Service&Supply GB 6/15/08-1/15/09

   White welcome back my friend. Also glad to see the damage was'nt as bad as I'm sure it could have been. Had to ride out a few of them myself when I was living in Fla.

   GA The duece is looking good to go. Oh yeah Felix Unger was one half of the Odd Couple a classic tv show that was on in the 70's. He was a neat freak and his roommate was a slob.

   Mobious What can I say man, freakin outstanding

     Got some paint on the BT. I'm a little torn I had planned on doing a three tone schem but I'm kinda liking the green by itself. Heres some pics of were I'm at.  I've started the figs also so that I can begin planing the ground work for the base.

Wow White, looks like your town was hit relatively hard fella. Glad you came through it ok.

Mobious, Wow Again. That looks awesome. You got the weathering, IMHO, spot on. It just cries out Used and abused. I love the stowage in the back. Not too much, just right. Top marks.

...Guy

 Yasou All,

 Thanks for the comments. The Zvezda kit was a fun and easy kit to build. Did find the kit mirror while searching thru the desk drawer. Anyone need a 1/35 rear view mirror for a Gaz AA ?

 GA.Modeler,

 Here is a pic of the WC63 Dodge troop carrier. Not sure if it's the same dash layout.

 HTH...

 Best Regards,

WOW mobious thats one good looking truck I like how it looks so dirty.

white_r34 i am glad you made it thru the the hurricane all right. i know what you have been thru first hand.

mobious  great looking build thier and a great job on the weathing of the truck and on those cans.  

as for me i finally got the arher dry transfers in the mail the other day. i just need to find a picture of a w-62 1 1/2 trucks dashboard were i can get it right i all ready know which one is the speedometer but the others i have no clue

 Hello White_R34,

 Glad to hear the damage was not too bad. Looking forward to seeing progress pics on the great little schlepper WIP. OBTW that is a good size tree laying on its side. Up North here we have to cut 'em down to get 'em that way.

 Best Regards,

Hello all I'm back and we made it through this storm with out much damage this time.  GA. and all you othere guys, you all have bean doing some stunning work. Here's a link to some of the damage from around my town. Some of the photos are a bit fuzzy and I'm sorry for that.

http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/Reference%20Photos/Old%20stuff/

We still have a lot to clean up here but don't think I'm not going to get my project done., I'll be back to work on her later today. I do need one thing to get my project done right "a can of hair spray" and once I get that I'll be done with part of my weathering for this project. So I'will have new pix up later today of the first part of my paint job. "Base Coat"

 Hola everyone,

 It's finished...

                                                                  Thanks for viewing...

 Best Regards,

 Hello Everyone,

 Thanks for the comments.

 GA.Modeler the dodge looks very nice. Is Future needed with Archer decals? Never used Future with them before and always had good results. Just asking.

 jthurston, The Gaz-AA were also built later in the war with Flat fenders, evidently because of material shortages. They were built this way beginning in 1943.

 The early Gaz-AA fenders are more of a compound curve. Would make a great street rod. thought about painting the rims chrome and the entire body gloss black with flames. Would've been cool...

 Started loading the Gaz up. Was waiting for different fuel drums, but decided to heed panzerguys advice and stick with the German fuel drums. A few progress pics.

 The cargo is primed with "rattle can red oxide" secured with testors canopy glue and the first colors laid in are the dark blue grey for the tire and metal areas.

 The tires on the Zvezda kit are lacking a decent tread pattern. Being made of a hard vinyl they were easily grooved with a razor saw held @ 90'. Trying to keep the hand steady was the hard part. Of course the tread pattern on the duals turned out much better than the spare. The five holes for the lugs were drilled and the hub piloting hole was drilled then the reverse side thinned a little with an X-acto knife.

 Moving along the drums were painted field grey, the tool handles light tan. A wash of Blue/Black was added to the metal areas. A bit of the wash stained the area near the chain.

 The fuel drums were given a shadow mix of the base color then highlighted by dry brushing. All the metal surfaces were given a highlight drybrushing of chrome silver. A burnt sienna wash was added to the metal surfaces to add a hint of rust. It should have been added before the highlighting. Had to be careful the mineral spirits will lift that silver paint like nothing else. The spot of wash near the chain was cleaned up with some "Soviet Sublime" blended into the surrounding area. Made a mistake of giving the tools to much burnt sienna and the handles went south. Have to clean them up with mineral spirits before the tarp is painted.

