This weekend I started working on Tamiya's WIllys MB. I'll be adding stowage from Blast's Jeep Stowage set and would eventually like to get the jeep driver and passenger figures The Body to crew it.

Here are a couple shots of the basic body. I added some bolt heads to the grab handles and the undercarriage. I've mainly been using the box art and some online walk around photos as references.





I removed the basic "circle" cap from the Tamiya gas can and added one from a spares box. The Blast water can is on the right . Both have collapsible buckets from Tamiya's Allied Vehicle Assessory set.



Thanks for looking.
-Sherb

Hi,
In witch context will you place your jeep? Any idea of dio?

Hi Pierre,

I'll probably display it on a simple snowy/muddy road with a sign post and possibly another figure or two standing outside the jeep.

Perhaps somewhere in Belgium 1944 or 1945. I'm open to suggestions for units, markings and location.

-Sherb

A couple shots with the Blast Stowage added.





-Sherb

I really like these stowage sets from Blast, Legends and Black Dog. They give so much more to the finished result when compared to the work involved and effect of an etch set. Looing good sherb .... will be nice to see this painted up!

My original plan called for picking up a set of resin tires with snow chains.
I decided to give it a try myself....



I began by drilling eight sets of two holes.

Next I made several "U" shaped pins from wire.

One end of the U hooked on the last link of a short piece of chain.

The other end of the U hooked into a link in the middle of a longer piece of chain.

I pushed the U, with the chains attached, into the predrilled holes.

The end with the short chain went into the outer hole.

I kept repeating all the way around until the last set of holes.

For the last set of holes I didn't use a short chain. Instead, one end of the long chain (after cutting to length) was captured with the U on the inner hole while the other end was captured on the outer hole and then went over to the back side.

Since the backs are somewhat hidden, I'm just drilling one hole to pin the ends of the short chains. Then I just feed the longer chain over the pins.
(The wheel in the top of the photo hasn't had the short ends pinned on the back yet)

-Sherb