the altar of WD-40...

....have we mentioned how much we depend on this stuff !

Meccano was already a popular toy when the Half Track was designed in the 1930's , and seeing the inner construction , cant help but think that the same folks that made all those toy girders, plates and a million tiny bolts got swept in the defense industry! much of the armour plate here is held to each other by steel strips that bolt up and butt-join the hull plates....im really not sure how that would do under impact...like you know, an 8mm Mauser round from an MG 42 !