discussion Papa 695s 1/35 Mini Art Dingo Mk1

[papa 695]

Started this one, not that I’ve not got enough on the go at the moment.

this is as far as I have got. It’s a nice kit with plenty of detail and Photo etch.

 

[papa 695]

Painted the interior.

 

[adt70hk]

Great work so far Ian.

ATB

Andrew

 

[scottie3158]

Ian,
All looking very nice indeed.

 

[yak face]

Great start Ian , cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

Got the cab weathered and put together.

 

[Steven000]

Looks great Ian,
I'm no expert on Dingo's, so the driver is not sitting straight with the direction of the road? Must be weird to keep driving straight and also pain in the neck no?
Have fun :thumb2:

 

[outrunner]

Smart looking model there.

Andy.

 

[Guest]

Nice internals Ian.

 

[papa 695]

Thanks guy's, I'm glad your liking it. It's a great little kit, fitting together very nicely so far, but when putting the cab together, you put the two sides on first and it looks like its all wrong, It's not until you put the front and back parts on that you see it's ok.

 

[Guest]

I'm no expert on Dingo's, so the driver is not sitting straight with the direction of the road? Must be weird to keep driving straight and also pain in the neck no?

The Daimler Scout Car could drive in reverse at (almost) the same speed as forward. The seat is set at an angle to make it a bit easer for the driver to see through the little viewport in the rear armour when doing so.

It also had four-wheel steering, as you can see on Ian’s model, probably partly because of the high-speed reverse. This proved dangerous, though, so the rear steering linkage was disconnected on later versions (IIRC, from the Mk. IB on) and the wheels simply fixed in the straight-ahead position — however, the whole steering mechanism was only actually deleted on the Mk. III (off the top of my head).

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ian
Looks a nice kit. A lot of parts for a small vehicle. Great start with the interior. It looks excellent.
Jim

 

[papa 695]

A little update.

 

[scottie3158]

Ian,
Lovely neat work.

 

[yak face]

Fantastic progress Ian , cheers tony

 

[Graeme C.]

Nice build Ian, not noticed the offset drivers seat before on one of these, but my brother had a Vauxhall Nova with offset pedals & steering wheel!

 

[papa 695]

Been a while but I’ve moved on a little with this.

 

[Graeme C.]

It's looking good with paint Ian.:thumb2:

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looking great as a basis for a well worn paint job Ian. Nice one!

 

[papa 695]

Thanks guys.