Hi Folk. Well here she is my 1941 Australian Army Indian style ambulance is finished.

Original kit was Tamiya's LRDG Chevrolet kit in 1/35 scale.

All comments welcomed.













I used home made stencils for the white circles and red crosses and as you can see they 'bled' through under the masking tape due to the roughness of the material.


Lots more pics of the whole build can be found here
http://photos.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/14677

cheers
Cliff

Cliff, as usual, you did build a great model!
I enjoy seeing your work every time because it are mostly very unique models.
No nitpicks as far as I can see but oerhaps the 'bleeded' red cross can be corrected a bit, but on the other hand, in real they didn't were that neat either I guess.

Paul

Roo, your works doesn't stop to amaze me!
Beautyful little gems you produce!

Cheers and happy modeling!
Pedro

Paul you are correct in saying they were not very neatly done in real life. Some in fact were what you and I would call crude. The camera has picked them up but in looking at the model with your eye the 'bleeding' is not very noticeable at all.

thanks for your comments guys I appreciate it and am glad to know that you and others enjoy seeing my work as much as I enjoy making them.

cheers
Cliff

I've got so used to seeing WW2 Chevys as the snub-nosed CMPs that it really stands out when you see something different. Another great model that you should be really proud of Cliff - I think also that the 'rough' appearance of the crosses adds to the realism of the finished product.

Very unsual but very interesting!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Brother Pouch

Congrats on finishing this one. Another unique build to add to the "Roo Collection". The close up pics of the spare, and the rear end highlight the detail work you scratch in all your builds.

Some information for me please (although I have a vague recollection you mentioned this in a prior thread), but what is the story regarding the color of the lug nuts? I know it has to be authentic as you always to your homework,--just curious on the vivid coloring on them (had to be a some reason I assume )

The home made stencils did the job, as you say, one has to get pretty close to see the bleed through, but as others have noted, they were authentically a bit crude.

They are rather clean looking compared to the rest of the vehicle, but perhaps they kept them that way for visibilities sake.

When we meet in the next life, you'll have to teach me some of your scratchbuild/modeling secrets

Good to see you producing these marvelous builds.
Steve

Another great Roo Truck to add to your motor pool. They keep getting better and better.

I'm working on the GMC US ambulance. Unfortuneatly it is the Peerless Max version from the early 70's rather than the Italeri/Testors re-release of the 90's. LOts of flash and instructions are a little shakey in building undercarraige. But, as this is not a show model, I made some "adjustments" to get it to work right. Should have it done by August in time to start the Bismarck for the Dreadnaughts campaign.

Edit: Opps, forgot to say how much I enjoyed Roo's Austrailian version. As usual, love all those little details you mange to add.

The coloured nuts are because the wheels have a split-rim, the coloured nuts are not to be undone when removing the wheels!!

That's what I thought, but couldn't remember if it was the colored or non-colored that were removed, to remove the tire....
Good thing I wasn't there!!!!! :-) :-) :-)

thats a very old lookin ambulance not to mention odd...anyways,nice weathering...i kinda find the ambulance still quite odd lookin...heheh...

Cliff,
This is a VERY well done Amulance,
A odd question, im a complete "noob" to Medics and their toys,
What are those White and green Cans?

The cans are not unique to the ambulance as they are the british type PWO cans. (petrol,water, oil) carried on most commonwealth vehicles in the early stages of the war.

White are water, green are petrol and the biegh/brown one is oil.

The wheels are a slit rim type and will explode if you try and remove the nuts holding the two halves togeather while air remains in the tyre. So these nuts were painted red to warn people about loosening them.

thanks for all the comments
Cliff

Great ambulance Cliff I always enjoy seeing your work

Great job Roo! I've always been fond of the Chevy, but usually only see it in the LRDG configuration. Like the canvas work too.

Dub

Another gem, from the master of softskins. I really like this amazing piece of work.

Cliff,
Another masterpiece. I love it. I enjoy your every model. Thanks for the show

Cliff,good work,I can barely make out the oparentage.The grill in front looks wonderful.what's Next? (++) (++)

very nice...i like the storage space underneath and folding stepboard. reminds me of the old truck in our place. well done mr.roo..looking forward to see more of your trucks.

Carl next is to try and finish 3 scratchbuilt projects. The first is the CMP 3 tonner that I have in the scratchbuilt forum, the second is a Canadian 'D' series Dodge 3 tonner and third is an 'NR' Mack 6X4 with a 4 wheel trailer. These Macks took over from the Ford semi I built for heavy haulers campaign on the Australian convoy routes during WW2.

Thanks for all your comments.

Cheers
Cliff