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Oshkosh M-911 Commercial Heavy Equipment Transporter (C-HET)
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Oshkosh M911
C-HET tractor, as photographed at the Las Vegas National Guard Armory
in the mid-1990s. This view shows the hydraulic dual winches for
retrieving disabled vehicles. The winch cables are wound improperly,
and if continued to pull heavy loads while all tangled up like this
would result in evenual cable failure; winch cables need to be properly
wound tightly and with each wind lying side by side, to prevent
flat spots and fraying, which lead to rapid cable failure. Most
of their trucks were still painted in sand colors, leftover from
Desert Storm/Desert Shield several years prior; as these units were
then being replaced by the M1070 HET system,
no efforts were made to repaint them. Since this truck is parked
off to the side and has only single wheels mounted on the rear axles,
my guess is that it was due to be sent to surplus auction soon.
Photo is scanned from a print. |
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Silver State Specialties was created in 1999 to offer quality resin
accessories, replacement parts and conversion kits, suitable for
many 1/25-scale plastic model kits. SSS specializes in accessories
and parts for plastic model pickup, SUV, 4x4, and heavy truck &
trailer kits. 1/32-scale and 1/35-scale parts and accessories
will be available in the future for model truck kits, such as the
1/32 Monogram Snap-Tite and ERTL snap-together kits, as well as
1/35-scale Revell, Italeri, AFV Club, Trumpeter, Airfix, Heller,
Tamiya, and other military model truck
kits. Some of these smaller scale model kits are quite well
detailed, and a wide variety of photo-etched, resin, and other accessories
are widely available for most of these military truck model kits.
What's even more exciting is the line of 1/24th & 1/25th-scale
military model kits and conversions we are in the early stages of
developing, to nicely compliment your ERTL, AMT, Italeri, Revell,
and other brands of truck models.
Silver State Specialties is working on resin accessories and complete
kits for G- gauge outdoor garden railway trains ("Large Scale")
in 1/24th-scale. Some patterns have been completed, and many more
are under construction. These kits and accessories will include
complete Beyer-Garratt style of locomotives and Narrow Gauge ore
hopper cars, as well as 24-inch & 30-inch gauge industrial equipment
in this same scale.
SSS also has master patterns partially completed for many 1/16-scale
model truck accessories and conversion kits, mainly for the Monogram-Revell
1/16-scale model truck kits. Some projected accessories for
these 1/16-scale kits are front drive axles, different wheels and
tires, air cleaner accessories, pusher and tag axles, oil filters
and engine accessories, and possibly different engines. Cab
& hood conversion kits remain a possibility for these monsters
as well, but are still years away from being offered as there are
more pressing projects to push forward with first. But someday
they should be available!
Thank you for your continued support!
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