Hi all,
Im looking for a generator trailer for my Italeri shelter truck. Does anyone have any recommendations? TP model and Y modelle make one, both resin.
Opinions would be appreciated.
Hi all,
Im looking for a generator trailer for my Italeri shelter truck. Does anyone have any recommendations? TP model and Y modelle make one, both resin.
Opinions would be appreciated.
I haven’t seen the Y-Modelle one, but the TP one is definitely short for toilet paper. It is horrible; a square, detail less blob. I quickly sold it for a loss. It is junk.
Thanks Gino, looked nice in the pic - but hands on is a different situation.
AFAIK, the Y-Modelle trailer is a German Bundeswehr one, not a US one…
https://www.scalemates.com/fr/kits/y-modelle-y35-163-anhanger-mit-6-55-kva-generator–1101613
H.P.
Thanks Frenchy, know of any US versions?
You can get a MEP-004A 15kW diesel generator from Shapeways :
https://www.shapeways.com/product/SRBUNZR69/us-army-power-generator?optionId=127780603&li=marketplace
…But you’ll have to find a suitable trailer for it. Don’t know if these generators can be carried in a M104 or M105 cargo trailer. The dedicated M103 trailer shares the same chassis as the latter…So a M105 conversion could be an option (MMK and PSM both make a M105).
H.P.
I actually have the 3D 15Kw one and it looks great. Very detailed and finely printed.
Looks like they can…But I have yet to see such combination in military use…
The pictured generator is a 25 Kw MEP-005A.
H.P.
Thats good to know. I understand PSM would be a good buy.
Wonder if anyone’s done the trailer conversion yet?
SKP Model makes a modern generator.
http://www.skpmodel.eu/product.php?id_product=315
Since the US Military uses a wide variety of generators. Best is to do a google search about trailers and generators. It depends what timeframe you want to build. Internet holds a lot of TM´s on a wide a variety of generators. I build a LTT flatbed version with MEP Generator as seen on a recent exercise.
Lots of ideas from Google.
https://www.google.de/search?q=MEP+Generator+on+trailer&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj73JSUjaX0AhVj7rsIHWNBBhsQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1600&bih=747&dpr=1
I always wonder why you guys don´t google first?
Another option would be using the M200A1 2-½ ton trailer chassis included in Hobby Fan M58 MICLIC kit (ref HF-056) along with the Shapeways generator.
You’d have to scratchbuild the fenders though…
H.P.
Thanks for the info everyone. Looking at the ODS era.Yes, there are some great images on Google but I need to find the type of gensets used during ODS before I look for images of them.
Two Marines start up the generator on a welding trailer as they prepare to work on a tank in a maintenance area in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm
I guess the pictured trailer above is a 3 1/2 Ton M353 :
A smaller one : https://i.redd.it/4ocw9lln2ld11.jpg
H.P.
There would be a ready-made option…in 1/87th scale
Mini-Tanks Military US Desert Storm Series Heavy Truck – M923 5-Ton 6x6 w/Shelter & M2001A Trailer-Mounted Generator (Desert Tan)
The generator looks like a MEP-004A…
H.P.
This combo can be very expensive one.
The various kits of Patriot missile semitrailers contain a genset.
https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/8/8/0/1009880-17-instructions.pdf
If you don´t need the whole semitrailer you can contact Trumpeter aftermarket sales for the parts. A few years ago I purchased sprues of their M1083 kit.
welder without gloves…
Some info about various trailer + generator combos can be found here :
https://radionerds.com/index.php/Category:Military/Power_Supplies
Just check out the AN-MJQ series for a start.
H.P.
Here’s the Dragon one (on the left), which differs from the one in Trumpeter kit… :
http://63.135.101.110/d-m-propics/DIR_DRA/DRA3604/B_DRA3604_04.jpg
H.P.