Wellll, after posting all of these photos of bits-&-pieces the past couple of months, I finally managed to unbury my lone boxed military playset (other than Civil War, Alamo, Cape Canaveral) after more than twenty years of it sitting by its lonesome under other boxes. It's an early #4144 U.S. Army Training Center playset from 1952 offered by both Sears and Montgomery Wards. For some reason, I just never got around to buying boxed sets, preferring instead to pick up individual pieces here and there, and it's a good thing because after a short inspection of the contents, my boxed set is missing pieces which I can now provide.
When this current series wraps up, I'll cover the playset in its own series of posts. For now though, let's take a look at the halftrack which came with the #4144 set (the armored car which came in the set was covered in yesterday's post). It measures: 6.5" (16.51cm) L x 3.25" (8.25cm) W x 2.25" (5.71cm) H. My sample is missing the paper American flag on wooden dowel which was inserted into the post behind the passengers seat. My sample also has a broken windshield - a very common occurrence in these things. Many times I see the whole windshield busted up, but mine just has one missing cross member. It should be an easy enough repair - that is if I ever get off my posterior and actually do it!
Ed
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