This is the Italeri 1/35 WC56 Staff car kit. I wanted to do something different with it, and I also wanted to practice my diorama/ base making skills. I decided to make it a civilian brush truck. The truck itself is pretty much OOB. I added small diameter nylon cord around the winch for a winch cable, and fabricated a hook for it. I ground out some material from the rear compartment to assure it would be flat, and then I built a water tank from scratch out of plastic sheet. The small gas engine and the pump are bits from another kit, and I plumbed it with rubber hose. I opted to simulate the fire hose as a low pressure heavy duty garden hose, and made it out of small diameter rubber hose as well. The project was based on a rural Wyoming fire truck I saw as a kid, but unfortunately I have no pictures of it. I need to get license plates on it, though. Also, it's amazing the flaw that photography will pick up. Those tire seams look terrible. Ugh! Anyway, here are the pics.
. by theirishavenger, on Flickr
. by theirishavenger, on Flickr
. by theirishavenger, on Flickr
IMG_2712 by theirishavenger, on Flickr
. by theirishavenger, on Flickr
. by theirishavenger, on Flickr
. by theirishavenger, on Flickr