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| Snow Trac |
Snow Tracs were used by NATO in Norway and I think they'd be a good addition to my mid-1980's Action Force collection.
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| Snow Trac rear detail |
The Royal Marines version was very light weight, with the fixed cabin replaced by a canvas tilt.
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| Information panel at Flixton museum. |
They could easily be fitted with a WOMBAT recoilless rifle for anti-tank work. Incidentally, anyone who watched the recent His Dark Materials BBC TV series may recognise the Snow Trac as a vehicle the Gyptians had in their convoy to rescue the children from Bolvangar (though without the gun!).
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| Snow Trac in use with an L6 WOMBAT recoilless rifle. |
A trip to the local car boot sale this morning furnished me with a matchbox Snow Trac for the princely sum of 50 pence. It's slightly over-sized but not by much and to be honest, how often do you see one driving down the street to be able to compare it to a person?
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| Snow Trac in the snow. |
I'll need to whip up some tracks for it but that shouldn't be too hard. Royal Marine Snow Tracs did not have the fixed cabin but I'm not planning on fitting a WOMBAT so I'll just add a bit of stowage and leave it at that.
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| That man in blue should be wearing a hat in the cold weather. |
I'll need to bend the front back into shape slightly and the tow hook and part of the rear equipment rack but should be fairly easy.
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| Won't get far without any tracks! |
Some paint stripper or a polish with a steel brush and some wire wool should get it ready for an undercoat and a suitable snow camo scheme.