Oh boy! here we go…WooooHoooo. more…more…more.
I have declared this a hippy free zone! none need apply…LOL
Ed as always brother, it going together beautifully. Im dug in for this one.
Bob
Hippies! you seen hippies! lemme get my stuff loaded.
Edmund, you are a machine sir and I salute you! Where oh where did you find the photos?
Isn’t it fun when you get a lil one on one time with the kids? Both my boys and I would do “manly” things all day. REALLY ticked off their mom, guess that’s why she’s ex #2!
G - you should already be loaded…LOL
The man wastes no time does he!! Looking good Ed. You definitely do your research. I think the last pic is what you should do, it looks cool and would fit right in with the other North Africa vehicles.
Keep up the good work buddy.
Rob
Rolling right along Edmund! Why do I have this sudden feeling that you’re going to be stringing field mess kits, grenades, and water bottles all along the inside of the bed now? [;)]
Sweet stuff, I really like how that is coming along!
AgentG: Manly stuff huh? sounds like fun![whstl]
Thanks, Jim
Oh yeah, I agree, long hair on guys—doesn’t look too good. Technically Inaccurate actually.
OK Bob. Fire at will
Adam…LMAO
Bob, Wayne, Adam: Hey Jay Leno called and he wants his job back!!! Holy Gosh I am funny!
Wbill: Hey Bill wasn’t that a cool picture of the interior. Should we go back in time and accuse them of the Verlinden Clutter? Too bad i am not going to have a rear passenger compartment on this one but I have the front driving compartment to work with! [whstl]
Jim: Thanks for riding along Jim you are always welcome!!
Build Update:
If I had known a year ago that my favorite part of modeling now would be blithely ignoring the directions and shaving off most of the molded details in preparation of PE and Scratch building I would have called you a Nutter!
The interior vertical supports are not mounted they are just in place to provide rigidity for the glue setup. I will be shaving then down because I want the tread plate gun platform lower into the compartment.
Enjoy!
Edmund,
First it’s the wheels that we find out about you. [:$] Now you’re shaving your kits. [:O]Just how well ventilated is your bench area? [:XX] Do we need to assemble the troops for and intervention?[;)]
As per your SOP this is coming along nicely. I can’t wait to see what you’re going to do about this one. About the pictures you posted, I like the one of the back seat that had all of the clutter. The canteens, grenades, misc equipment. Even my 11 year old son liked that one!
Cheers
Dave
More great stuff, keep it coming! we want it!
thanks, Jim
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Tripple [dto:]
Bob
Thanks Dave, Jim, Wayne, and Bob for your comments and support!
Build Update:
I decided to get back on the Horch I rode in on! [;)]
I picked up some Plastruct HO Scale Diamond plate and started reverse engineering a gun platform! I put together my first prototype tonight of the diamond plate upper structure tonight. I decided to lower it further into the truck bed because I believe this is more believable. I also decided to give it a tiered look as well to create visual interest and to have a seat for the gun crew I will also scratch build angle iron brackets across the outriggers. Tomorrow I will build an I-beam frame for the skeletal structure of the platform. I will use 1"35th scale bolts to fix the diamond plate to the frame.
Edmund, This is getting good! Is it available in urban grey for the commuter version. I could have used one today! Mostly lol (giggling from under the bench…again) Cheers Dave
Jeez Edmund you really dont wast any time do you[:O]?! I’m looking forward to seeing more of the progress on this guy, especially the painting and weathering[:P].
In Shep Paine’s book ‘Modeling Tanks & Military Vehicles’ in chapter six he has a step by step of this conversion using the Tamiya Horch and flak 38. Interestingly for the bed he uses a Damag half-track bed instead of scratching one. I have to say like your diamond plate better. He also has the gun platform attached to the bed with the long outrigger facing the rear. Bolts running through the holes in the end of the outriggers were used to attach it to the bed… Some thing you may want to consider.
Something that I find kind of funny is that he says for the conversion he had only one fuzzy picture to work with. Definitely pre Internet lol[;)].
Steve: Time wasting is for the weak or civilians! Actually I got sidetracked by another project I just put to bed last night so now I can focus all my creative energies on this. First of all great to hear about Shep’s conversion I would love to see a picture of that. After weeks of research and looking at many real world and model examples of this conversion I made the command decision to lower the gun deck into the vehicle and face the longer outrigger forward and into the driver compartment. I have actually worked on small to larger cranes mounted on flatbeds and the outriggers would need to be over the axles for stability and the mounting system is key, The Germans did not use Fuel Drums full of CA to mount their Flak38’s on to their vehicles contrary to the model evidence I have seen! [:O]
These were also field mods so there were probably examples of both. Here are a couple additional real word ref pics a friend sent to me that are just excellent!
Edmund I hear you on the how field mods could differ from unit to unit.
Heres a link to something that might interest you. Might be able to use it for a future build
http://www.masterpiecemodels.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=32
I like that first pic. From the looks on their faces I’m thinking this must have been early on in the Africa campaign[;)]
Build Update:
I have put a lot of thought into how the infrastructure would support the diamond plate and I also introduced two levels. I built a frame out of I-Beams and I am also adding Diamond plate to the interior storage area and rear cargo storage area. It should look cool. See build pics below.
I decided that since this vehicle will be at an oasis I plan to have one rear door, maybe both and both rear doors open for a see through peekaboo look at the primered I-beams and stowage and ammo. I like the look and it should add one more element of detail to the overall presentation.
Edmund,
I really like how you’re doing your own “field conversion”. Very slick!!! How much to do up a 1:1 model? You know just in case the eBay T-55 deal falls through. Check your email.
Cheers
Dave