Hi Folks. Here is a Des kit Federal tractor unit in 1/35 scale. It is resin with a few brass wire parts such as the grill and headlight guards. The MG mount posts I scratch built and the gun ring and 50cal are from the Tamiya GMC assessory kit.

I still have the single axle trailer to build to go with this. Quality of kit was high with a lot of small fiddley bits. But I think it was worth the hassel, What do you folk think. Comments welcome.

special thanks to Steve (stugiii) and Anne (sow1) for their generosity in supplying me this kit at a price I could afford.

a mock up of the cab and chassis


a close up of the scratch built gun mount posts


the chassis from underneath


the chassis from the top


a close up of the steering


a close up of the motor

Looks like this one will be a fun project. Looking good so far. I will be watching this one to completion.

Cliff, you are an artist!!!!!! Your construction is say flawless. I'm happy that you realy enjoy this kit. Like I said this ranked behind the need for (want of) the trailer you sent me for the Dragon Wagon. I'll post pics of the M15A1 55 tonne trailer when it gets here. BTW your pics makes want to buy another Federal or maybe even the Autocar Tractor!!! STUG

Cliff, what can I say...

Excellent :-)

Great detail and cleanliness of construction.
A tear comes to my eyes

Andrew

NIce clean build so far Mr. Roo!!! I can spot two small air bubbles in pics 5 and 6. Once fixed it will be, in my view, perfect...
Ciao

MY FEDERAL! Dang it Cliff ,that looks great I'm so glad you begged for it. I was very happy to part with it! Keep on truckin' ,pun intended..

Brother Pouch

These are impressive in progress pics. From the level of detail in the pics, this looks like a fairly complex build, which you have nailed. Lots of detail, with all the resin cleaned up to perfection.

The scratch gun mount is top shelf work. I love the second pic showing the brackets molded to accept the rod, --- and then the rivets-----just excellent scratch work--very very precise work on your part here.

Resin has never been one of my favorites because of the required flash/mold clean-up to make the parts look authentic---your model here looks very clean and sharp.

Another "gem" in the making.

Keep us posted.

Signed:
Pouch jr (tm)

You put your heart in this model. Really nice.

Hi folks here is another mock up shot of it. In this I have added a 1/35 scale Tamiya figure to show the impressive height of this beast.

Thanks for the comments

Lord Roo,

This is very very impressive work of your part. The build is clean and flawless from where I see. You really nail this truck.

Can't wait to see it finished.

Just wanted to bring this one back up to the top of the list again for those who might have missed it.

Just superb in progress shots of a unique vehicle with beautiful cast resin and scratch built add ons----good stuff!!!

Steve

Wow Cliff looks good. Great subject too.
Are you building it as Red Ball Express or an engineer unit etc.?
Glad to see you worked in some GMC parts (even if it is just from a GMC set)

Cliff,
As usual the build is clean and nice. From one ANZAC to another good on ya mate keep building.!!!!!!!!!!