Carrier Based Half Track Film Props

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hi think the road wheels are off a carrier too as i have seen road wheels with holes in just like them, think they are off a loyd carrier?

Those wheels have been discussed on MLU before, as well. I think they came under Mr. Dodge's Loyd carrier in France. Anyway, if I remember correctly, those wheels had larger holes in them, so I recon the film prop company used " normal" carrier wheels and welded a thin piece of metal onto the spokes.
Although it looks out of proportion for a 251, it is fascinating to see the engineering!

Alex

[RichardT10829]

in nigels book the very early lloyd carrier wheels look like that but they appear solid, i have also seen solid wheels on a T16 perhaps it is them with holes drilled through ?

[carrierbarry]

The carrier martyn refer's to, I found in a quarry in the midlands in 2001.
It did have a pump on the back and similiar wheels. I believe this must of been the last carrier working every day in the world. I will try and find a picture.

The wheels had round holes in them. They were made late in the war by a British car company I think Worsley or Morris, in the Midlands again I will check.
I have wartime pictures with them on carriers. I think they are slightly differant to the ones in the picture.

See you at W&P

Barry

[maple_leaf_eh]

Go the second last link in the list on the left side. ( http://www.geocities.jp/jipang_t1/tank-index.html ) Its all Japanese, but there are more pictures of the flat-idler German halftrack.

There are dozens of VISMOD tanks that some rivet counter has posted.

[Chris Ballance]

Yes, this Japanese site is a great source for film prop vehicle pictures. I have tried to translate a few of the pages with various degrees of success. The site in question also has links to Japanese Kelly's Heros fan site and a site about T-34/44/55/72 based Tiger VISMODs.

I have links to all these sites on my filmpanzer blog

http://filmpanzer.squarespace.com/filmpanzer-links/

Regards,
Chris Ballance

[Radek]

It is the japanies site now better?
http://translate.google.cz/translate...hl=cs&ie=UTF-8

[Chris Ballance]

Google's translator works pretty well. In the past I have tried to find a email address on the site without luck.

Chris.