Thanks for the reactions so far. In my opinion it’s quite hard to find the differences between the Guy, Leyland and Albion trucks. I can remember an evening several years ago, when a friend of mine and I were trying to identify the truck in this picture. We had Bart VanderVeen’s “fighting vehicles directory” to help us in this search, but in the end we didn’t find the right answer. But now I know what it is, a Leyland Retriever.
I intend to build a scale-model of this truck in the future, so any Info on the Leyland Retriever or other folding boat and bridging-trucks are more than welcome!
Pete Ashby: I am very much interested in your Leyland. Would it be possible for you to send me some information? Pictures, chassis-drawings/lubrication charts, drawings of the dashboard; anything is welcome at this stage. p.s. Retrievers were never produced with cab doors???
Bill Murray: Yes Please! Any info is welcome in this stage. I have been able to find some small drawings of the folding boat/bridging bodies, but I still lack detailed information for an accurate scale-model.
Oliver Missing: the pictures you posted are terrific and are a great help for a scale model! A pontoon-carrier-truck in the desert? That would sure cause a discussion at a scale modeling contest!
Mark W. Tonner: I can almost read the registration and shipping-text on the cab of the Leyland, great! Can someone provide an even better scan? My scan is from a post-card I bought in “Café Gondree” in Benouville, Normandy. I believe the original picture is from the Imperial War Museum, London.
I am thinking of scratchbuilding the Leyland, although it would also be possible to use a “Resicast Leyland Retriever” or “Wespe Models” Leyland Retriever as a base, for anyone interested (Cliff?).
Thanks guys,
Alex
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