quote {And talking about semi tracktors...
Here is a studebaker coverted to a Tasker tracktor with Queen Marie trailer. I could not fit them in one picture. } quote
Holy Moley Leon! Gosh, Golly and Gee Wiz! AND a scratch built Queen Mary to boot, Geeze!
But that shop bus is still the Berries!
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165thspc
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barra733
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 - 11:19 PM UTC
Not sure if this is only US trucks, so hopefully ok to post these:
WZT-2 Polish ARV. Italeri T-55 and scratch upper hull:
TMS-65 Soviet Decontamination Truck
WZT-2 Polish ARV. Italeri T-55 and scratch upper hull:
TMS-65 Soviet Decontamination Truck
165thspc
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 - 11:28 PM UTC
Ian, any and all military models either scratch built or converted are more that welcome here.
Those are masterful builds you have there!
Those are masterful builds you have there!
165thspc
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 - 11:38 PM UTC
Decontamination Truck or for melting snow/ice off runways?
barra733
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 - 11:44 PM UTC
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016 - 12:06 AM UTC
Well OK; Decontamination!
165thspc
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I have a fondness for Russian Heavy Equipment as well:
MAZ 537F/A Pusher Tractor for moving large land based ICBM's from the assembly plants to their silos.
Photo: Russian Missile Forces Museum
A work in progress
Electrical Generator Controls
Corrected Transfer Case and Transmission
MAZ 537F/A Pusher Tractor for moving large land based ICBM's from the assembly plants to their silos.
Photo: Russian Missile Forces Museum
A work in progress
Electrical Generator Controls
Corrected Transfer Case and Transmissionbarra733
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Posted: Friday, June 10, 2016 - 12:35 AM UTC
Yes Marcel, watched this one a while ago. Fantastic scratch building.
165thspc
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 08:26 PM UTC
I am going to post another of my conversions - just to keep things moving forward on this thread. 
This started life as a gross error because I did not know at the time that the Chevy semi-tractor was built ONLY in a hard cab version. But thanks to this thread I realize now that it is actually one of my pithy, experimental "what if's".
Ton and a half "experimental" open cab Chevy semi-tractor conversion:
(Frame and wheels are Italeri. Cab and gun ring are from Tamiya. Fifth wheel is from a toy truck! - Wish I had bought a dozen!)
And scratch built 4 ton US Army Cargo trailer:
Trailer has functional front landing gear:
This started life as a gross error because I did not know at the time that the Chevy semi-tractor was built ONLY in a hard cab version. But thanks to this thread I realize now that it is actually one of my pithy, experimental "what if's".
Ton and a half "experimental" open cab Chevy semi-tractor conversion:
(Frame and wheels are Italeri. Cab and gun ring are from Tamiya. Fifth wheel is from a toy truck! - Wish I had bought a dozen!)
And scratch built 4 ton US Army Cargo trailer:
Trailer has functional front landing gear:
barkingdigger
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Posted: Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 09:47 PM UTC
Where is the border between "detail" and "scratchbuilt"? This Cromwell ARV has a complete interior based on photos etc I got from Bovington:
Then there's my M36B1, from the old Italeri kit:
And of course my Italeri M4A1:
Reaching for the white plastic sheet is just an extension of my standard hobby toolkit...
Then there's my M36B1, from the old Italeri kit:
And of course my Italeri M4A1:
Reaching for the white plastic sheet is just an extension of my standard hobby toolkit...
165thspc
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Quoted Text
Where is the border between "detail" and "scratchbuilt"?
Reaching for the white plastic sheet is just an extension of my standard hobby toolkit...
Great work!
I have asked myself the question about the "border between" many times! And scratch built interiors definitely count!
Question: In the Cromwell what is the large compressed gas cylinder for? Engine starting or maybe a very large fire suppression system? (In the Patton's M3 Stuart it was built for using blank shotgun shells for starting the radial but instead our service truck carried a large cylinder of compressed air. We just fished an airline in through the driver's view port, engaged a quick release air fitting inside the vehicle and she started with no problem!)
barkingdigger
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2016 - 04:18 AM UTC
Nothing as mysterious - that's the acetylene tank for the welding kit. The O2 bottle is on the floor against the partition wall, under those water tanks. (It's a recovery vehicle, so is festooned with the usual tools and winch stuff instead of a turret.) That pic doesn't even show the full-on driver's compartment details that were built afterwards... 
DocEvan
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2016 - 07:42 AM UTC
I am LOVING all the work here, guys! More more more!!!
Quoted Text
Where is the border between "detail" and "scratchbuilt"? This Cromwell ARV has a complete interior based on photos etc I got from Bovington:
Then there's my M36B1, from the old Italeri kit:
And of course my Italeri M4A1:
Reaching for the white plastic sheet is just an extension of my standard hobby toolkit...
m4sherman
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2016 - 08:34 AM UTC
[quote]
And of course my Italeri M4A1:
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Your interiors look good. Do you have a shot of the turret? We had plans to make the 76mm Sherman when I made the interior masters for the Tank Workshop but I was sick and tired of interiors by that time. You did a better job on the generator.
