Diamond T and Trailer

[Dennis Jones]

Radiator and bonnet added. Windscreen and supports next, in time for Tankfest we hope.

Dennis.




That's not the proper seat by the way.

[phil fitzpatrick]

Very nice work Dennis,
Its nice to watch your project come together.
Regards
phil

[Nick Farrugia]

Hi Dennis
its realy coming along nicely good to see your posts ,its going to look great when its all finished and painted ,very nice job.
all the best ,,,,,,,,,nick

[Robert E Morey]

Looking great Dennis,
Thanks for keeping us up to date! Its looking more and more like a truck each time!

I've located the tires for the tractor, but no luck yet on the 5" wheels for the trailer. I will keep searching.

Best regards,
Bob

[Dennis Jones]

Thanks for the kind comments. Hopefully we will have the full set up and running by next week, showing a tank being loaded, truck driven and then tank being unloaded. Hope to get it video'd.

Dennis.

[Dennis Jones]

Not a brilliant video, outfit still in primer. No sound on truck yet but it will be down at Tankfest. At least it shows what we are hoping to achieve. Click on photo to start video.

Dennis.

[Christoffer Ahlfors]

Brilliant! Great fun!
/Chris

[Nick Farrugia]

Hi Dennis
That looks great it seems to have no trouble pulling the panzer111 at all and turns nice as well loaded or not very impresive congratulations on a brilliant model .VERY WELL DONE . All the best ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nick

[Steve Stuart]

Hi All
The Diamond T was at Bovingdon yesterday and was every bit as impressive in real life as on the forum!
The weather yesterday turned out well, so fingers crossed for today for all attending, it was a good event
Steve

[Dennis Jones]

Some more photos. Now Tankfest is over it is time to get down and finish off the painting and other bits and pieces. It cerainly came in handy at Tankfest as I rescued two broken tanks that had gone walkabout on the Bovvy site (one of them being my own Comet). It also as you can see from the photos loaded a King Tiger and towed it without any problem. All the problems we thought we would have with traction on grass did not happen and all ran smoothly. I think people were impressed as it was something different and were loading and unloading tanks remotely all weekend. Had several people come up to talk who actually drove the Diamond T during their forces career.

Dennis.







Denny's King Tiger on board ready to move off.

[Robert E Morey]

Dennis,
Your truck and trailer are looking superb! I'm green with envy!

Any plans for faux hub caps to make the wheels look more scale? Just a thought!

Great job,
Bob

[Dennis Jones]

Thanks Robert,
Working on the hubs at the moment but we have a 3 day show coming up in 2 weeks time so priority is paint and cab.
Dennis.

[Dennis Jones]

Just testing the weight limit !!!!! and the drivers skill.

Dennis.

[Adrian Harris]

So not only can you recover broken down tanks, but broken down owners as well

Here's a good bit of Sherman recovery:



Is that a Diamond T at 7:25 onwards ?

Adrian.

[Dennis Jones]

Hi Adrian,

Yes, after all the stress of building I need recovering, that was the wife with the camera (she and the neighbours thought it was quite amusing) as she had just been up the end of the road to photograph the Olympic Torch going past. That is a Diamond T and the same model as ours only we won't have the machine gun ring above the co-drivers seat. A clever bit of driving I think in that video.

Dennis.