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30-06-12, 13:03
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10 HP Tillies in RAF
According to some modellers websites (reviewing the Tamiya 1/35 scale kit) the Austin 10 HP Tilly was never used by the RAF.
Is this true? If so can anyone identify the Tilly in the photo, which I thought looked more like an Austin than a Hillman.
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30-06-12, 16:42
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30-06-12, 19:08
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Hi Larry:
I can be wrong, I often am nowadays but I tend to agree with Richard on this one. The Austin had 3 very distinctive vertical louvers in the side of the motor hood and the Hillman had sort of a wedge shaped single louver panel which was slanted at the rear. Sadly, your photo has a winter mask over the radiator/grille so we cannot see that part but even though I could not get my photo edit program to give me a better look at the motor hood, I feel pretty strongly that I see the wedge shaped panel with the slant behind the blackout lamp. Cheers Bill
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30-06-12, 20:28
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Hi Bill,
I was going by the upper part of the cab, as you say, the radiator muff hides grille details. A friend has a large print of this picture in his home and we often remark about it. regards, Richard
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30-06-12, 20:32
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RAF Tillies
And as a postscript - it is presumably true that the Austin 10 HP was for the Army and not the RAF?
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