Bedford QLC 6 ton tractor - scratch - 1/35
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 11:22 AM UTC
As I got tired of waiting for IBG or SKP release injected Bedfords, as a announced...I decided build my Bedford in scratch...
I choose this girl:
The actors:
..and old Resicast metal roof, for Bedfords (see in plastic bag, left in pic.)
..and tons of Plastruct and Plasticards...
Let´s go !!
and...
Please, see ALL STEPS in my Bunker:
http://panzerserra.blogspot.com/ Be my guest and , please, comment....
TIA
Panzerserra
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Izmir, Turkey / Türkçe
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Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 11:34 AM UTC
hi Marcos,
long Bedford.. gooooooooood idea...
and nice blog..
All of them Braille Scale...
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 06:20 PM UTC
Hi Marcus,
Off to a great start.
Al
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Winston Spencer Churchill
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 12:39 AM UTC
Soooo
that's why you did the 1/2 track conversion first then?
Or are they resin wheels& tyres?
Got details of the permanent coupling?
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 08:43 AM UTC
Marcos
Loving your Bedford builds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loverly itchy scratchy stuff too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will be looking in on this from time to time !!!!!!!!!!!
Nige
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."
Don Marquis
Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So procrastinate now, don't put it off.
Ellen DeGeneres
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 09:01 PM UTC
Quoted Text
hi Marcos,
long Bedford.. gooooooooood idea...
and nice blog..
Thanks, Erhan...
The Bedford is big, indeed...
Stay tuned and regards
serra
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 09:03 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Hi Marcus,
Off to a great start.
Al
Hi, Alan...
I hope to finish the big girl well...
Big Hug !!!
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 09:25 PM UTC
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Soooo
that's why you did the 1/2 track conversion first then?
Or are they resin wheels& tyres?
Got details of the permanent coupling?
Jon, I did the half track Bedford because I like prototypes that were actually built ...
The resin wheels are a former Brazilian manufacturer ...My Peerless kit was incomplete...
About coupling, I found this pics about Tasker semipermanent coupling:
Notice in the photos, the same air tube that connects the base of thecoupling to the trailer.
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 09:28 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Marcos
Loving your Bedford builds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loverly itchy scratchy stuff too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will be looking in on this from time to time !!!!!!!!!!!
Nige
Nige, thanks for the incentive !!!!
More crazy things is coming ... stay tuned ...
Big hug !!!
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 10:20 PM UTC
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 11:40 PM UTC
Hi Marcus,
Looking excellent, you measuring looks much more professional than my Mk 1 eyeball
.
Just makes me want to build another Bedford
You gotta love the QLs.
Cheers
Al
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Winston Spencer Churchill
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 - 02:38 AM UTC
Most excelent work so far!
The Tasker details are a very good find.
I enjoyed your 1/2 track build as well, & yes we definately need a NEW QL series, as well as OX, & all the others...
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Yunnan, China / 简体
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 - 03:00 AM UTC
Hi Marcos
Thank you for showing us a great production, I like this kind of work.
Greetings
Blackwater
Joel_W
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 - 04:47 AM UTC
Just ran across your Bedford build. Really enjoyed my 1st run through. Your skills are certainly well beyond what's needed to produce an outstanding model. Looking forward to following your build, Right now I'm going back and studying your work.
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Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Monday, September 26, 2011 - 11:45 PM UTC
Thanks, Alan....
The British trucks are awesome....
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 12:26 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Most excelent work so far!
The Tasker details are a very good find.
I enjoyed your 1/2 track build as well, & yes we definately need a NEW QL series, as well as OX, & all the others...
Jon, thanks for the incentive !!!!
It's a shame that the large factories not injecting British trucks ...
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 12:27 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Hi Marcos
Thank you for showing us a great production, I like this kind of work.
Greetings
Blackwater
Thanks, Blakcwater
all the best !!!
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Goias, Brazil
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Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 12:28 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Just ran across your Bedford build. Really enjoyed my 1st run through. Your skills are certainly well beyond what's needed to produce an outstanding model. Looking forward to following your build, Right now I'm going back and studying your work.
Obrigado, Joel !!!!!
Big hug and stay tuned !!!
Marcos Serra (Panzerserra)
Valencia, Spain / España
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 10:13 AM UTC
Nice and fine work. Interesting to make in 1:72 scale.
Regards.
Pedro.
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South Australia, Australia
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 10:27 AM UTC
Hello Marcos.
Great work on your Bedford. I too would like to see them released by big manufacturers, but in 1/35 please!
Have you ever got the dimensions of that box on the back of the truck? Or the wheelbase of that type of chassis? England is a land of narrow roads with tight corners and having only 20 degrees of movement side-to-side would have meant that truck would get stuck every other day on a sharp corner. I have a feeling the box may be narrower than on your truck, or your chassis is not long enough. Have a look at that side diagram and it looks like the distance between the box and trailer appears bigger than on your model.
It could also be that the trailer box is too wide as in the photo in the start of the blog the trailer sides 'appear' to be no wider than outside of the wheels, possibly even a little narrower.
Keep up the great work mate.
You may be right, I may be crazy.
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 11:19 AM UTC
Hi Marcos
I tend to wonder also about that 20 degree turn as the pivot point looks deliberately far back to accommodate a complete 90 degree. Even looking at your photo the boxes look flush with the wheel arches and that takes a lot of the width away in itself.
Articulated lorries had been about for quite some time so I would not think they would have built in such a deliberate restriction that would have made even the simplest of reversing maneuver so quick to foul.
Nige
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."
Don Marquis
Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So procrastinate now, don't put it off.
Ellen DeGeneres
England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 03:56 AM UTC
Marcos
I don`t think the problem lies with the trailer, i believe the problem is that the cargo body behind the cab is too large, it looks out of proportion to the one in the photographs which seem to have a smaller all round profile, other than that keep up the good work, i`m in awe of your skills
Malcolm
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Overijssel, Netherlands
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 05:37 AM UTC
Dear Marcos,
The problem you face with the semi-trailer is almost certain due to two facts:
1. the platform is too long backward and 2. too wide.
Have a look at some pictures of this semi-trailer, both on the web and in the book 'The observer's Fighting Vehicles Directory WW II', by Bart H. Vanderveen, pag -179-. The platform does not be wider than the fuel tanks and the back is more towards the front.
But, please, do not feel offended: you may have opened a breech towards more GB trucks. The Bedford QLF could be seen as tractor, truck, half-track (you already made a master!), the 'giraffe' and the armoured version. Would help us more than another one-piece-ever-build-german-AFV, would it?
Looking forward to see more,
salute.
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 06:24 AM UTC
Hi Marcus,
Looking at the pics your cargo box is just a little long. Best I can tell from the pic is that it finished just short of the end of the fuel tanks. If you look at the 2nd picture of the truck you posted; in that one it looks to be narrower, with the side further in, where as in the first pic it is sitting as you have made it!
As far as I can tell your trailer placement would be spot on if the cargo box was slightly smaller.
Always had to judge froma picture.
Al
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Winston Spencer Churchill
Istanbul, Turkey / Türkçe
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 10:51 AM UTC
Looking awesome so far Marcos....I like it...
