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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 7:24 AM

Wow, that's a lot of work but she's gonna look awesome finished! 

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Posted by SprueOne on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 10:08 PM

mustang1989

Man you're throwin' alot at this puppy Bob! I'm digging the progress and outcome so far buddy.

Thanks again for checking it out. I'm having fun with this one.

 

Gamera

Wow, that's a lot of work but she's gonna look awesome finished! 

I hope so, Thanks for checking in. I think my pictures make it look like a lot of work but it's just basic cut and fitting. I've already realized a few short cuts that I'll illustrate near the end of the build.

 

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Posted by SprueOne on Sunday, May 21, 2017 7:30 PM

Starting to paint the interior cab. Some of the green that is outside is also inside. What is your suggestion for the color to use?

Type of green I want to use as on this M1009:
http://data.primeportal.net/transports/don_pics/m1009/Dsc07395.jpg

 

 

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Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, May 21, 2017 8:06 PM

Forest Green (FS34127) is the color that was used at the time periord these vehicles were in service.

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Posted by SprueOne on Sunday, May 21, 2017 8:36 PM

Thanks for the rapid reply. FS34127, is a Tamiya color code?

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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, May 21, 2017 11:41 PM

HeavyArty

Forest Green (FS34127) is the color that was used at the time periord these vehicles were in service.

 

I'd say NATO green or green 34079. I've seen them in both. 34127 is too light.

 

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Posted by SprueOne on Monday, May 22, 2017 9:17 PM

Hey Stik, Thanks for your help. I think the Forest Green is what I'm looking for. It is "brighter" than the dark olive greens.

 

 

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Posted by SprueOne on Saturday, May 27, 2017 10:27 PM

Right: I'm going with M.M. FS34102 Medium Green, enamel because I can just spray it right out of the can. Big Smile


Far left: M.M. FS34127 Forest Green, enamel bottle. (looks pretty close to aerosol FS34102).


Middle: Pactra FS34102 Medium Green, acrylic enamel bottle.

green color swatch sprueone

 

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Posted by SprueOne on Saturday, May 27, 2017 10:31 PM

During all of the material removal and dry fitting over and over... that little floor shifter broke. I fabbed a new one from wire and a putty handle.

 

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Posted by SprueOne on Sunday, May 28, 2017 6:29 PM

While the paint is drying on the interior details of the cab and other parts, this YooToob video is short and entertaining...

 

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Posted by Gamera on Sunday, May 28, 2017 10:52 PM

Lol, he's generating quite a smoke screen there!

And I'm at the point of pretty much always just making stuff like shifters since I always break or lose the kit part.

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Posted by SprueOne on Monday, May 29, 2017 12:54 PM

LOL, yeah and I bet that burning rubber was stinky!

I was just searching for ref vids on the CUCV and found this one and a couple other good ones driving through mud and ponds.

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Posted by SprueOne on Monday, May 29, 2017 2:48 PM

The cab interior parts are done and painted. This is the way this model has to be built. Sub assemblies will be built and painted before the whole model is assembled.

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^ The kit does not contain decals for the dash board instrument cluster so I had to search through my own stash.

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^ Micro Kristal Klear is curing over the gauge decals for lenses.
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^ Paint complete on the interior parts.
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^Clear orange acrylic was carfully brushed onto the gauge dial pointers before the Kristal Klear treatment.

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Thanks for looking ...

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Posted by Pawel on Monday, May 29, 2017 4:24 PM

Hello!

Nice move with those decals! The interior is lookin' good - thanks for sharing, good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, May 29, 2017 4:34 PM

The interior is looking really good.  The guage faces came out really nice.  One issue I see though.  The top areas you have black on the dash was more commonly brown. Those surfaces are covered with a padded dash cap and it was usually the same color brown as the seats and door panels.  A few were black, but the brown was more common.

 

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Posted by SprueOne on Monday, May 29, 2017 5:25 PM

Pawel

Hello!

Nice move with those decals! The interior is lookin' good - thanks for sharing, good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Hi Pawel, Thanks for the compliments.

 

HeavyArty

The interior is looking really good.  The guage faces came out really nice.  One issue I see though.  The top areas you have black on the dash was more commonly brown. Those surfaces are covered with a padded dash cap and it was usually the same color brown as the seats and door panels.  A few were black, but the brown was more common.

Wow, nice clear ref photos of the M1009 interior. It's not too late to change it and brown will probably look better because it will break up the different parts of the dash board anyway. Thanks for the advice. 

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Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:14 AM

If I remember correctly, the original color dashes had a reddish / brown appearance similiar to what you've got and the replacment dash pads were black in color.