 This was a different approach, adding the cargo after the vehicle has been painted. Except for weathering this one is nearly finished. Maybe throw it on some sandy road to keep it out of trouble.

 jthurston,Which Sd.Kfz 7 kit will be built? The Trumpeter kit got pretty good reviews and looks like a very detailed kit. Still gotta love the Ol' Tamiya kit. Lot's of room for scratchin' things and prices are nice. Looking forward to seeing some pics.

 Best Regards,

Mobious wrote:

Namaste All,  Checked out jthurston's Zis-5 build and it looked pretty good. The old Alan kits can be troublesome. Found a few pics on the web for Zis-cussion.  Here is the Zis-5:  The cab is more squared and the fenders appear to be a little more flat. The windshield has some kind of support near the right side.

Namaste to you, my brother - and thanks for the kind words!

I'm actually doing an SdKfz 7 halftrack for this build; the Zis-5 was just a weekend quickie while I accumulate the stowage and stuff for the halftrack - which is just about ready for construction. But since the Zis-5 has been brought up, I thought I'd share a little of my research with you good peoples.

Now about that windshield: It's actually a three-piece windshield. The left two-thirds (as you're sitting in the driver's seat) of the glass is divided equally by a horizontal frame, and the top half of that can swing out to open. The bottom edge of the top half swings forward, while the top edge is fixed to a small hinge on the frame.

The right third of the windshield is a fixed, single piece of glass.

For the purpose of comparing the flattened fenders and flattened parts of the cab, consider these pics I found while researching that particular build:

ZIS-5, with the rounded fenders:

Notice in the above pic, the rounded form of the fenders and how the clean paint job reflects the light. I suspect this is a civilian model for that reason. I also suspect that this pic was the inspiration for the box art on Dragon's re-packaging of the Alan kit. The box art in question shows a white strip painted on the fenders precisely where the light reflects in this pic - I think the artist is guilty of misinterpreting his source photo. Also, notice that the crossmember supports under the bed match the size and shape of the ones in the Alan kit.

and ZIS-5V with the flat fenders, like you might find on a Jeep of that era:

In this pic, notice also the flat finish, cheaper wooden cab (still has the metal roof, though), and bigger & heavier crossmember supports under the bed. The headlight housings are a different color than the rest of the truck, suggesting either haphazard construction (such as a rush job in a military tractor factory at Stalingrad, for instance), or that the headlights were added as an afterthought. It was for this reason that I chose to omit them from my build.

I also like the tire treads in this photo.

~J

all righty guys this one is done. i am still waiting for the archer dry transfers to come in the old snail mail. why couldnt we have those things like they have on star trek to send stuff thru so fast. so here it is sorry for that last pic being so dark.

 mobious one word  AWESOME. i am still wating for my archer dry transfers to come in  and this one would be all done. i may go ahead and future the front part that way that part will be done. and thanks for the comments

 panzer felix unger? and another FANSTIC build.

new guy welcome aboard the gb.

    White the schleper is looking sharp. Hope everything turns out okay.

   Mobious the shading on the Gaz came out great . I like your cargo set up and no reason you couldnt use the german fuel drums. Supplys were always switching sides 

    GA the deuce looks like its driver is Felix Unger 

    Lewbud welcome, I'll add ya to the front page.  

  A few pics of the BT before it gets its first coat....

   I  the steps were made using wire from my scrap bin

  I added a couple of tow hooks and a jack block to the front fenders. The spare tracks were the only extras in the MK set. I wish there would have been a few more. I drilled them out and made a track pin using some streched sprue. I added some more tools also, makes sense since this is a work vehical.

 Mbote All,

 Hope White weathered the storm OK. News said gustav went ashore West of N.Orleans. Said he would post pics when the power comes back on.

 GA.Modeler:Making good progess on the Ton and a 1/2. The stowage and especially the crates look nicely done.

 lewbud: Another tracked vehicle would be great,IMO. Keep the thread even. Can't make the call.

 Scratched some lenzes. The smallest gasket punch was nearly a 1/16" oversize, but was in the ballpark. Sanded them to fit the headlights. Kinda tough getting them close to the same size. In the process of fixing/refitting the lenzes, broke the tire, sent the mirror to the moon, and scuffed the paint in several places. Escpecially around the lenzes. After the lenzes were finished the tire was repaired, a new mirror built , touch up paint mixed/applied, then a few photo's were taken.

 Here's the Gaz-AA with the new lenzes...

