1/87 Scale Red Ball Express Dio

[Mini Me]

Nice start.....is the cab ROCO or other source?

[minitnkr]

Thanks Rick. Cab, headlights & fender/floor from unknown resin source obtained in junk lot from ebey. Very thin & delicate, but correct size.

[outrunner]

Great looking dio, love the trees, did you make them yourself?

Andy.

[minitnkr]

Yes I did Andy. Sedum armatures soaked in diluted PVA w/ground foam of a couple greens (dark on the bottom & lighter on top) sprinkled on.

[Lee Drennen]

Nice updates Paul

[minitnkr]

Thank you Lee.
Some further progress. Comparison of unknown source white metal hard cab on semi-scratch 1 1/2 ton GMC, unknown source resin hard cab on modified ROCO 2 1/2 ton GMC tractor, & OOB ROCO 2 1/2 ton cargo hard cab. Very slight differences.

[Mini Me]

Nice!........11/2 ton is of interest, can you give me a run down on what was done to accomplish the end result? PM is fine, at your convenience. :thumb2:

[minitnkr]

Back in the summer of 2018 I was working some 90mm AT guns for my AI company. In parallel I had come across a couple Heiser resin CCKW352 kits, so I detailed a couple 105s to go w/them as a gun section of a Cannon Company. Since then I acquired a junk lot with a few CCKW352 white metal kit components in it. I was able to construct two CCKW352s from this to tow a couple M10 ammo trailers for the gun section. The remaining parts were not enough to do another CCKW352 so languished in the junk box till the Apache disaster. Needing a diversion, I modified the suspension, shortened the frame, added ROCO mud guards, spare tire/mount & gas tank and voila, an early 1.5ton truck is born. 1st cuppa run-on.

[Airborne01]

I have no idea how you work in that scale Paul; even 1/35 produces small parts that are, to say the least, challenging for me! (And you produce such good results to boot!)
Steve

[minitnkr]

Thanks, American HO, or 1/87 scale, is what I'm used to Steve. Model railroading for many years before becoming immersed in military modeling. Gardening, structures, assembling vehicles & railroad cars is very similar. Rolling stock end markings (about same size as reg. #s on military vehicles) & detailing locos is much the same.

[Mini Me]

Same here!........Thanks for the info Paul, will have to try one of those tonandahalfers. :thumb2:

[minitnkr]

Gonna update the gardening. Hoping to make it more like rural France with more trees/hedgerows.

[Lee Drennen]

Great updates Paul. I like those Jimmy’s

[Mini Me]

Love the way this is coming together Paul....the architecture looks to be scratched, am I wrong in that assumption? :thumb2:

[scottie3158]

Cracking work mate.