Thanks Tanker-Builder.

I am calling this project done.

For the truck, I gave it a dirty-brown wash then a couple drybrushes of a reddish-dirt color, and then a sandy color. I added grease to the fifth wheel and some scratches and bare metal on the ramps. Lastly, I added Tamiya Smoke as dripped/spilled diesel on the fuel tanks too.

Here it is.

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I also added the “Orient Express” decal from the Hobby Link M52 set.

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I did similar weathering on the trailer, just a bit heavier to depict it as older. I added black stars and US Army serial numbers to it. The stairs on the back are from a sprue I bought form Hobby DNA (Trumpeter parts service) for the M4 C2V kit.

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I also found the “Warpig” decal left over from something and thought it would look good and give it a little character.

Here they are connected together.

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I really enjoyed this build and am very pleased with how it came out. Miraculously, all the wheels on the truck and trailer are sitting on the ground too. Another tractor trailer for the shelf.

Hello Gino! Lookin'good! Congratulations on another one finished, that no one else has!

Have a nice day

Paweł

Wonderful job there, Gino!

S.H.

Thanks Pawel.  I am very pleased with how it turned out.

That looks great! The camo looks perfect. 

Thanks Gamera and S.H.  It was a really fun build.

Well!

      Now if that the goldurndest fine lookin rig I ever did see! U. S ARMY right? Now what's next? a fork lift with a pallet of M.R.E's?

I decided that this one wasn’t done after all. I didn’t like how the trailer looked with the truck. I also received a couple extra parts that I decided to add.

First, I recently received the Hobby Link M818 Conversion set. It is excellent.

 

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In it, are two angle iron braces that go along the frame next to the 5th wheel on both sides. Also, the 5th wheel has a larger bolt plate.

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I missed these the first time, so I added them here.

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I also decided to make it an Operation Desert Storm tractor. I added the sand-backed bumper numbers from the Hobby Link set and added white coalition chevrons on the doors. I also gave it a dusty/sandy wash.

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I also had the excellent Def Model US Army Driver figure from the Gulf War.

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I built and painted him in Chocolate Chip camo from ODS from ODS and added an M16A1 w/30 rd magazine to him.

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And leaned him up against the truck.

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Lastly, I took my earlier M1062 Fuel Tanker and added black coalition chevrons on it and mated them together.

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It looks much better to me now as a Desert Storm tanker truck. I am very happy with it.

The former box trailer has already been repainted and remarked as a Vietnam-era M129 and will be mated to a future-build M52 using the Hobby Link M818 tractor parts. The Hobby Link M800 cab and wheels will be used on a future M813 TPU build. The M1088 tractor that was pulling the tanker will be repurposed to pull an AN/TPY-2 Radar Trailer.

That looks great Gino! I love the figure! 

Thanks Gamera.  I like him too.  I think he kinda looks like Richard Petty.

HeavyArty

Thanks Gamera.  I like him too.  I think he kinda looks like Richard Petty.

 

He does at that! 

HeavyArty

It looks much better to me now as a Desert Storm tanker truck. I am very happy with it.

And, that's how all this works sometimes.  You put things together and the image "clicks" for you. 

And then, your own reflexes, your memory, your experiences kick in to reinforce the look.

Always an excellent thing to see.

HMPF!!!

    What a heckuva way to intimidate someone. Whatya gonna do next, have it leave the page and drive into my welcoming Arms! Man, that is Beautiful Work. Did "King" Richard have an extra job no one knew about?

Thanks guys.  Sometimes it does take a few tries to get it right.  That is half the fun.