Build Complete: #11 Tamiya Chevy 30 CWT LRDG Truck (Scorpion Conversion) WIP

Wayne:  Thanks Wayne you have been a vocal supporter on this WIP and it noticed and appreciated!!! 

Yes I know I needed to get out of Policework when one day I made a comment to my Mentor that I thought I was doing okay because I was only hitting people on the job!!  My Mentor told me it was time to raise the bar and I left the force that year and haven't looked back.  I like models becasue they don't lie to me or try to kill me it's refreshing!

Bill:  As always Bill thank you so much for the support and comments

Adam:  LOL!  I I thought about a leather strap hanging down for that very purpose.  I am making slings for the rifles today as you know so I will probally mock something up then.

Ed....looking sweet, keep the updates coming bro.

Adam Im still laughing

Bob

queston 4 from Friday

Mr Holmstrom are you and your wife still intimate...........Geez doc, dont you think thats kinda personal........  Are you and your wife intimate???????

Hi Bob!

i received your Christmas card with the resin PSP panels in it!  What a great Christmas card.  I think all Christmas cards should have resin parts in it how cool would that be!!

Question:

The molded Tamiya part is supposed two represent two panels and it is simply  not up to Snuff.  My question is do you guys think I can get away using these even though they are wider especially if I nip off the slotted channel on each side of the PSP?   What do you guys think?

Thanks in Advance as always and Happy Holidays!!

Here is a picture of the altered PSP.

Edmund,

NOW that would be a great Christmas card! I can't wait to see what you do with the PSP additions

Cheers

Dave

Ed, looks fine, I sa go with it.

Bob

Thanks Dave & Bob.

I have decided to use them as they came because they had more depth and detail obviously than the kit included part.

Build Update:

I have been busy working on weapons this weekend and Thanks to Adam's reference tips I made my first slings out of the foil in my wifes Yogurt.

This is for you Indy!

Nein Nein Nein!

Was ist das!

Die LRDG nicht benutzt Bren Guns Mr. Schnabel!

~LOL~   Nice job on the slings my 'ole friend ! (Stop giving me so much credit though, if this all goes in the round file it aint my fault)     And the STENGUN !!  You did that for me didn't you!! Stop that! No Sten in N.Afrika for the lova Gawd Man !! For the umpteenth time !!!! No stenguns we're shipped to that theatre at any time. Thy we're unreliable enough without the sand anywhooo. Good thing those German figures in your life still keep you straightened out !!!    Al-beatazzday !

Me

Thanks Adam I had had Germans keeping me in line for 44 years now.  You should meet my dad my brother and I used to think or first names as kids were God and D@mn!

Build Update:  Interior

I am painting and weathering this in sub components so I can eat my elephant one spoonful at a time.  I concentrated on the interior this evening.  I am not aware of any decal kits for the instrument panel so I had to approach it creatively.  Thank Goodness for Future!  After some exhausting research I could not find one reference picture for the real McCoy interior.  I did find some really nice model pictures and one replica that I liked so I had to rely on some imagination and common sense.

I have not added any pigments yet due to the fact I usually wait until the very end as I am placing on a base so I can blend everything in nicely.

Enjoy!

Excellent weathering Edmund! Love how this one is turning out.

Nate

Man you guys crack me up! What a way to start the morning. Ed that is some great work you got going on. I like the headlights ( in the literal sense), they came out great.

-Stephen

Dash couldn't look better Buddy also the bad paint condition of the floorboard...awsome

The detail work on the interior is looking good Edmund...don't let a little thing like the holidays slow you down...I expect this one to be done before year's end!

Thank you Bill, Adam, Wayne, Stephen, and Nate for your support and kind words.  I am glad you guys like the interior.  I am really jazzed about this one!  I have slowed down so I can enjoy weaving the Painting and Weathering Tapestry!!

I'm speechless.

Almost.....Fabulous paint!

Thanks Bubba!

Bill had asked for a closer shot of the instrument panel so here you go Bill!

Wow, wow and WOW!

Amazing brother, just amazing.

Bob

Awww Thanks Bob!

