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Daveash

Member since
October 2003
From: St Helens, England

Completed 2nd small AFV GB - 2 1/2 ton truck

Posted by Daveash on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 5:53 PM

I was saving this for the D-Day GB but got impatient. I built it alongside my "Willy`s Jeep". I will find another kit for the D-Day GB.
This is the Tamiya 2 1/2 ton cargo truck with accessories from Tamiya , Italeri and bits from my workshop. I painted the wood parts first with dark brown, then OD and then rubbed off the OD with thinners to simulate wear. I painted the chassis and engine/ running gear black initially, but applied many washes of oil and water colours to achieve the end result. The rest of the vehicle got a base coat of Humbrol US Army green and then multiple washes of oil and water colours. I think it looks OK.
Here are thi pics

Comments and advice welcome

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 5:55 PM

looks great
why is there a bren gun in the door? thats all i could come up with the rest is great

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Daveash

Member since
October 2003
From: St Helens, England

Posted by Daveash on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 6:00 PM

He found it at the side of the road and picked it up. The bazooka would not fit in the space available.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 6:01 PM

Looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.Sure is alot of jerry's.....and is that pretty much all tamiya's stuff?

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Scorn

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March 2004
From: Sarepta, LA

Posted by Scorn on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 6:19 PM

Nice packing! I like when a cargo vehicle is doing it's duty...w00t

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 7:31 PM

very cool. thanks for the peek.

joe

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shermanfreak

Member since
January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 7:35 PM

Nice clean build Dave .... how did you like this kit?

Thought of picking one up to tag along with my Shermies.

Thanks for sharing.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 8:16 PM

Funny thing happened I went out to look at the new hobbie lobby and low and behold the is a 2 1/2 ton there the price ...........3.99$. Gotta love stupid people sometimes,now only if they would do that on a KT ardennes or the dragonwagon hehehe.

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Build22

Member since
May 2003
From: Upstate NY

Posted by Build22 on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 10:23 PM

Great job, Daveash ! Thumbs Up [tup]

Looks right at home on that mud. Great pics !

Jim [IMG]

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M1abramsRules

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June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 11:09 PM

awesome job!

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Abastyr

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December 2002

Posted by Abastyr on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 11:18 PM

Awesome Job, It looks great.

My Model Page http://www.andysmodels.com

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 11:30 PM

A great "Duce & a Half" thanks for the pics.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 6, 2004 1:31 PM

Great work there Dave. I like it a lot. Thanx for showing us.

Keep well.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 6, 2004 2:26 PM

Awesome job on that Duece and a Half Dave.

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beav

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May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Thursday, May 6, 2004 3:36 PM

Your build dave, would be an Ardennes Wehrmacht tankers most beautiful dream I love it, i would like to do a truck that good!

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 6, 2004 5:39 PM

Looks very proffecional

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Daveash

Member since
October 2003
From: St Helens, England

Posted by Daveash on Thursday, May 6, 2004 5:45 PM

Thanks for the replies, I still have some accessories left over and am planning a dio with the truck, jeep and an Italieri "command post" kit I picked up today. I may do this for the D-Day GB.