Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Supply base for 1980's French armoured division

I mentioned to Steve Oates of The Baggage Train that I'd been looking for some 6mm models of metal shipping containers, back in January.  Last week he turned up at the club with sets of resin 20ft and 40ft containers - can't remember how many in each pack, but enough in the two packs to do 2 or 3 stands like the one shown here.

I've based a mixture of 20ft and 40ft containers to represent a temporary field supply depot.  I had a spare trailer from a Scotia modern French ferry and was pleasantly surprised to find the 40ft container fitted it exactly.  They are painted in Tamiya NATO green, with a wash of flat brown rust, highlighted in orange brown.  I'm not sure of the manufacturer but the vehicle is an AMX-30D, the only modern French vehicle I could put my hands on with a crane.  It would be great to find a manufacturer who makes a heavy fork lift truck, to show stores being on- and offloaded from smaller trucks for distribution to the front line troops.


Thanks for looking.
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5 comments:

  1. Tales from Shed HQ14 May 2014 at 20:43

    That looks the business. I second your wish for a Rough Terrain Fork Lift. I need one for my BAOR logistics group. Is Steve selling the 40ft containers? I will have to get some of those they look great.
    Cheers
    Richard P

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  2. Steve Graham14 May 2014 at 21:13

    Andy,
    they look great, could do with some of those myself.
    Cheers
    Steve

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  3. Andy Canham14 May 2014 at 21:42

    Thanks guys. Yes, Steve Oates at the Baggage Train is selling them. I'll ask him to confirm the prices and numbers per pack and post them after I've been to the club tomorrow. I've picked up a couple of packs of the 20ft and one of the 40ft so far, but can't remember how many are in the packs - quite a few I think.
    Cheers
    Andy

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  4. Tales from Shed HQ14 May 2014 at 22:32

    Great thanks Andy look forward to getting my hands on some of those containers.
    Cheers
    Richard P

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  5. Andy Canham16 May 2014 at 10:06

    Steve said they are £1.50 for 10 20ft containers, or £3.00 for 10 40ft containers. I suspect they won't appear on his web page for a while, but if you want any drop him an e-mail.
    Cheers
    Andy

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