Build Update:

Here is a few shots of the resin PSP's painted and weathered up. Thanks so much for sending those out Bob in your Christmas card it's the best gift I have ever gotten!  Resin  parts are the Holy Grail of Christmas Presents and head and shoulders above the kit included part.  I wanted to simulate all the wear and tear these would have gone through with rocks and sand and steel rubbing on rubber.  I used a new paint line I picked up yesterday Citadel Color Bolt gun Metal for dry brushing underneath the Hair Spray coat and over the top after a few Burnt Umber oil washes.

I then went to town on the chassis and here are some shots of that.  Next on the agenda is wheels!!

Merry Christmas Eve Eve Gentleman!

THis is really turning into your magnum opus, Edmund.  You seem to be developing your skills at an alarming rate, always intentionally pushing yourself ahead of your comfort zone.  THe multiple levels of attention to detail and your careful, thoughtful planning and execution are realy a sight and an inspiration for me to try new techniques and to treat every build as if every step is critical.

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

I'll talk to you tomorow, friendo.

Bill the on again off again builder.

Consider yourself virtually hugged Bill!! 

Get those traning wheels on that bike!   1:1 scale modeling is still modeling!

Oooo the wheels! Don't get too excited Edmund, we all know how you feel about those!

Progress is looking good, the wear and tear on the chassis is top notch.

LOL!

Yes I did get excited over the wheels so I wanted to send everyone out a Wheely Nice Christmas Tree! 

Build Update:

I continued with the Hair Spry method and multiple paint layers for the wheels of course.  I started with a Citidal Colour Gunbolt Metal coat.

Followed by a Vallejo Flat Brown coat to simulate Primer.

This was followed by three light coats of Life Color Base Portland Stone and then chipping and a couple of oil washes of Brown Wash.  I finished this off with just a little bit of MIG Gulf Sand Pigments.

Edmund,

Absolutely stunning (as usual). 

Cheers

Dave

Dave:  Thanks Dave for your steadfast support and encouragement during this WIP and there is a lot more to do.  I figure I am only about halfway done.  i still have quite a bit of weathering and mapping to do not to mention the stowage and figures.

Wayne:  You are too kind for a gruff old Sgt Wayne!    Yes they are the original kit sand mats that I reworked with Milli-Put.  I decided to lean more heavily on my Artistic side when I painted them because they were also supposed to have a dual function as a signaling device and the ends of the matt were red and white.  I painted up a sample and it looked like a piece of peppermint candy that the figures stole from my kitchen and were trying to make off with.  In fact it looked like the LRDG Patrol That Stole Christmas!  I should contact the BBC and see if they are interested in the intellectual rights.

Here are a few more shots that I liked and now I am trying to figure out the the best mounting point for a spare tire.  I am thinking one on the outside of the rear tailgate or right on the open panel of the driver side cargo area.  I will have two more inside the bed of the truck as stowage.

Wheels and tires look great Edmund! My vote for the spare would be the side...since the gun is in the bed, you wouldn't want anything there that would interfere with it I'm thinking...either from a firing or an accessibility standpoint for servicing, loading/firing, etc.

Thanks Bill!

I agree I also tried to throw one on the hood but it takes away from the 40's look of the Hood which is so dang cool!  I learned how to drive in a 68 Chevy Farm Truck "Three on the tree" standard transmission.  I stil remember the shift pattern!

Do you have nay ideas or pictures on the best way to approach scratch building a mounting bracket?

Edmund,

to bill's suggestion of the placement of the spare tire.  I don't have any references for the spare tire mount but........ some Evergreen styrene angle and c-channel stock and some artistic license.  Viola! Spare tire mount. Sorry, for getting carried away.  Just a thought

Cheers

Dave

Hey Dave,

I did let my imagination go wild and I didn't have to go far just to my childhood on the farm making do with what we had and the of course the military.  I imagined a veteran Supply Sargent getting fed up watching privates trying to load out there vehicles for a long range patrol and just walked over to a scrap pile and ran up a couple impromptu external spare wheel mounts which he then tack welded to the box and walked away shaking his head at the flightiness of youth.

I used some spare evergreen styrene and made myself a square template and after i drilled out the lug nut holes on the rim of the spare ran some spare wire through the holes to simulate pieces of cut up rebar. 

I then went into a flurry of painting and weathering and came up with what I know would happen to unpainted steel int eh desert very quickly.

Enjoy!