You're pretty much steering in the right direction with the interior. In this small scale you can get by with what you've got for decals. Lookin' good so far.

                   

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Posted by SprueOne on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 8:34 PM

ah, replacement dash pad was black. Good info, Thanks!

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Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 7:10 AM

SprueOne

ah, replacement dash pad was black. Good info, Thanks!

 

No problem Bob. It was part# 15646949 out of the TM9-2320-289-20P parts manual which looks like a GM part # anyways.

Speaking of which. Here's yet another technical resource that you may be able to use for the finer details if you don't already have it. This site has about every Army technical manual that existed on there for viewing/ download.

http://www.motormayhem.net/cucv-info/

                   

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Posted by SprueOne on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 11:09 PM

Link saved, Thanks.

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Posted by SprueOne on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 11:14 PM

Masked and painted brown. Looks much better now, I think. Also added that silver garnish with a silver drawing pencil.

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Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, June 1, 2017 3:39 PM

Great job.  It looks even better now.

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, June 1, 2017 9:36 PM

Really nice work there, she's getting better and better!

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Posted by SprueOne on Thursday, June 1, 2017 10:50 PM

Thanks Fellas, I think I can finally move on from the cab interior now.

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Posted by SprueOne on Sunday, June 11, 2017 9:18 PM

<---- Total resin kit amateur!

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This is what happens on my first all resin kit.

The grille part is one piece with pour block out back. This didn't fit into the front of the cab grille opening so I thought I'd sand down the pour block part of it so it would fit. Bad idea because the front detail and frame garnish is so fragile it aint even funny.

The frame garnish broke off in the lower left corner but luckily I found it. In hind sight, the best thing to do is to remove material from the cab part to open the cavity to accept the grille part. 

m1008 cucv grille sprueone^Do not sand down this part. Too fragile.

 

m1008 cucv grille sprueone^ Remove material from the cavity instead.

m1008 cucv grille sprueone^ Dry fit

 

m1008 cucv grille sprueone^ I broke off this little corner part during sanding of the grille part

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^ I found it on the bench luckily

 

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, June 11, 2017 10:57 PM

Well ya can always hide the dinged grill with mud weathering...

 

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Monday, June 12, 2017 9:01 AM

Hi ;

 I don't remember the year model now . But , that was the year model I based ALL my short Bed Wreckers with Century Wheel Lift gear on . Darned good trucks . I like Fords , but for what we did , for some reason we'ed keep breaking the frames . Broken frame , The truck doesn't earn money . Bye , Bye .

     The last one in the fleet retired four years ago after being rebuilt from parts of five different trucks after the Tornado of 1982 . Went through Alexander , Ar . Can you say town totaled ?   T.B.

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Posted by Tanker - Builder on Monday, June 12, 2017 9:03 AM

Dad Gum It !

 Young Man , That looks downright nice . Very Good T.B.

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Posted by SprueOne on Monday, June 12, 2017 7:49 PM

stikpusher

Well ya can always hide the dinged grill with mud weathering...

Haha, that's true. Idea

 

Tanker - Builder

Hi ;
 I don't remember the year model now . But , that was the year model I based ALL my short Bed Wreckers with Century Wheel Lift gear on . Darned good trucks . I like Fords , but for what we did , for some reason we'ed keep breaking the frames . Broken frame , The truck doesn't earn money . Bye , Bye .
     The last one in the fleet retired four years ago after being rebuilt from parts of five different trucks after the Tornado of 1982 . Went through Alexander , Ar . Can you say town totaled ?   T.B.

Interesting story, T. B.

 

Tanker - Builder

Dad Gum It !
 Young Man , That looks downright nice . Very Good T.B.

Thank you for the compliment.

 

 

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Posted by SprueOne on Monday, June 12, 2017 8:42 PM

While dry fitting the grille part in place I verified the clearance with the floor part to see if the front of the floor part would conflict with the back (the pour block) of the grille part. It did by approximately 1mm. So I need to sand down the back of the grille part or cut another 1mm off the front to the floor part.

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If I cut another 1mm off the front of the floor part then some engine detail will be lost. I decided to sand down the pour block of the grille part instead. Mistake again. The fragile front slats of the grille part started breaking so I stopped. I'll wait until it is glued into the cab front then continue removal of material for clearance of the floor part.

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Something else I notice while dry fitting parts is that the angles of the cab hood and fenders are different than the grille part. That's weird because it leaves gaps on each side that are not present on a 1/1 prototype.

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Now glued in with that little corner piece re-attached. Almost can't tell that it broke off earlier. Wink

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Now I can safely remove some of the pour block from the back of the grille part. Why didn't I think of that in the first place? Huh?

 

Thanks for looking...

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