First of all, a little backstory:
I have had a diorama scene stuck in my head for a few weeks now, but it’s on hold until the current dio is finished (which could be a while still) but…while working out the details, I decided that I needed some sort of command car. The first thing to pop into my head was the quintessential favorite, the Kubelwagen, the ol’ bucket…I thought of others, Steyrs and such, but I kept going back to the idea of using the Kubel.
Only problem was, my LHS didn’t have one (I really don’t have a LHS, just a Hobby Lobby, and they’re pretty limited). I scouted eBay and every other internet site I could find in search of a cheap kit (it’s going to be crashed and half-covered in the dio, so I figured, why go all-out?) but I kept running into the same thing…shipping, shipping, shipping. I got irritated at the idea of having to pay a premium just because I live in a place with crap for hobby shops. Finally, in a fit of pique, I said, “I oughta just scratchbuild the &$*@# thing!”
Several moments passed before I realized that I was serious, I really meant it, I wanted to try my hand at scratching a Kubel.
Okay, I thought, it’s boxy, it’s blocky, no compound curves…and I had a road wheel and a spare wheel in the parts box from a Kubel I built back in the '80s, so I had a pattern for the tires…I began to think that it could work.
The actual production is a longer story, and even more boring (I might do a write-up of it, if anyone cares, but that’s not for this thread).
In the end, I arrived at something that I think looks quite a lot like a Kubelwagen. Some of the dimensions are off, and some of the work is a tad bit rough, but I think it’s perfectly serviceable.
So…what does everyone else think? Honest, now…cut me no slack 
The rest of the images (including in-progress photos) can be found at:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v111/drucifer67/kubelwagen/
Your thoughts are appreciated!
