Rubicon Models
Rubicon Models => Showcase & Gallery => Topic started by: ripley on August 26, 2024, 10:48:54 am
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Thought I'ld start a new thread as the last one I had hasn't been updated for over 2 years . Here's a couple of ideas on how to get some extra milage out of the GAZ AA/AAA truck . I've built 2 , your bog standard AAA and one with the resin box body
(https://i.postimg.cc/2qg6g1Yf/GAZ-AAA.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/2qg6g1Yf)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Vdz6yyx5/GAZ-AAA-box-body.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Vdz6yyx5)
I then purchased the quad Maxim mg mount and dropped in the cargo bed of the truck
(https://i.postimg.cc/LqvX6xj2/with-quad-mgs.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/LqvX6xj2)
I had a few seated resin Russians in the paint que and decided to add them to my truck as well
(https://i.postimg.cc/jLQCFqCD/with-seated-troops.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jLQCFqCD)
How did I manage to mount both the quad mgs and the troops to the same truck you ask ? Easy , I just mounted them on a drop in floor ( plastic siding material cut to size )
(https://i.postimg.cc/sMMqGDBM/inserts-for-cargo-bed.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sMMqGDBM)
But what to do with the left over pieces from the box body kit ? I built a trailer
(https://i.postimg.cc/47pmfgvM/trailer.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/47pmfgvM)
Quite an easy kit bash really , I just looked at some of the pickup truck body trailers a lot of the local farmers have and copied it in plastic
(https://i.postimg.cc/YhLgVJZ5/remove-drivetrain.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/YhLgVJZ5)
1st remove drive train and plastic between the side rails
(https://i.postimg.cc/nXQ7jPhh/create-tongue.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/nXQ7jPhh)
2nd bend side rails together to create tongue , add axle, wheels , tow ring , and whatever bits and pieces that take your fancy . I glued some fuel drums and a tarped stack of boxes trying to not overload the "1 ton " capacity of the trailer .
(https://i.postimg.cc/MnJGKTKY/truck-trailer.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/MnJGKTKY)
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A really great kit to get various game play options with very little work is the T-26 kit
(https://i.postimg.cc/JH7188rg/10-Variants-kit.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JH7188rg)
I went for the plan jane T-26 1933 version , adding various tools and a partial turret interior with gun breach and ammo racks , quite visible with the hatches open .
(https://i.postimg.cc/Fkt9B61d/T-26.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Fkt9B61d)
After picking up some reference books and checking out the left over kit parts I realized I could make the upper hull removable to give me the option of building other types . I decided I would cast the driver's visor to glue it to each upper hull instead of glueing it to the single lower hull . I pushed the visor into modelling clay a half dozen times and poured resin . A real easy way to make parts that only need detail on one side . .When hard , these were sanded to needed thickness . Here's the versions I can use in my army
(https://i.postimg.cc/bGfncmMn/T-26-1931.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bGfncmMn)
(https://i.postimg.cc/cvyCrrmy/T-26-1932.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/cvyCrrmy)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4mCs1jhp/KhT-26.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4mCs1jhp)
(https://i.postimg.cc/bSxMgCKR/Kh-T-130.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bSxMgCKR)
Since I was using the earlier style fender supports ( parts 14,15,16,17 ) I didn't end up using the later 1938 style turret . It might end up used as a bunker turret . Here are the various pieces for this tank , the resin driver's visor in red . The 45mm gun and flame gun mantle ( blue ) are removable as they can be used in the same turret
(https://i.postimg.cc/QVjyr3WX/options.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QVjyr3WX)
All in all a great little kit . Only negatives out of the box are lack of tools , and a lot of pictures show a stowage box on both fenders , the kit gives you one . Probably easy to cast it in resin or craft out of plastic sheet , I didn't bother as my hulls have enough bits added to them . Tools should be easy to scratch up or find in parts box , the screw jack is a HO scale model train part .