Post by Deano on Jun 30, 2019 4:42:31 GMT -7
Thanks to Dale for setting this up for me 
I got a little confused in the euphoria of finishing the build, not sure where I thought I was gunna post it but lets move on.
The first pic will show what created this build. I was going to use the rims on the Maxworth on another build, I loved the tyre pattern and got a fair way down the road when I discovered they didn't fit.
The front tyre is your standard 1:24 Italeri offering for all trucks which I never bothered to check against the rear Revell one. So what to do with the oversize tyres?? If you look carefully you can see where I had to shave the bottom rear end of the guard to give the wheel clearance. So this is what I decided to do.
To be perfectly honest I don't know what actual role this would be used for, battering ram mostly I'd guess. I couldn't bring myself to paint over the stripes on the back cab, sentimental reasons mainly but I did paint over the stripes on the bonnet. I didn't strip it off, just went over it as I thought these guys probably would have done.
The graffiti is a railway decal. It still needs to be weathered a bit but that can wait.
I went with the green lenses for the headlights and clearance lights, green eyed monster perhaps? I intentionally tried to leave tooling marks in places that would be subject to damage or repairs. Not quite what I wanted but practice makes perfect! The bullbar is actually screwed to the front of the truck because the front section is too low for the bonnet to tilt forward properly.
The hose runs from the rear tank up to the flame thrower.
This shot shows the air system for the front gun. The aircleaner pipes and exhaust pipes are aluminium tube and I put BMF on the door frame to help break the black. The real ones are aluminium. The flap for the roof hatch is a catwalk from another kit.
The tow rope is the wire that comes in those little kits with hooks to hang picture frames. The guards are meant to protect the tanks and not much else.
I was going to add a figure to this build but found a problem, I couldn't find old mates arms!!
He does give a sense of scale.
Looks like his neck might have joined his arms on walk about! For a Mad Max man, he'd be pretty 'armless! Yeah, dad joke!
He might need a box to stand on for the front gun! Thanks for looking guys, this has been a great topic to build with anything possible.
I got a little confused in the euphoria of finishing the build, not sure where I thought I was gunna post it but lets move on.The first pic will show what created this build. I was going to use the rims on the Maxworth on another build, I loved the tyre pattern and got a fair way down the road when I discovered they didn't fit.
The front tyre is your standard 1:24 Italeri offering for all trucks which I never bothered to check against the rear Revell one. So what to do with the oversize tyres?? If you look carefully you can see where I had to shave the bottom rear end of the guard to give the wheel clearance. So this is what I decided to do.
To be perfectly honest I don't know what actual role this would be used for, battering ram mostly I'd guess. I couldn't bring myself to paint over the stripes on the back cab, sentimental reasons mainly but I did paint over the stripes on the bonnet. I didn't strip it off, just went over it as I thought these guys probably would have done.
The graffiti is a railway decal. It still needs to be weathered a bit but that can wait.
I went with the green lenses for the headlights and clearance lights, green eyed monster perhaps? I intentionally tried to leave tooling marks in places that would be subject to damage or repairs. Not quite what I wanted but practice makes perfect! The bullbar is actually screwed to the front of the truck because the front section is too low for the bonnet to tilt forward properly.
The hose runs from the rear tank up to the flame thrower.
This shot shows the air system for the front gun. The aircleaner pipes and exhaust pipes are aluminium tube and I put BMF on the door frame to help break the black. The real ones are aluminium. The flap for the roof hatch is a catwalk from another kit.
The tow rope is the wire that comes in those little kits with hooks to hang picture frames. The guards are meant to protect the tanks and not much else.
I was going to add a figure to this build but found a problem, I couldn't find old mates arms!!
He does give a sense of scale.Looks like his neck might have joined his arms on walk about! For a Mad Max man, he'd be pretty 'armless!
Yeah, dad joke!He might need a box to stand on for the front gun! Thanks for looking guys, this has been a great topic to build with anything possible.
