Something Odd!

Now, this...
this is,
well...
Odd.

I had a spare jeep - they're so cheap - about £5 each, and they come with a trailer.  I've already made one, without the trailer - so i had a spare 1/35 scale US Wiley's jeep, and two trailers.

I sawed the back half off the jeep, and used both trailers to make a rear flat bed unit.  I rigged up a double rear axle, and cobbled the whole lot together.  A real cut and shut - it's totally fictional, made up from my imagination - in reality it wouldn't work - but I wanted to build something different.

I then wondered what to use it for, and I imagined a couple of British soldiers driving around during WWII scavenging kit and supplies to "sell" on or trade.

And this is what I ended up with.

German machine gun crew

This was a mini project...
1. I needed more practice painting figures
2. I had some spare figures.
3. I needed something to do while I was waiting for the paint to dry on another build!

1941 Gaz AAA plus field kitchen.

Hi, well, this is going to be my next project...

I wanted to deviate from my usual comfort zone of US or UK, plus, something a bit older looking.

First comes the engine block, then the read differentials and wheels.  Each wheel is made up of something like 7 parts each!

Building up the chassis now, ready to add the wheels.  I've already painted in the ironwork with a good amount of rust wash on the leaf springs.

So, it's now starting to look like a truck now.

Running boards and rear compartment added - all wood, so base coated with a wood colour to start. Then some kursk earth colour "sprayed" on by mixing kursk earth, some talc powder and a little burnt sienna acrylic - dip the top of an old toothbrush in and drag a thumbnail over to flick it over the base to simulate mud splatter.

Need to work on that woodwork...

... base coat brown, add knotting with burnt sienna and a 000 brush, scuff some areas and add highlights...

... emphasise planking, steelwork and so on.

Then to add some "life" to the setting...

A few ammo boxes, tarps (made from das modelling clay), the field kitchen, and some figures.

And here's the finished diorama.

HobbyBoss 1:35 scale RSOV

Ranger Special Operations Vehicle.

This kit did not come with figures so I adapted three US ww2 figures I had spare.

I also added extra fuel gerry cans, kit bags, tarps and chain.

The paintwork is pristine. It needs some battering, bruising, scuffing, scraping, weathering,  rust-spotting, muddying, making messy!  That's a job for another day.

Battle for Stalingrad

I have the Germans advancing up the track, unaware of the T34 hiding up behind the ruined farmhouse waiting for the perfect shot.

M*A*S*H

I had a spare Jeep set, same one as the US Jeep, France 1944 entry below.
(They were cheap, so I bought two!)

My apologies to any true M*A*S*H fans out there, I just wanted a little fun with this one.
I've not really bothered with fine detail - I just wanted to see what I could get onto one small 1/35 scale Jeep without making it look overcrowded!

Panzerspahwagen - The finished model

So, after making a few modifications as I mentioned in my last blog - raising the antenna, adding more detail, weathering, scuffs, stone chips, rust etc.  Plus additional kit, camo net roll and so on.

I called this set Hasty Repairs.