YOUR DODGE D-15 pictures - wanted!

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

Here's a D15 Tanker of the 8th Indian Div "somewhere in Italy", ...

...Notice the camouflage pattern Erwin, not sure what the base color is... .
Pete

Photo credit IWM

could this be it, Pete?
Another model illustration of which I have no clue where it comes from...

[Pete Ashby]

Possibly Erwin it's hard to tell, what do you think the base color is there? is that what I've seen described as light mud ?

Pete

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Pete Ashby

Possibly Erwin it's hard to tell, what do you think the base color is there? is that what I've seen described as light mud ?

Pete

Pete, the picture you posted of the water bowser with snow chains on I think: YES.
The model picture I posted I think could rather be S.C.C.2 brown.
But as usual with colours on b/w pictures or drawings: guesses only;-)))

[Erwin]

Look what I´ve found on Pinterest (Source: https://pin.it/huobaqqbo7gxxu) :
an ***original picture of a "Desert D-15"***!!
So it´s no more speculation...the "black swan" truly existed;-)

Very interesting on a side note: the cargo body appears to be a field modification to allow for more space. Someone realised that the rather generous waste of space for a tire holder and spares box could be better used for the cargo body directly neighbouring to the drivers cab;-))

And I do admire the drivers: I took my D-15 2 times to a historic drivers´ venue at Senica/Slovak Republic ("SLOVENSKY PIESKY/SLOVAK SAND"). There is a huge military area which was used during the war by the Deutsche Afrikakorps for training as to their unique natural deep sand deposit. I found it almost impossible to drive there further into the compound without 4WD.

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Thank you all for contributing here and PLEASE keep on posting PICTURES of this beautiful little lorry/truck!!!!

Aren´t there any from recent British shows like War and Peace?

PLEASE continue:-) and nice Sunday
Cheers Erwin

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Look what I´ve found ...the "black swan" truly existed;-)

Cheers Erwin

No, that's one of the movie prop vehicles from Sea of Sand, the same vehicle pictured in Simon's second pic. I thought there was a thread on MLU many years ago about this film.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

No, that's one of the movie prop vehicles from Sea of Sand, the same vehicle pictured in Simon's second pic. I thought there was a thread on MLU many years ago about this film.

Here's a link: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...688#post135688

Originally Posted by Rob Beale

I found a DVD of the only LRDG movie, made in 1958, staring Richard Attenborough. It was in the bookshop of the Imperial War Museum at Stg 6.99. Its zone 2, but works on my zone 4 player in NZ.

The logo on the case is ITV, but I can't find it on www.itv.com

The trucks they use in the film are Dodges, made up to look like the late model Chevs, and some of the details are suspect:

The germans have US half tracks (of course), and the german tanks look like Pz III but could be painted pictures as they are in the background of one scene only

The trucks are marked as T patrol, yet have mixed crews including Guardsmen and just a single kiwi soldier!

His "lemon squeezer" is wrong, worn with the valley to the front, instead of the ridge. In fact it looks like an american army campaign hat !

Overall its a good yarn, typical of the post war era black and white war movies.

[Simon Balding]

A few more random photos

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Erwin

Look what I´ve found on Pinterest (Source: https://pin.it/huobaqqbo7gxxu) :
an ***original picture of a "Desert D-15"***!!
So it´s no more speculation...the "black swan" truly existed;-)

Erwin, I am sorry to rain on your parade, and on that of Simon's friend, but the LRDG did not use D15's. The photos show film props, and anyone can see why the film producers used D15 as Chevrolet look-a likes. They make good stand-ins!

See http://lrdg.de/main.htm > Vehicles for a very comprehensive overview of the vehicles that were used by the LRDG.

HTH,
Hanno

[Larry Hayward]

The drawing above from Erwin in Post #30 comes from a catalogue of 1/35 kits I think from ESCI that was planning to produce such a kit, but did not, much to my disappointment - I guess this would have been late 1990s.

[Patrice DEBUCQUOY]

Hi Larry,

Esci's Dodges were announced in their 1977 catalogue.
Here is another hope from the same catalogue.
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Cheers,
Patrice.