Bomb trolleys don’t get to the airfield on their own, they need something to pull them from the ordinance bunkers. Enter the Fordson tractor.
This little gem from Flightpath was actually fun to build, paint, and weather. Mostly white metal, it took a couple of rounds with the right amount of epoxy to keep the pieces from falling apart, probably because the first time I was impatient and didn’t let the epoxy set long enough (another opportunity for white metal soldering). The other great thing about the Fordson was that it came in multiple variants so some of the really hard pieces to affix (headlamps) could be omitted and none would be the wiser.
I was particularly happy with the exhaust stack, showing how the paint had peeled from the hot gases. Done with dot filters. Last picture shows that maybe it would be time to clean up the workbench!
Flightpath provides a driver whom you’ll see later in the diorama.
While we’re at it, the Flightpath accumulator was also constructed. No drama here. Photo is before final painting and weathering.
The Albemarle wasn’t going to get off the ground without fuel so fuel it will get.
Cropredy Albemarle Project 