I have recently been bogged down in a dio from hell that just doesn't want to work itself out, so I have decided to put it aside for a while and start work on my next project. I thought I would run a step by step thread on here following what I believe is quite an unusual subject. I will be converting Italeri's Chevrolet CWT 15:
into this:
The above vehicle is a Heavy Utility Personnel (HUP) CWT-15, used as a command vehicle , etc by Commonwealth Forces in WWII.
While there is a Plus Models conversion set, I will be doing this entirely from scratch, as there is no fun in doing something the easy (but expensive way).
To start off, I ordered various things from GMD for the build, including treadplate, mesh, and a PE set for the quad gun tractor, which in theory would fit for some of the HUP, as the cab and chassis were the same. Unbeknownced to me, after checking images of the set on the Eduard site to amek sure it would work, I ordered the set for another type of quad gun tractor. This means that most of the PE is useless as is, but some can be salvaged with a little work. Things are already off on a bad note. I noticed today that there is a small set with some of the parts that are missing in it, so I'll probably end up ordering this.
When complete, the HUP will go in a dio with scratchbuilt/heavily converted figures, provided my sculptng skills develop a bit more.
I plan to update this thread as I make progress on my build (weekly perhaps?) if all goes well.
Good reference can be found here:
http://www.canadianmilitarypattern.com
Daniel
