As you modellers seem to be growing in numbers, let me get back from Corowa and I will draw up some accurate measurements for you to go by. Maybe you could convince Tamiya to put out a model. I will happily let them study my truck in great detail $$$$$

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks, Chippyrail, for your kind words. These days, I'd like to do an improved version, as so much more info has come to light over the last 20 plus years since it was published. But other publications have priority at the moment.

The others in the series were:

Vol 2: Local Pattern Carriers 1939 to 1945 (Australian MG, 2pdr, etc)
Vol 3: Scout & Armoured Cars 1933 to 1945
Vol 4: The M113 and M113A1 APC in Australian Service 1962 to 1972

Both Vol 1 and Vol 3 have been out of print for some years.

Vol 2 and Vol 4 are still available direct from me, or you could try Russell Hadler at Barbarossa Books in the UK. It is some years since he purchased stock, but may still have some. If not, then direct from me is easy enough.

I also have a repro of the identification book 'All Friendly Vehicles' available - it was issued to allow ready identification of the types of AFVs operated by the Australian Army. Small pocket sized booklet.

I still have a few Battlegroup Leopard available too: a couple of hundred full colour images of an exercise conducted in the Northern Territory in 1994. Leopard tanks, Unimogs, Land Rovers etc etc.

Mike C