Mystery British WDS trucks

[David Potter]

Originally posted by David Potter
Probably a bit late in the day to answer your question!

for the record:

LLB - Long Landing Bay. Used with MkV pontoon bridge. Standard GS body with holes in headboard and tailboard to allow protruding pins on box sections. Obsolete in 1944 (replaced by Bailey pontoon bridge).
LLB Load:
4x Hornbeams fit into the body well laid horizontally in two layers with the large ends pointing in opposite directions so that they interlock;
2x Centre box sections fit vertically on the wheel arches;
2x Ramps with their narrow ends overlapping to fit outside the box sections;
3x Ribands fit over each of the pairs of of ramps;
5x Deck panels lie over the hornbeams in the body centre;
Small part slie inside the bottom hornbeams.

I will try and dig out some photos.

David

Again a 1/76 model (Leyland Retriever) to demonstrate LLB load.

Both this and previous model were made by Mike Simpson when he was running the late lammented Trux Models; I now have much of the remaining stock of 3ton 6x4 kits (especially bridging!) for a museum display (the idea being to display full size Albion BY5 FBE alongside).

David