 Watched the movie "Stalingrad" last night and spotted a Ziz-5 in the assault scene as they were approaching the factory. Never noticed it before participating in this thread, Thanks panzerguy and jthurston for the wonderful Ziz-5 build.

  A few oil spots and drips were added in and around the engine compartment.Here's a shot of the other side...

 Had to scratch a new mirror. Tried something different. Using the same material as was used for the lenzes, a small circle was shaped. The rear of the clear circle was painted with silver, then again with the "Soviet Sublime". The pics really don't show the depth added, but it turned out kinda neat. Here's a pic...

 The little green mark at the top of the mirror was caused by tweezers. Had placed a death grip on this bugger and smudged the paint.

 Still have to load 'er up with some cargo, a little more touch up paint,do a little weathering and she should be finished.  Thanks for looking and as always...

 Comments and Suggestions are welcome,

 Best Regards,

mobious great looking build so far. and i know how you feel about loosing your lenes i lost part of this build and the tan monster still hasnt couged it up yet. dang i hate carpet

luft the scale is 1/35 and i got it off of old evil bay

white I hope you came thru the hurricane all right. looks like we have 3 storrns to worry about. when the weather channel keeps saying savannah they know something and not yet telling. i still can remember the last time we had to leave due to floyd now that was a royal pain 16 hours to mcalla ala and its normally a 7 hour drive.

alll right now this is were i am at with the deuce. its 95.5% done. all i have to do is future the front part of the deuce and weather it. i am still waiting for my archer dry transfers to come in that way i can do the dashboard right so here are just a few pics of whats been done so far.

 Hello Luftwoller,

 Thanks for the comment, but this really is a nice little kit. A world of difference between this one and the Alan BA-20 kit. As for extra efforts, The builds of the others on this thread far outflank my humble efforts. This is just the replacement for the BA-20. Trying for an abandoned Soviet vehicle to accompany the "Bud-mobile", A LeFH18 in tow by a team of horses.

 Added some battle damage. A few bullet holes. One thru the right side of the windshield was added after these pics were taken. Squirted some of the "Soviet Green/Soviet Sublime" on Ol' Bessie, and here is what she looks like...

  One problem that has popped up, the head light lenses... While trying to fix them, one was launched into a high alltitude orbit. Having taken a few meassurements with the calipers, and Armed with .10" clear sheet styrene and a set of gasket making dies, there will be an attempt at replacing the "Bug Eyes" with some scratched ones. Here's bessie without her glasses...

 Sorry for the last pic. The monitor threw the color way out. Lighting is really important. Have to keep that in mind for upcoming pics.

 Thanks for looking. Comments/Suggestions are always...

 Best Regards,

G.A Modelmaker, Nice work there. She looks like shes on the final stretch. What scale is it. Sorry too lazy to look at front page?

White. That is the coolest looking thing on this forum! And God is it tiny. The figure gives excellent scale. Hows is it?

Mobious. This GB is turning into 'Truckfest'. Ive heard dodgy things about some of those ruski kits but it looks like you have got it way under control. The detailing work your throwing at it is just sublime. Keep the pics coming. Im looking forward to this one.

...Guy

 Hello Everyone,

 Wanted to say thanks to all for the comments and thanks for takin' a look.

 Hey White,

 I was lookin at the Satelite images, and it looks like Gustav is nearly on top of LA. Good luck ridin' the storm out. The news said there were evacuations being conducted. Hope and pray for the best for all those in their paths.

 Best Regards,

Hay guys those are some realy good looking trucks so far. Well I got all my PF and othere items on and the tracks on as well now all I need is to start the paint job, Note:( It's hard to work on thins project wile the big storm is coming an from time to time I have to stop and work on house hole stuff) so this is what I have done. Note if you all don't hear from me for some time it my be that the lights are off but once every thing is back up and running I will be back.

Here's some up close images of my PE parts and the Tow line I rebuilt. I like the new look, to me it looks more real.

Thanks for looking you all.

Mobious wrote:

Namaste All,  Panzerguy,  Checked out jthurston's Zis-5 build and it looked pretty good. The old Alan kits can be troublesome. Found a few pics on the web for Zis-cussion.  Here is the Zis-5:  The cab is more squared and the fenders appear to be a little more flat. The windshield has some kind of support near the right side.  This is the Gaz-AA:  The Gaz-AA was a copy of the Ford AA. A lot of the same lines can be seen when comparing them.

