Refueling System of Airfield Tanker

[warlock]

Hi @all,

I'm a scale model builder from germany who's pretty mich interested in the CCKW.
Right now I'm working on a CCKW with Airfield Fuel Tank.

In case you're interested in the model you might want to take a look at : http://www.modellboard.net/index.php?topic=27471.0

I'm nearly finished with the model, there is still one part I don't really know what it was.

To show you what I'm talking about I will show you a picture of the instruction sheet :



The problem is the wire part.

Was is a flexible hose or a tube ?
And what color was it ?
I guess that it was a black hose, but I'm not sure about it and the google image search didn't find any useful results.

So, maybe you can give me a hint about that ?

Thanks you very much in advance !

Bye Dirk

[pristus1]

have a lok at owner picturs on this site

[John V Cliche]

Dirk
I believe the wire is meant to represent an iron pipe 1 1/2" in dia.( possibly used as a vent or bypass )
My L2 tanker does not have this feature.....But... I will try to locate some pictures of the F3 version.
These are the L2 maybe they will help
viewtopic.php?t=1960


Hope this helps for now

John

[John V Cliche]

Okay did some more research
My tanker is an F3 fuel tanker not an L2
The "fuel " tankers did not have the additional pipe exiting above the spare tire...but.....the L2 service tankers did.
From the picture in D Doyles book ( Std cat. of Military Vehicle 2nd edition)on page 114 clearly shows the "pipe" in question.
It is steel or iron and maybe as large as 2" ,it does appear ( from a B&W ) photo to be "body color"

Hope this helps
John

PS the T Berndt and Crimson books did not have any info.

[warlock]

Hi John,

this was exactly the information I was looking for.
Now I know in what shape and color I have to do the wire.

Thank you very much for your time an research !!!