US WWII Combat Engineer Units

[minitnkr]

Yes Rick, there was just the two ROCO 5/6 ton frames, short wheelbase w/o winch & two saddle tanks and long w/winch & one fuel tank, used for both WWII & post war vehicles.

[Mini Me]

Thanks Buddy......now have a visual on how to accomplish that mod when I get to the build. :thumb2:

[colin m]

That is an amazing collection you have there Paul, and going back to the seventies. Again, amazing.

[minitnkr]

I guess the build photos for the QuickCrane crane & shovel Corbit/White/Brockways are lost, as I've been through 2010 to present backups w/no joy, so here are some current pics. of them w/assoc. equipment trailers. Crane w/boom extension, wrecking ball, clamshell, & dragline accys. Shovel w/piledriver (for Dora bridge piles) accys.

[Mini Me]

Thanks for posting those Paul........much clearer than your postings of early 2016 on that "unmentionable" other site. I'm also interested in what material you used for the cable rigging on the booms. The "grill work" on the shovel looks unfamiliar, could you elaborate on that as well?

[Steven000]

Nice models Paul, I haven't yet seen those type of cranes before :thumb2:

[minitnkr]

Rick, waxed thread supplied worked well. Like the amphip. transporter, the grills had been trimmed by another.
Steven, they are ROCO 6x6x6 trucks with equipment from self powered vehicles supplied w/Pola buildings under demo., so they have operator positions on the wrong side from actual WWII US Army QuickCranes.
I thought some might like to see the M2 Treadway pontoon bridge deployed. It's over 190' including the entry & exit ramps.

[Mini Me]

That's Awesome.....now you just need to find the right spot on that Moselle River Dio.to put your Engineers to work.

[minitnkr]

Arnaville would be the place as both 1103E M2 Treadway (both as rafts & bridge) & Footbridge were used. This choice would also utilize elements of 449AAA D Battery, 2nd Chem. elements (smoke gen. & 4.2" mortar), 735Med. Tank Co. C, 818TD Co.C, & 2nd Bat. of 11thID. I could also avoid modeling the village by stopping at the east bank.

[Mini Me]

Hi Paul, the Moselle River is pretty wide there......might need more bridge work. Regarding the Quick Crane and Shovel, I have the same sources for the shovel and crane and did notice the location differences for the operator's controls........I might have a study on that to see if I can remedy the problem....do you have a good source of actual photos or prints of either or both?

[minitnkr]

Actually the bridges across the canal creek & lock were pretty short, two at 30' & one at 40'. The only ones completed by the time the bridgehead was established as the ford upstream got armor across & the long pontoon & ponton bridges were under observed arty. thus weren't completed till that was suppressed. I could get away w/just the short ones & show equipment marshalled awaiting lulls in the arty. to continue.
I used 'Six Ton Trucks' by David Doyle and 'Allied-Axis: A photo history of WWII' volumes 9, 23 & 33 by Ampersand Press as my references.

[Mini Me]

Thanks for the ref info........OK......I read somewhere that it was like a hundred yards or so across the Moselle at or near Arnaville and or Metz so was just wondering out loud:thinking:

[minitnkr]

Correct, those two long ones were over well over 200', also when they blew the dam upstream to lower the river so they could use the ford, it got narrower too.

[minitnkr]

Thanks Rick, I had forgotten to improve them. Here they are w/improved grills & proper headlamps. You'll notice I removed the springs from the original cabs/frames so the booms can relax w/o tension. Sorry about the 1st cuppa shakes.

[scottie3158]

Paul,
Love the crane and shovel mate.