[WWI] Help on Mack truck

[Carlos Carreira]

Dame Karen!

Thank you very much, you saved my day!
I had the chance to buy at a flea market two books from Massin - "Les
Camions Citroen" and "L'Automobile sous l'uniforme 1939-40" - so I am aware
of the quality of this series. The first book is all ot (the first
commercial Citroen is from 1919) but in the second covers some OT types that
the french still were using in 39, including the Latil TAR.
The book can still be found, see:
http://www.massin.fr/Fiche.ArianeP20080527225638,En%20savoir%20plus.aspx?Art_Ide=822
Unfortunately I can't find it used at half the price...

I also found a french magazine on trucks, Charge Utile:
http://charge-utile.histoireetcollections.com/
In some old numbers it has the story of Latil.

As for kits, I am in 1/72 and a resin kit was issued by Al.by:
http://www.smallscaleafv.com/ANG/Technika16/72_Latil&GPF.htm

(the producer sells in Ebay.fr. http://myworld.ebay.fr/minimili72/ and can
be reached at albyminiatures at aol.com I already asked for the kit)

How's your pigeon loft?

Cheers!
Carlos


On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Karen Rychlewski <krychski at earthlink.net>
wrote:

>
> On May 29, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Carlos Carreira wrote:
>
> I am aware of the kit, but it is not a Latil TAR. TAR's are heavy tractors,
> to pull artillery and such, and it's not the case.
> I think it is one pre-war model and probably based on this chassis, but
> longer: http://www.avant-train-latil.com/notcaract_pdf/caract_Latil_TI.pdf
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> I'm not Diego, but I could play him in an Argentinean sitcom.
>
> I'm hardly an expert on French vehicles, but I also think the truck in the
> photo is a Latil; the kit:
>
>
> http://www.phpshopxml.com/azimut.shop/CID/5f5e32b027344461c1ecef4a7af7aa19/function/itemPageDisplay/shopItemCode/AZI35810
>
> could probably be modified to have a longer bed and there are several 1/32
> airplanes that could be plopped onto it. A cool diorama which has been in
> the back of my mind forever...and probably will remain there.
>
> BTW, there is a fine, fine book on French wheeled vehicles: Les Camions de
> la Victoire, 1914-1918, by Jean-Michel Boniface and Jean-Gabriel Jeudy,
> Editions Massin, Paris, 1996; unfortunately with French text but the photos
> (of which there are hundreds) are in English. No color, very few drawings,
> but photos of French vehicles of any conceivable type. I paid 40 BP for it
> at Telford in 04 and have never seen it available elsewhere. Well worth the
> cost and the search to find one for truck enthusiasts.
>
> Karen
>
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