Isn't it odd that the "wet" stowage still had a large amount of 30 cal boxes, and a couple cans of oil in the sponsons?
I looked around for the pictures I had, but they seem to have been lost when the roof blew off the storage room a couple years ago. Mold got into everything. Saylevee.
And of course my Italeri M4A1:
quote]
Your interiors look good. Do you have a shot of the turret? We had plans to make the 76mm Sherman when I made the interior masters for the Tank Workshop but I was sick and tired of interiors by that time. You did a better job on the generator.
Isn't it odd that the "wet" stowage still had a large amount of 30 cal boxes, and a couple cans of oil in the sponsons?
I looked around for the pictures I had, but they seem to have been lost when the roof blew off the storage room a couple years ago. Mold got into everything. Saylevee.
barkingdigger
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2016 - 09:31 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Do you have a shot of the turret?
You mean interiors like these?
...or exteriors?
I must confess it isn't 100% accurate, as at the time I struggled for photos and inadvertently mixed in some Jumbo pics. (The turret floor should only be a half-floor similar to the M36 TD turret.) But it all looks great through the hatches!
m4sherman
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2016 - 11:15 PM UTC
Quoted Text
I must confess it isn't 100% accurate, as at the time I struggled for photos and inadvertently mixed in some Jumbo pics. (The turret floor should only be a half-floor similar to the M36 TD turret.) But it all looks great through the hatches!
Yes, thank you. I think you made the most out of what was available. I was lucky enough to get to climb in and around the M4A3 now on display at YPG. We took several rolls of film inside that I used for my wet stowage interior. The interior deserves its own decal set. Everything was labeled. It felt big inside compared to the T-34 85 I crawled into.
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 12:17 AM UTC
The same point raised by m4sherman regarding vehicle interiors can also be applied to engine compartments and drive gear:
Demag D7; 1 ton German Half-track
US High Speed Tractor
US High Speed Tractor
Russian MAZ-543 Semi-tractor:
Corrected both the transfer case and transmission:
Scratch transfer case and transmission before painting:
Scratch final drive units:
Corrected (Added) the fifth wheel landing pads, gave the winch housing the correct off-set to the passenger side and added missing auxiliary driveshaft from the PTO to the winch:
Demag D7; 1 ton German Half-track
US High Speed Tractor
US High Speed Tractor
Russian MAZ-543 Semi-tractor:
Corrected both the transfer case and transmission:
Scratch transfer case and transmission before painting:
Scratch final drive units:
Corrected (Added) the fifth wheel landing pads, gave the winch housing the correct off-set to the passenger side and added missing auxiliary driveshaft from the PTO to the winch:
165thspc
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M-23 8 ton Ammo Trailer (WWII & Korea):
Totally scratch except for tires which came from a back-date set for the AFV 155mm Howitzer. (from the Scale-Link catalog in the UK.) Also M-5 Limber is from AFV Club with back dated tires.
Military designers intentionally made wheels and tires interchangeable between the gun, the limber and the ammo trailer.
Totally scratch except for tires which came from a back-date set for the AFV 155mm Howitzer. (from the Scale-Link catalog in the UK.) Also M-5 Limber is from AFV Club with back dated tires.
Military designers intentionally made wheels and tires interchangeable between the gun, the limber and the ammo trailer.
165thspc
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Beautiful scratch work posted elsewhere on the Armorama forums.
CCKW with late war mobile dental clinic. Complete interior!
http://karopka.ru/community/user/7295/?p=2&MODEL=321694
http://karopka.ru/forum/forum262/topic14791/
CCKW with late war mobile dental clinic. Complete interior!
http://karopka.ru/community/user/7295/?p=2&MODEL=321694
http://karopka.ru/forum/forum262/topic14791/
barkingdigger
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Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 08:28 PM UTC
There's some real eye-candy in this thread! (I love that ammo trailer!)
As for size, I read once that the joke with the M3 medium tank was that it had to be so roomy inside to let the crew run around avoiding all the incoming shells...
As for size, I read once that the joke with the M3 medium tank was that it had to be so roomy inside to let the crew run around avoiding all the incoming shells...
m4sherman
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 08:47 AM UTC
Quoted Text
There's some real eye-candy in this thread! (I love that ammo trailer!)
I agree. Some fine building. Sadly none of the pictures of the master parts or prototype I made of the M15 Dragon Wagon trailer I did for Tank Workshop survived.
Monte_Christo
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 12:16 PM UTC
That decontamination track is one of the most interesting conversions I have seen. Perfectly built too! What references did you use to make the schematics for this build?
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 05:29 PM UTC
Quoted Text
That decontamination track is one of the most interesting conversions I have seen. Perfectly built too! What references did you use to make the schematics for this build?
I agree - totally!
165thspc
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 05:31 PM UTC
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I agree. Some fine building. Sadly none of the pictures of the master parts or prototype I made of the M15 Dragon Wagon trailer I did for Tank Workshop survived.
Randall, would really like to have seen your work there!
easyco69
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 05:49 PM UTC
Bah...I would but I am a newb.
Here is my attempt at a PZ IV L chassis lol - needs sanding & paint.
Here is my attempt at a PZ IV L chassis lol - needs sanding & paint.
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