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Started:
05 February 2006
Finished:
22 February 2006
Page 1 of 3
Just
felt like going small a bit..
Non-military
models in 1/72 are not
available, so I chose a kit from Academy to convert into civil life,
and
decided to make a small diorama out of it.
05 February:
The first target
were the solid cast headlamps. I drilled them out.
I removed the bars and grab handles from the body (center and right)
I
applied BMF to the full front as
in the right photo. Prior to painting, I filled the headlamps and turn
signals with Maskol so that I would have a metal shine after the paint.
I scribed wooden plank separating lines.
Contrary to the instructions, I built the body separately from the chassis.
I sanded down the rifle casing cast behind the windshield frame. I protected the glass by masking tape.
I painted the
vahicle as in the photo.
The flames are done by a brush, not an airbrush!
I positioned
the front wheels to add
a bit more life to the model and glued them in that position.
Now what a
silly model is this! The
windshield frame stood like a movie screen in front of the
driver! Definitely
not acceptable so a remedy
had to be done...
I cut off a slice and glued the parts back. To determine the slice width, I viewed lots of WW2 era jeep photos.
I drilled out the handle on the gas tank with a 0.5 mm drill bit.
Now a bit more
scratchbuilding... The
thing in the front is the kit-supplied shift lever (and supplied as
only
one...)
I built two levers from 0.3 mm steel wire and drop-painted the tips for the knobs.
I built two levers from 0.3 mm steel wire and drop-painted the tips for the knobs.
The seat pillows were too small compared to the backrests, so I cut two cushions from styrene at a proper width. I bent the roll-bar from paper clips and fixed with CA glue.
I made the licence plates on the computer. Also drybrushed the tires for driven effect.
I filled the headlamp reflectors with clear, and put two drops of transparent orange for the signal lamps.
The rest of this page are the photos of the finished vehicle.
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