   Mobious definatly see the the differance now in the body styles. The Gaz sure has a much cleaner and american look to it.

  Great looking build you got going there  Really cool all the extra work your putting into this.

    GA I dont think I've seen a 1 1/2 ton before but it looks pretty cool. I like the rolled up canvas top. Gives you the opportunity to look inside the bed with out having to leave the top off.

   Quick update on the Berge tiger still no paint. Decided that there were some more things that needed to be done and I wanted to get some pics with the tracks on before it was painted.

   Havent had to much time at the bench thanks to a crazy work schedule. But now that things are getting back to normale I should have something to post soon.

          Steve.

 Jambo GA.modelmaker,

 The 1 1/2 ton looks good. When I was a wee lad, my Dad had one of those. I've no idea why but it was a blast to play on. Looking forward to seeing the Dodge finished up.

 Posting a few progress pics,

 A little framing for the engine:

 The engine hood needed to be thinned in order to display it in an open position:

 The hood was cut in half and the opened side was thinned, and only the exposed edge was reduced on the right side. Here it is tacked in position:

 With the cab and fenders in place, decided to mix up a batch of the special "Soviet Green" and give Ol' Bessie a squirt!:

 The sequence of assembly called out by the instructions is a bit backwards IMO. The axles and tires are near the end of assembly. Had to make sure the front wheels were lined up so jumping ahead the axles and tires were set and checked, then allowed to dry:

 After everything on the drive train was set, cargo was needed to be added in order to meet the Service&Supply GB rules. The only thing available was Tamyia's 1/35 German Fuel Drum Set. Using these as a reference they were placed in the bed and tissue was dampened with water to get an idea of what was needed for a tarp.

 On the right side scraps of camo netting were dampened and draped into position:

 Having no Soviet personnal equipment the rear of the bed is empty for now:

 This was an attempt to do a weekend project, while waiting for supplies for another GB. Once again proper planning would have been worth $7.95 USD in shipping charges.

 There still is a little more to finishing this one. Still have to go back over and see what was left off.....

 Battle damage still needs to be applied. A few bullet holes in the cab and one thru the hood. Not sure if the fuel drums would have exploded if hit with a round. This brings up an interesting question though. 

 Suggestions ....

 Best Regards,

 Namaste All,

 Panzerguy,

 Checked out jthurston's Zis-5 build and it looked pretty good. The old Alan kits can be troublesome. Found a few pics on the web for Zis-cussion.

 Here is the Zis-5:

 The cab is more squared and the fenders appear to be a little more flat. The windshield has some kind of support near the right side.

 This is the Gaz-AA:

 The Gaz-AA was a copy of the Ford AA. A lot of the same lines can be seen when comparing them.

 Here is the Ford AA:

 Looks like the Ford was doing a burnout!

 A couple of shots of what I've accomplished so far:

 The bed anchor bolts were detailed with brass rod and styrene strips. The engine IMO is pretty cool for 1/35 scale.

 A little additional detail on the left side door. It is attached at the cowling and had to be seperated after the hinges were removed in order to open'er up. The hinges will be replaced later, with styrene rod and brass. In the pic the cowling section was placed incorrectly at the rear of the door.

 The cab tacked together to check the fit.

 The left side:

 The right side:

 This is a cool pic at the production facilities:

 Hey Luftwoller,

 Your avatar is the bomb! BTW is that enough pics.

  Best Regards,

all righty guys. i am all most done with this gb. all i have to do is apply the future decal and weather it and put a flat coat on and its done. after doing this 1 1/2 ton i want to do a 3/4 and 2 1/2 ton truck. but those will be done over the winter after i get the rest of my group builds done. so here are just a few pics of were i stand with this gb. in one of the pics you see a bunch of stuff i am going to add to the truck it looks to bare without anything in the truckbed. also doing something for the frsit time i am tryng out archer dry transfers just for the gauges in the cab. i hate painting those instrument diales.

   Mg I feel your pain. I had my lhs order a kit that I wanted to have ready for the AMPS show, two months later and still no kit.

   Mobious jthurston posted some pics of his ZIS 5 over in armor that looks a lot like this truck but made by Alan check it out, if you havent already.

     All the great russian armor builds I've been seeing has prompted me to go a little red. I picked up a bunch of kits that were in the bargain bin at one of the hobby stores in my area; BM-8-24 T34/85 T34/76 Bt5 JS2 and a BA/20