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

LOL, Nice looking build there, I can't wait to see what you do with that scratchbuilding!

          Thanks, Jim

I like the smell of stretched spruce in the morning!!

Your the man Ed, you  definitely have model fever my friend. Can't wait to see the scratch items, right up my ally, nothing like white styrene eh.

Rob

Thanks Bill, Rob , Jim, Bob, and Dave for the support and stopping by but I am going to have to disappoint you guys. I am scratch building two prototypes for the staked wood sides and to also include an option of leaving the staked sides off which I have seen in real word reference pics in Osprey Battle Series book.  I love saying the word Prototype!!

I am trying  to get the gun completed tonight.

Here is how it would look with the stakes sides removed.

Sir Edmond....cmon man get some camo on you building machine so I can post another

FREAKING SWELL!

Bob

Edmund,

Count me in for looking forward to the camo.

Cheers

Dave

Looking good Ed. I'm with the others, the camo is what I'm dying to see. The build is coming along nicely.

Rob

Well, if I had the ditto smiley I would use that, but thats gone (grumble)... So I am looking forward to seeing some camouflage on this one too!

       Thanks, Jim

Making good progress with this one Edmund, looking forward to seeing the camo on this one.

Thanks Adam and I am sorry you are having difficulties.  Your photos were not posted properly last night just a link that threw an error when I tried to access it.

When I get frustrated with the new changes and the poor performance I just remember it's a free service of FSM and to be patient.

Then I kick my dog through a hedge!!  Just teasing he's a Miniature Dachshund and well loved!!!

Oh you mean the sand channels yes I would love some more the kit only came with one POS plastic one and I was hoping to find another or a PE replacement.  i admit I was eying my AS 42!

Hey Edmund ~~Lots of interesting inf /  photos in your thread--way to be! I got onto my thread once, but not again. Tried to update--dont think it went on right, but cant check!!AARGG I want them to give up and change it back already(spellcheck has always been as easy as "new tab: www.freedictionary.com :  and type in word)  hey notice I couldn't add alink that easy like before? I also couldn't add photos in my thread the way I used to. You seem to be doing great..................carry on, nevermind

What are PSP Panels Bob?

Ed if you need some PSP panels I have some.

Bob

Hey G I have always wanted to say that you don't get much of a chance to being from the Midwest! 

Well to day is your lucky day here is another pic of a cammo paint scheme and two other pics of Breda gun trucks and you can see the mods they had to perform to keep the driver and passenger safe by building up the side and front boards,

I believe you are correct about the location of the sand mats.

Thank you Jim, Indy and Bob!  You make me smile everytime you post Bob!

I am sorry Adam I am not able to get into your WIP.  That would be a huge loss to this community so my hope is that it will be resolved quickly!

The performance on the new front end is abysmal and I am hoping that they upgraded the physical hardware as well as the front end or it wiill just get worse not better.

I do like the spell checking though!! 

Hey Edmund, looks like your build is going good. That is nice. I can open up your thread,. thats nice too. Why is that worth mentioning? BECAUSE I CAN"T OPEN MY BUILD THREAD !!! AFAHGHGHKFFK. I'm not too happy buddy. Maybe you could see if you can. Is it a total loss due to this wonderful change they made to our Forum? Let me know if it's still there if you don't mind......................

cool, that looks awesome! 19 degrees, that is COLD!!

      Thanks, Jim

New photos for the new forum.  I guess this justifies a new adjective.

FREAKING SWELL!

LOL, looks sweet Ed.

Bob

Thank you NucMedTech, Rob, Bob and Jim for your comments.

It has been slow lately due to our cold snap here and even with a radiant heater it is quite cold in the garage. 19 degrees at the moment!.

Build Update:

I have been working on final details on the cab and the cargo area conversion that is going to be required to convert the radio car into a gun truck.  Thanks Wayne (agentG) for your references I found a real ref picture that I am going to follow to the best of my ability except the stake sides will be only half way down the cargo area for the Breda.  I have also thought about leaving them off totally.  I have found some real world ref pictures of that that are cool as well.

Here are some in progress pics.

Ed- Looking good, waiting for the next update.

-Stephen

Well your of to a great start Edmund, this is going to be fun, to watch.

Talk to you soon.

Rob

Looking great so far Ed.  More, more, gimme more for poopy sake.....LOL

Bob

Thanks Jim.

Build Update:

I got some great progress on the cab assembly tonight and drilled out my spare wheels I had forget to do that before I primered them so I spoke to myself sharply and completed that task.

Thanks Mike & Paul for your comments.

I received a six piece Resin Tire set from R&J today which was les than 48 hours after I ordered them. Great service and great products I cannot say enough about those folks.

I cleaned them up and primed them with Tamiya Surface primer.  I took a couple shots next to the Sand Tires on my AS 42 so you can get a sense of scale.

Love tires.........................

Schnobs wrote:

I do plan on converting the Radio Command car to a Scorpion with the Breda mounted in the Tray and the radio removed I already posted this question but I will repost do you know what the following is and if it is a part of the radio? I am sure you are referencing Model Military Interntionall November Scorpions Sting build article.  I am using that as a reference but I plan to remove the front piece in question and of course the radio and build up the greedy boards on the side so I have more room for Italian fuel drums and british stowage plus the gun.

Thanks Don for both of the links!