Ok Back in the heady days of early 2019 I blagged a Tamiya Trop Kubel on ebay for a nice price, used but complete...
When I checked it, out the entire motor and transmission were missing,
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the seller looked for it but alas it was lost, so she gave me a good partial refund and off I went.
I contacted Tamiyas UK agent and got prices for the parts I needed plus a set of the standard wheels to replace the tropical balloon ones supplied in the kit..
Too Expensive!
So the kit languished in my stash and I continued to search for another Kubelwagon..
During Lock down I made an offer on a European Kubel Listed as complete with one tiny part missing...
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And for a very reasonable price!
When it arrived I checked it out and indeed only one part was missing...
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However.... Tamiya don't do the kubels in grey plastic, it had been spray painted on the sprues in a semi gloss panzer grey enamel :sad:
And on some parts it had pooled and rippled.
So, I got a bottle of detol and started stripping it all,..
So, detol kinda worked but it does something to the plastic and it gets very brittle.
So, I finally coughed up for a bottle of StripMagic and got too work.
Here's where I am with the Ex-European now ex trop kubel.
[ATTACH]403039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]403040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]403041[/ATTACH]
Next up the ex-Trop now European Theatre Kubel :smiling3:
Using the stripped and reassembled Engine/transmission from the other kit as a guide I bashed up the bare essentials for the other kubel..
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These models will have figures in them and be firmly fixed to a base therefore only need something basic as it'll never be seen ( as with the top of the motor ) .
[ATTACH]403043[/ATTACH][ATTACH]403044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]403045[/ATTACH]
And there you have it, my first build log!
This project is to produce two Kubelwgons being used on the eastern front in the winter, one a later production model, one an earlier ex Tropical version pressed into service for Europe.
I will run this thread in parallel with the figure thread once they arrive from Jeff Shiu ( 4 for now and 5 more later )
Cheers
Mark
When I checked it, out the entire motor and transmission were missing,
[ATTACH]403036[/ATTACH] the seller looked for it but alas it was lost, so she gave me a good partial refund and off I went.
I contacted Tamiyas UK agent and got prices for the parts I needed plus a set of the standard wheels to replace the tropical balloon ones supplied in the kit..
Too Expensive!
So the kit languished in my stash and I continued to search for another Kubelwagon..
During Lock down I made an offer on a European Kubel Listed as complete with one tiny part missing...
[ATTACH]403037[/ATTACH]
And for a very reasonable price!
When it arrived I checked it out and indeed only one part was missing...
[ATTACH]403038[/ATTACH]
However.... Tamiya don't do the kubels in grey plastic, it had been spray painted on the sprues in a semi gloss panzer grey enamel :sad:
And on some parts it had pooled and rippled.
So, I got a bottle of detol and started stripping it all,..
So, detol kinda worked but it does something to the plastic and it gets very brittle.
So, I finally coughed up for a bottle of StripMagic and got too work.
Here's where I am with the Ex-European now ex trop kubel.
[ATTACH]403039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]403040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]403041[/ATTACH]
Next up the ex-Trop now European Theatre Kubel :smiling3:
Using the stripped and reassembled Engine/transmission from the other kit as a guide I bashed up the bare essentials for the other kubel..
[ATTACH]403042[/ATTACH]
These models will have figures in them and be firmly fixed to a base therefore only need something basic as it'll never be seen ( as with the top of the motor ) .
[ATTACH]403043[/ATTACH][ATTACH]403044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]403045[/ATTACH]
And there you have it, my first build log!
This project is to produce two Kubelwgons being used on the eastern front in the winter, one a later production model, one an earlier ex Tropical version pressed into service for Europe.
I will run this thread in parallel with the figure thread once they arrive from Jeff Shiu ( 4 for now and 5 more later )
Cheers
Mark
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