AEC Matador

Discussion in 'Modelling' started by Skipperted, Dec 11, 2018.

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  1. Skipperted

    Skipperted New Member

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    I've just found this group whilst searching for information on my latest model of the Matador.
    I was trying to find out what campaigns a vehicle of this type and colour scheme would have taken part in.
    If i were to add a star would it be suitable for anything after D-Day
     
  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    What scale is that ?
     
  3. Skipperted

    Skipperted New Member

    1/35 scale its a kit from AFV club
     
  4. Trux

    Trux 21 AG

    Very nice.

    It is an early version of the Matador but it would still be in service in 1944/45. They were widely used in NW Europe by Medium Regiments RA, mainly towing 5.5" guns.

    Mike
     
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  5. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Silly question - should the 'V' of the tread on all tyres be facing the front - as in the rear tyres on the image ??

    TD

    Nice model by the way
     
  6. Skipperted

    Skipperted New Member

    Thanks for the information
    I’m just setting it on a small scene with a passing British patrol to finish it off
     
  7. HAARA

    HAARA Well-Known Member

    That was my first reaction, but no, the tyres were used as shown on the model. In fact it seems the rear tyres should be as the front ones if this image is to be taken as a source. The image (courtesy A Maule) is of a 3.7 Vickers gun of 76th HAA Regt being towed by a Matador, used by the Regt as a gun tractor, somewhere in North Africa. These vehicles went on into Sicily and travelled up the Italian peninsula, ending up at the Po valley at the end of the war before coming back down to Bari, quite some distance in inhospitable conditions, as the following is an extract from the 'Daily Round', the 76th's daily news sheet:


    8 December 1944

    “Between 10 and 11a.m. the O.P. reported that about 30 rounds landed a couple of miles to the North West of A Troop. At 12.35 things got rather warmer and in the next 15 minutes 10 rounds of 88mm landed on A Troop’s Gun Park, damaging one gun cable. All was then quiet until twenty past four when the trouble really started and continued intermittently until after dark. Well over a hundred rounds landed in the vicinity of A Troop, quite a large number falling on the Gun Park. Quite early in proceedings a building in Pietrasanta (about 100yds from A Troop) was set on fire and burned all night. This building contained 56,000 civilian rations and a large quantity of olive oil.

    Damage to A Troop was to all four gun cables, predictor and computor head, ammunition, W/T Truck, Matador tyre and to the only two previously undamaged Matador windows in the Regiment. The football pitch which had been A Troop’s Gun Park now resembles a pepper pot. Sgm Sheldon who was attempting to re-establish communications had the heel of his right boot removed by shell fragments, but apart from a slight cut suffered no injury. There were no casualties at all and it is hoped that it may be possible to salvage some of the civilian rations."

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  8. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Also anti tank regiment for their towed 17 pounder guns.
     
  9. Skipperted

    Skipperted New Member

    Your right
    But it’s the rear tyre that needs turning round
    I was just waiting for someone to spot the deliberate mistake lol
     
  10. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    It was something from a long time ago in Land Rover trialling days and using similar tyres for mud plugging

    TD
     
  11. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Why do they mount them that way? Tractor tires are always mounted so that the V points down when viewed from the front. I've often wondered why a lot of British trucks have them with the V pointing up. Nice job on the model.
     
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  12. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Nobody told her she was wrong :)

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