Blue Sky

Lego Navy DDGN 731 USS Cook

1923 Saint Chamond Wheel cum Track 7 units were purchased in September 16, 1923 so as to form a tank company. The Spanish soldiers quickly found out that they had been sold pure junk. They must have been purchased without any testing or someone received some "kick back" money because they were a failure from the start. After initial deployment, problems immediately arose with a total failure of one unit's drive system and it had to be returned for repair. After a few days 2 more failed just as the first. Soldiers quickly noted the lengthy time it took to switch from track to wheel. Other faults were thin armor, a weak engine, and a machine gun that could only be fired forward. The interior was prone to excessive heat and driver visablity was very poor. Further, the poor driver had to put up with hot, spent machine gun shell casings hitting his head as they were ejected! These vehicles were quickly retired. It is reported that 2 of these tanks are in a museum in Madrid but this has been disputed as there is no public display of them. Perhaps they are stored in private museums or "out of view" in a public museum.

Cripes A'Mighty 3rd

Mmmm... bella Intruder! Yankee Patch!

Camion Protegido Car 1921 The Camion Protegido armored car (or truck) was a 4x2 vehicle. There were many variations on this design, some with turrets, some without. Built in 1921 by the Electrotechnical Corps belonging to the Engineers branch of the army. 31 of this vehicles were built by the Centro Electrotécnico de Ingenieros between 1921 and 1924 on the following chassis: 1 Federal, 8 Nash-Quad 40 hp, 2 Benz 40/50 hp and 20 Latil 35 hp.

Varie

P-51 Nose Art!

Mmmmm.... Ottimo, devvero una bella segnalazione, da non perdere il file (The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam, 1971-1973) che è veramente appetitoso! P.S. Grazie Lender!

The Wilton-Fijenoord An experimental type. After satisfying trials two of these cars were shipped to the East Indies in 1934. Results there were less satisfactory, the vehicles being too heavy for the roads and the air-cooled engines suffering from overheating, forcing the use of airplane gas rather than the normal gasoline. The 2 cars thus were sold back to the firm and returned to the Netherlands. In February 1935 two vehicles were sold to Brazil. The third remained at the firm until they managed to sell it to the Netherlands army in return of a tax-reduction. In May 1940 the Germans captured the third unit and stored it until re-activated in April 1945 for the defense of Berlin, still unarmed.

Scat VII!

379th B.S.

Ecco le foto tratte dalla rivista Ali D'italia, di cui parlavi, devo dire che sono molto dettagliate, quindi le terrei in considerazione! (Per quanto riguarda la colorazione) Foto 1 Rappresentazione artistica

Cerca di agire nel modo meno incisivo possibile e vedrai che i risultati saranno ottimi.... A proposito, sta venendo molto bene penso che sarà il tuo modello del riscatto!

Ford Armored Car

428th Nose Art!

310th Bomb Group's 428th Squadron

Citroen-Kegresse P-28 Armored Car Three Citroen-Kegresse P-28 armored vehicles entered service in Uruguay with the Metropolitan Guard in 1933-34, and has the honor of being the first armored vehicle in Uruguay. One has been preserved in Montevideo.

Jumpin Jacques!

APOLLO XIII

Benvenuto sul nostro forum!!! Solo un piccolo appunto, nonostante il Team oleg abbia fatto un lavoro di ricerca notevole, non sempre i risultati sono stati del tutto attendibili! P.S. complimenti per la realizzazione del modello!

NASA Patch!

Venezuelan Armored Cars A small number of armored recce vehicles were fabricated at the Puert Cabello Naval Arsenal. These were rather similar to a turtle in appearance and thus were dubbed "Tortuga" ( Turtle) The "Tortuga" was designed by an engineer called Tomás Pacanins,. The chassis was a Ford 6x4 commercial vehicle, a rotating turret, and armed according to with a Vickers Mk, 4b 7 mm machine gun (the ones shown on the photo above show a Hotchkiss Mod. 1931 13.2 mm according to Dr. Georg von Rauch). It is believed that 12 units were built but only five were displayed. In the event the vehicles were poorly designed, offered poor visibility and no ventilation. The extreme overhang on their bodies rendered them clumsy at hard to maneuver.

Crazy Horse!

Cosmonauts Team

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