That looks great! The camo looks perfect. 

Thanks Pawel.  I am very pleased with how it turned out.

Wonderful job there, Gino!

S.H.

Hello Gino! Lookin'good! Congratulations on another one finished, that no one else has!

Have a nice day

Paweł

I am calling this project done.

For the truck, I gave it a dirty-brown wash then a couple drybrushes of a reddish-dirt color, and then a sandy color. I added grease to the fifth wheel and some scratches and bare metal on the ramps. Lastly, I added Tamiya Smoke as dripped/spilled diesel on the fuel tanks too.

Here it is.

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I also added the “Orient Express” decal from the Hobby Link M52 set.

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I did similar weathering on the trailer, just a bit heavier to depict it as older. I added black stars and US Army serial numbers to it. The stairs on the back are from a sprue I bought form Hobby DNA (Trumpeter parts service) for the M4 C2V kit.

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I also found the “Warpig” decal left over from something and thought it would look good and give it a little character.

Here they are connected together.

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I really enjoyed this build and am very pleased with how it came out. Miraculously, all the wheels on the truck and trailer are sitting on the ground too. Another tractor trailer for the shelf.

Thanks Tanker-Builder.

 Heavy Arty:

          Very excellent work. I like where you're going with this! T.B.

Thanks Capn.  The truck isn't weathered yet.  I'll wait and weather the truck and trailer together.  The 5th wheel will get some grease too.  I'm leaning toward a very faded overall green on the trailer, we shall see.

You should know by now that I don't care about the "bad modeling" aspect as I build for me, not others nor for contests.  I like my models to look realistic, not the latest modeling or finishing fad.

HeavyArty

Yup, all hand painted with a hairy stick.

And that's tough sledding to doel "right."  That up-close effect where you can see the wet-on-dry paint scheme i nthe original, would just look like "bad modeling" in miniature.  So, finding the balance is a delicate thing.

And done very well here.

(Although I'm not entirely sure who would entrust any of the E4 mafia with a belt of live cal..50 ammo . . . )

Keeping the 5th wheel pretty clean is also probably good modeling, too, as the prototype 'look' of "grease everywhere but the release handle where it gets wiped off by grubby mitts," would make an ugly spot on a pretty model.

That box trailer looks good.  I'd be sore tempted to replicate that faded green scheme in the reference photo--but that may be from the too many motor pool examples I've seen.  Again, painting it in shabby paint might be "accurate" but could also be 'bad modeling'--dunno.

Hi Pawel.  Thanks for the compliments. 

"...what kind of unit is 702 MSB?"

It was a Main Support Battalion in 2ID in S. Korea.  It is now called the 702 BSB, Brigade Support Bn.  They do higher level maintenece, ammo and general resupply, medical treatment/evac, etc...

702nd Brigade Support Battalion (globalsecurity.org)

Hello Gino!

The tractor is done and the build is still very interesting! I like what you are doing with the trailer a lot.

BTW, I wanted to ask you - what kind of unit is 702 MSB?

Good luck with it and have a nice day

Paweł

Thanks Gamera.  It is coming along slowly.

"I hope to get some paint on it tonight."

Yeah the camo looks terrific! Looking forward to seeing how the trailer comes along. 

Thanks Gary.

That camo is nice!  Can't wait for the box trailer.

Gary

Thanks again S.H.  It is coming along.

Nice work!

S.H.

Thanks S.H.  Yup, all hand painted with a hairy stick.

An update:

The truck is done with construction and basic paint. I added air lines and the brake connector wire from 1/24 spark plug wire with James Lee’s 3D printed gladhands. I marked it as a truck from 2ID, 702 MSB in S. Korea with homemade decals. The next step is weathering.

Here she is.

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Some details.

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I also laid down the passenger seat to make it into the gunner's platform.  The AFV Club seat is in two parts, lower cushion and back part, so it is easy to do.

I have also started on the trailer for it. It is an M129 box trailer used as a maintenance/shop trailer.

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 I started with an old AMT 1/32 reefer trailer.

I cut it down to the proper 28' 8 1/2" length.  Then I covered the ribbed sides with 0.020 sheet styrene and added rivets with a rivet wheel.  I built up the frame and the rear axles using parts from an Italeri M923 5 ton and "C" channel styrene, along with resin copies of AFV Club's wheel hubs.  I will use DEF Model 5 ton wheels on it too.  Lastly, I added the marker lights on the sides and rear lights left over from the AFV Club M54 kit.

Here it is so far.

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I haven’t decided how I will paint it yet. I am leaning toward overall green for some variety.

Wow! That camo looks great, especially if you handpainted it!

S.H.

Thanks Gamera.  I like how the MERDC came out as well.

The MERDC looks sharp, nice work!!! 

As promised, here is the latest on it.

Over the weekend, I got the wheels on and laid down the MERDC paint. The wheels are resin ones from Real Model. I like them better than the kit tires since they have more rounded shoulders, like actual 5-ton tires. The kit tires have square shoulders and look too new to me, I do like to use them for a new spare though.

For the MERDC, I went with Winter Verdant, which appears to be the most common.  I first sprayed the green using Tamiya OD #2, then hand painted the dark tan, sand, and black. It has a few brush strokes and stray bristle marks here and there, just as I imagine it would when hand painted by a couple privates on extra duty in the motorpool.

Here it is so far.

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Next up is adding/working on the smaller details.

Thanks Capn.  I should have another update soon.  I was able to get some paint on it over the weekend.

HeavyArty

the motorpool is starting to fill up with trucks

It's my experience of motor pools that they are chock full of vehicles, and often or random types, and equally random paint jobs, with no obvious rhyme nor reason.

So, sounds entirely prototypical to me.

Mind, last week, down in Houston, I saw a train consist of roll-on flat cars with near two dozen of the multi-axles tank tansport trailers (in a rainbow of paint schemes) and exatly two 1070s on the last car.  Go figure.

Thanks Gary.  It is coming along.  Yup, the motorpool is starting to fill up with trucks.

Delete, double tap.

Gino,

Great work!  Your display is beginning to look like the Anniston Army Reserve parking lot that is a stone's throw away from where I live.

Gary

Thanks Gamera.  I guess I haven't lost my love of big trucks either.

Oh that's so cool to see you doing another giant truck Gino! The detail there is amazing.  

I guess I never got over my love of big honkin' trucks and construction equipment I had like most small boys...