Wanted -
LRDG related stuff I am currently looking for
Books / Models
/ Pictures
Books
These are the books on LRDG I am still missing.
I was able to locate most of them via bookfinder,
but they are prohibitively expensive (especially the two volumes by Ralph
Bagnold). If you have one of these available for a reasonable price, please
let me know.
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Michael Crichton Stuart, G Patrol
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David Lloyd Owen, The Desert my Dwelling Place
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Ralph Bagnold, Sand, wind and war
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Ralph Bagnold, Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World
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Virginia Cowles, The Phantom Major
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Models
I finally decided to order my missing Matchbox
kits from squadron, although this
was an expensive idea (the models were manufactured here in Germany and
sold for approximately US$6 in German shops, re-importing from the states
with transatlantic shipping and import tax made me pay about US$20 for
each kit - ridiculous).
Some things I am still looking for are models of
the Ford CMP F60, the Ford Marmon Herrington 6-tonner and the White 10-tonner
(preferably in 1/76, but 1/72 or 20mm would also work). Any help appreciated.
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Pictures
After buying every single book available and visiting
dozens of websites, there are still a number of things I would need a good
photo of. If you have any of these, please send
them along.
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Breda A/A gun mounted on Chevy - view of gun mounting
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WACO ZGC - interior, instrument panel
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Wireless truck - view of aerial
For those of you who don't know
what I'm talking about here, the wireless truck is not a remote controlled
vehicle, it's the vehicle of a patrol that carries the wireless radio set.
I have numerous pictures of the wireless set being used and a number of
pictures of the aerial (antenna) broken down into several pieces and fixed
to the side of a truck, but I have never seen a picture of the aerial erected.
If pictures are not available, a text description might also help - was
the aerial a single pole, or was it a wire stretched between two or more
poles? Was the pole somehow attached to the truck, or was it placed in
the sand beside the truck? How and where was the aerial attached to the
radio set? Any comments are appreciated.
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