Curious old M49 fuel truck

@HDN , @msgjd -thanks a lot for your comments, they help me a lot! From a modellers point of view I'm going to paint the lens black, because that's what it looks like when not lit.

HDN - I'm glad you like my work and thanks a lot for the photo of that lamp - it's easy to find a photo of the new lamp with that large amber lens, but not so with that old lamp, especially if the lens isn't supposed to be red.

I hope to post another update soon, with the tank sanded and ready for paint! Thanks again and have a nice day!

Paweł

Paweł said:

it's easy to find a photo of the new lamp with that large amber lens, but not so with that old lamp, especially if the lens isn't supposed to be red.
Paweł

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here's the old-style housing with supercede amber glass

I notice that the old marker lamps seem to have a divot or bulge on one side of the lens. Are they supposed to be directional?

HDN said:

I notice that the old marker lamps seem to have a divot or bulge on one side of the lens. Are they supposed to be directional?

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they are directional in the sense that the so-called "bulge/divot" is always at the right half of these lenses regardless whether it's a front or rear lamp .. It really isn't a bulge or divot, the outer face is smooth.. What we see is a set of concentric glass rings cast upon the inside surface of the glass to accentuate the flasher bulb (and also brake). It acts like a prism

Hello everybody!
Great references on the lights.

Recently I started wondering how to put all the inscriptions (Flammable, no smoking and water!) on the side of the tank where the hose is stowed.

Looks to me like the inscriptions would be higher, above the hose - OR - it kinda looks to me on one of the photos posted on page 1 of this thread as if there were remains of an inscription under the hose.

Can anybody give me a pointer on this one?

Thanks in advance and have a nice day

Paweł

Paweł said:

Recently I started wondering how to put all the inscriptions (Flammable, no smoking and water!) on the side of the tank where the hose is stowed.

Looks to me like the inscriptions would be higher, above the hose - OR - it kinda looks to me on one of the photos posted on page 1 of this thread as if there were remains of an inscription under the hose

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these pics were around 1984 when i "owned" the keys to the two M49A2C's and the four 5T T&P's during "off" weekends

Was given the logbook/key to the CO's jeep here for safe keeping this particular weekend , big mistake ! .. Resulted in a weekend-long unpaid volunteer adventure of jeep fording, mudding, and rock-climbing classes for any of my trans section guys who didn't want to go home

1: Yes, lettering above the hose rack, 3/4 of the way up the tank on both sides .. Somewhere I have a TM showing the detail of marking the fuel trucks , including stencil sizes .. I didn't see any M50 water trucks during my time and don't know how the "POTABLE WATER" would be done, but likely is in the same manner as for fuel

2: In the mid-1970's and beyond, if the mogas-carrying tactical trucks ran public highways above a certain number of miles (or radius?), USDOT required the use of the reflectorized warning panels, so we had been told .. These panels were removable for strict tactical operations .. Underneath the panels you would see the normal stencil lettering on the tank in similar font .. Trucks (army) hauling diesel did not have such reflectorized signs in my experience (note the T&P diesel pods in the top picture)

3: Your model of an early-late 1960's-era M49C would not have the reflectorized panels you see here, but the font would be the same.. Your truck should have a 10" white FLAMMABLE on each side, and a 4" NO SMOKING WITHIN 50FT below that .. As for the rear of the truck, there were two variations of the 2-line marking .. One variant was stenciled across the doors , and the other variant had the lettering up above the doors