WASP parts

martyn · #1 06-12-09, 20:54

Bit of a strange question but is there anyone out there who knows of or has any wasp parts for sale or any info on the kit.
cheers
martyn

George McKenzie · #2 07-12-09, 01:49

Hi Martyn I was thinking of doing my MK2 up as a wasp.It has the hole cut in the center plate for one and I have the tank for a Wasp M11c .The one that goes across the back .I will have to make the rest of the parts . Have you got the book by Roger V Lucy , isbn 978-1 894581-49-3 .I picked up one while in Toronto . Nigel Watson's Volume 2 has some good information on them .My buddy said Make it shoot water .great for parades

Lynn Eades · #3 07-12-09, 11:07

I have a book on one of the carrier/ flame thrower variants.

martyn · #4 07-12-09, 16:19

I have nigels book it shows a lot of photos and i have located the carrier in delft museum that i am planning to visit to get more detailed photos. Thanks for the isbn number for the book will order one asap, there is a chap over here from a LRD group who has made a jeep with the kit on it i have tryed to email him but it has fell on deff ears i would think he has the molds to make more. i have a few drawing for the mk2c with the tank on the rear but i prefer the tanks inside.

George McKenzie · #5 07-12-09, 18:19

Go on the internet and log in" Wasp Flame throwers" and there is alot of sites .I see the jeep on War wheels .net Gives the owners name and a good picture .There is a wasp in the war Museum in Ottawa .What we need is good drawings and spec's george

martyn · #6 07-12-09, 22:01

here is a link for you to check out www.lrdg.org/DRNews11Acrobat.pdf
its about the the chap and the wasp jeep.

Colin Macgregor Stevens · #7 14-12-09, 04:43

The Canadian War Museum had a pallet with about three flamethrower "guns" in addition to their complete WASP which is on display. I am note sure of the model but believe they are vehicle mounted types. I took some photos. MAYBE they would agree to some sort of a trade for one? The CWM staff are still on strike I believe (December 2009) ...

George McKenzie · #8 14-12-09, 18:22

Thank's Colin I contacted them and got a reply that they were having staff problems and would get back to me as soon as possible . I didn't think about them having a strike. That would be great if I could get some of these parts .

cletrac (RIP) · #9 05-02-10, 04:56

Here's a pic off the Google Life site.

cletrac (RIP) · #10 02-06-12, 05:45

Here's a flamethrower pic off eBay.

kevin powles · #11 02-06-12, 09:37

Hi, Thats a Ronson carrier, Shaun would be interested in this, I had seen the same picture, they are details of it typed on the back of the picture, something about use in France, see attached picture of rear of photo.

Kev.

Ron Pier · #12 02-06-12, 10:31

That reminds me. 20 odd years ago I took my Austin Tilly to a local tyre shop. There was and old guy there who used to sweep up and things. He immediately
recognized my 43rd Wessex markings as he had been in this unit during the invasion. He told me that he drove a flame thrower carrier. Nothing heroic! He followed the advancing troops at a distance. To the most part his sombre duty was to cremate dead Germans. He said they would squirt liquid onto a pile of bodies or through the windows of a house known to contain bodies before incinerating them. Gruesome story, but all part of war. Ron

Roger Lucy · #13 02-06-12, 12:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevin powles

Hi, Thats a Ronson carrier, Shaun would be interested in this, I had seen the same picture, they are details of it typed on the back of the picture, something about use in France, see attached picture of rear of photo.
Kev.

The caption is misleading, as the photo is a still from the 1943 Canadian Army Overseas training film, "The Ronson Flamethrower ". Ronsons were never used in France, only Wasp IIs. Perhaps the censor was unwilling to release a photo of the Wasp or there were no shots of it available that looked so dramatic.
Roger

horsa · #14 02-06-12, 21:49

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-WWI...item3cc6f3aa23

Link above is a wartime transportable flame thrower handbook that I currently have running on eBay. This is the flame weapon used on the WASP carriers. Lots of nice large format fold-out drawings of virtually everything associated.

universalgrl · #15 09-06-12, 01:44

I have the CDN ordanance catalog for flame thrower transportable CDN no 1 MK. I detailing the complete parts breadown for the installation in a carrier.

I also have the handbook for the carrier called the Iroquois flame thrower.

I have uploaded a scanned picture from the ordinance catalog. The book is 66 pages long and I have it scanned as a PDF file and the size is 10 megs.

Lynn Eades · #16 09-06-12, 01:55

As Tony says, Usless without pictures.

Bob Carriere · #17 09-06-12, 04:18

.... to build on George's earlier suggestions.....

Could they be converted to dispense draft beer....?

Bob

Lynn Eades · #18 09-06-12, 09:54

Safer than top shelf

Keith Brooker · #19 09-06-12, 10:04

Here are three original photos from my collection of wasps taken by a REME guy in 1945 holland or belgium.

Keith

Radek · #20 10-06-12, 10:59

Maybe helpful for you

http://www.asphm.com/vehicules/bren_...rier_wasp.html

http://www.warlordgames.com/10840/re...t-action-wasp/

http://fotoarmor.narod.ru/wasp01.htm

http://maquetland.com/v2/index.php?p...33&type=photos

http://www.google.cz/imgres?q=bren+c...tkZXVAw&zoom=1