Indiana, United States
Joined: June 10, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 12:53 AM UTC
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Great Truck choices so far !
But I don't know if you read the Rules and Regs ..
"Must be an unstarted kit and must first show it along with the boxart and all other parts to be used. MUST show progress pictures too! This is essential!"
Just show what is done far, if everyone agrees just join in, no problem. If the progress is too far ahead and it doesn't fit this Campaign you can pick the Unfinished Business Campaign just after the Summer...
Okay... so no 'progress pictures'? So then let's keep this as intended as we are all starting with new kits and any "started" kits will fit into John's "Unfinished Business" Campaign.
Sounds good to me!
Jeff
Ontario, Canada
Joined: August 05, 2003
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Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 02:14 AM UTC
Would an RG-31 count?
Why plan when you can react?
Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
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Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 12:05 PM UTC
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Would an RG-31 count?
mmhh... I guess so. Yes.
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Queensland, Australia
Joined: January 17, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 09:29 PM UTC
i'm in. no idea what I will build, but there are lots of trucks out there
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013 - 09:38 AM UTC
Yep... lot's of nice German truck kits out there!
I still want that wrecker!
Jeff
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: January 06, 2012
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Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013 - 12:22 PM UTC
Ok so I had planned on doing the scud, haven't sourced the kit yet but still looking, missed two on eBay so far but its the joys of working nights and sleeping in the day! In the mean time I've been building my stash and in it I now have a M977 and a KrAZ-214B, so I now can't decide what to do!!! Lol I have to ask, for my KrAZ-214B I have planned on having a D30 gun towed behind and I have started this already, would I still be able to add the gun to the truck? As the build is for a truck and that is unstarted. To be honest im hoping to get the scud still but we will have to wait and see.
Bronzey
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 06:11 AM UTC
Build the M977 and I'll build the MAZ-543 with the SCUD Launcher I have as I don't think the budget will allow me to get that wrecker now.
Jeff
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Joined: March 12, 2012
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Posted: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 06:38 AM UTC
Hi,
I'm not sure if this will fit, so I describe what I am planning and you can decide if it fits into this campaign...
I plan to build a new Zombie Hunter Truck for my diorama (in 1:25 scale), so I might take part in this campaign and show the build here. As it will be a pure fictional vehicle with some scratchbuilding, I better ask...
This is the old car (I messed up the weathering and - from my point of view - ruined the otherwise satisfactory conversion...
The new car will be most probably be based on the Revell Alley Rat from their Black Top Warrior Series (big, bad and ugly
)
What do you think?
Cheers
Thomas
I started my own Blog. Have a look if you like...
http://1967er.blogspot.de
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 09:31 AM UTC
As long as it's a new kit.
Jeff
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 10:18 AM UTC
Jeff
Sounds like a plan, the scud is a kit I want at some point so I can wait, also I ended up starting my KrAZ-214B so im left with the M977 anyways. not a problem jeff looking forward to starting this.
Bronzey
South Carolina, United States
Joined: December 03, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - 05:06 PM UTC
I have the ICM BM-13 Katyusha. I used the rocket launchers part for another project. The Studebaker US6 part of the kit is unbuilt. Would this be allowed? If so, I'll start brainstorming some ideas to make something of it. I was going to make a dump truck from it. But I was thinking maybe even a crane vehicle of some sort. Military or maybe postwar homemade vehicle.
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: March 21, 2012
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Posted: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - 07:24 PM UTC
Hi Jeff,
I picked this up the other day:-
As my first choice is not really a truck (the BARC), and it's also not available
, I guess I need something else. So does this count as an extreme truck
?
If thats a negative, I could do this instead:-
For this I will also use an old Italeri kit and the Dragon M55
Paul
"Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy & try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Troop horse artillery may accompany. French cavalry is on your left. Immediate. R Airey."
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - 08:41 PM UTC
Guys... if it has four tires & wheels (but more is better, right?) and is labeled a "TRUCK", you're in! If it served a purpose it would be better but not a necessity. Just as long as the stripped down truck doesn't distract or rob the function of the vehicle or from building the kit. So it could be missing a weapons system, a wreckers boom, etc.
Heck, a plain old worn out truck or even a domestic PU Truck/4WD will do too!
So the Katyusha minus the weapons system and the Anti Tank Dodge (what a cool name and kit) will work just fine. Just have some fun with it guys, that's all!
Jeff
South Carolina, United States
Joined: December 03, 2009
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Posted: Thursday, October 03, 2013 - 03:54 AM UTC
Okay Jeff. The use of the word "extreme" threw me a bit. I always ask just to be safe...plus it gives the thread a bump.
I'll probably go with the Studebaker then. I've got an incomplete Italeri M-32 Recovery Sherman. I picked it up at a swap back in the 90s. The guy that had it had snagged the Sherman hull and interior to make a dozer version. Most of the crane and equipment is there and still on the sprues. I was going to use it on a M113 for that campaign but I'm still debating on that. I haven't even picked up a Gavin for that one yet. Anyway, I'll build the truck and see where it goes from there.
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Thursday, October 03, 2013 - 04:35 AM UTC
Well it would have been rather boring had I just titled it
TRUCK Campaign... right?
So EXTREME gives it some character and an opportunity to build something special other than just a truck. I guess people read too much into things.
Jeff
South Carolina, United States
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Posted: Thursday, October 03, 2013 - 02:09 PM UTC
No problem Jeff. I figured that if worse came to worst, I'd slap a set of Truck Nuts on the hitch and a set of Yosemite Sam mud flaps on it and it'd be good. But in all seriousness, no issues with my ICM US6?
Washington, United States
Joined: August 03, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 11:41 AM UTC
Not sure if its extreme enough, it sure isn't military...
This one has been sitting on the shelf for a few years. This is the perfect time to bring it out and build it...
Ought to be able to do a bit of weathering before it goes over the top...
Bob
Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 06:57 PM UTC
Based on Jeff's very first post in this thread "to be fair, commercial and private trucks to be included too but primarily targeting Military Trucks." it seems to qualify
Limburg, Netherlands
Joined: April 27, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 07:47 PM UTC
Hi Paul,
I built something like it a couple of years ago. I used a tamiya chassis and cab, heller cargo bed and the drsagon M55.
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: March 21, 2012
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Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 06:34 AM UTC
Hi Rob, that is my second choice. Not sure about the flatbed
from the Italeri kit, I'll probably just scratch it instead.
Paul
"Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy & try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Troop horse artillery may accompany. French cavalry is on your left. Immediate. R Airey."
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Kentucky, United States
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2013 - 08:14 AM UTC
I REALLY like the work on that "Fireball" quad .50 gun truck! Also like the idea of dropping the back cloth on the soft top, perfectly ligit!
Cool
Arkansas, United States
Joined: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2013 - 09:00 AM UTC
Would this be acceptable?:
If so, I'm not sure what am I want to use.
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Friday, October 18, 2013 - 09:15 AM UTC
Hey brotha Matt! It's more truck-like than a car so it would work.
Guys... please don't be thrown by the "EXTREME" part of the title. It was meant for us to lean towards more creativity than just an ordinary F-150 or S-10 build.
Take it as far as you want guys!
But it must be realistic... no space rocketed trucks!
Jeff
Bayern, Germany
Joined: October 22, 2013
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Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 05:40 AM UTC
I´m in...and got lots of ideas... would a Maultier also be suitable?
if not I´ve got a Ford V3000 and a Mercedes L4500 on todo
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 06:22 AM UTC
As long as it has 4 wheels guys and IS a truck!
Jeff
