About the Chevy 1 1/2 ton. Did they or didn't they make a soft top version or is this one some one doing some kit bashing on a large scale.
What ever the answer is I think it's interesting . I have the pic set as my desktop back ground.

I agree completely, very interesting photo! However I don't know the answer to your question. Anyone?

Another one here :

http://cckw.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4034

Talking about the Chevy truck, I've just notice that the front fenders can sometimes differ from the usual ones :



vs



Maybe the second one is a prototype/pre-production truck

No info about the soft cab one yet (but there's no mention about it in the related TM...)

H.P.

Um, you are expected to pay for the above link, for a TM that was Digitised by Google, isn't that under common license?

I'm asking because I don't know, btw...

I don't know either At least online reading and screencaps are free

H.P.

Photo from General Motors Media Archive by way of Hemmings.

A Deuce or a Chevy could not pull this rig. Way too heavy for a 2 1/2 tonner but could not resist posting this great looking wartime vehicle!

Answered very early in this thread. Although "standardized", soft top Chevy 1-1/2 ton trucks were not produced. All were hard top.

One exception (sort of) The Chevy Bomb Service Truck. But it didn't have a standard cab.
http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_chevrolet_g506_g7128.php

Highway I agree with you completely, "officially" the soft cab 1 1/2 ton Chevys were NEVER produced. However the existence of even one leads us to ask was this an experimental "one-off" or did someone doing a modern restoration do a "kit-bash" with the only parts he/she had available????

Hey Mike if you haven't caught this yet Panzer Art has the wheels you're looking for.

http://panzerart.pl/index.php/welcome/kategoria/9/4

Nice, I think I need to get a new set of Goodyears anyway!

I'll let you know how they are. I found some on E-Bay, order one set of each should have them by Monday or Tuesday next week.
I am assuming they are for Tamiya and Hobby Boss GMC. The vendor on E-Bay didn't say any thing about which kit's they were for and I didn't see any thing on Panzer Art web sight.

I checked in the Wheeled Military Vehicles book by Fred Crismon to see if there is evidence of a soft cab 1 1/2 ton prototype. No, but the truck with the flat fenders is the prototype 1 1/2 ton Chevy truck.

There was a article in an old MVPA issue where a WWII veteran describes how his unit got replacement CCKW trucks just before going to France from England. Some of the new trucks had the hard cab, and the unit wanted only open cabs. They actually removed the hard cabs and replaced them with the open tops from trucks being sent back to supply. There was a series of pictures showing the work in progress.

So who knows, maybe a one off, and it would be nice to hear the story.

Received my PanzerArt wheels today. They will fit any kit, you drill the hole for the axle.
The detail on the wheels is pretty good. The hub's are separate from the wheels. You get 12 wheels 2 front 8 rear and 2 spare's the size of the wheels are pretty close to the size of Hellers wheels but flat like Italeri's. The marking's are on both sides of the tire's .
Like I said earlier found them on E-Bay $19.95 free shipping

In checking how HobbyBoss wheels compared to the PanzerArt wheels I just got I remembered a post from Abbie939 on May7,2015 about being short one spare . On May8,2015 Vodnik posted he was not short a spare and gave a count from sprue D and sprue C. The tire count is right 12 tires the rim count is 11 . 10 rims on sprues C and D with one spare tire rim on sprue A .
So the PanzerArt wheels are just right for the HobbyBoss SWB in having two spares.

There's nothing like "too heavy". Enough to remember M-26 Dragon Wagon carrying Jagdtiger. Way beyond of any weight limits.

@Sleepwalker71 Yeah, but let's not ignore the obvious. Mike posted a photo of tandem 700 gallon (?) fuel haulers. You're nuts if you think a GMC (rated for 2.5 tons) or a Chevy (rated for 1.5 tons) would ever be impressed to pull them. Your example of an M26 carrying a Jagdtiger was an expediency dictated by the needs/shortages near the front. 1,400 gallons of aircraft fuel being hauled around on an airfield would not be subject to foolish improvisations.

From a basic Solido model ( GMC long model 353 ) I made this new version : a GMC short model 352, with machine gun ring m37 above hard top cab.
The 352 model was never made by Solido.
The frame and rear body were shortened , the transmission ( axles Banjo type ), frame as of lot of other parts was redone, in brass .
Wheels come from Hart Smith , except spare wheels





Gas tank and spare wheels

Bottom view, next to original Solido model :

very, very nice. I am jealous!

How were the axles etc. remade in brass. By turning?

Thanks Cliff,

This parts ( axle, etc...) are remade in brass

Patrick - excellent work, beautifully done.

If I may ask, what scale are we looking at?

Solido models are usually in 1/50th scale, like this nice GMC

H.P.