The Great Crusade

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Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

1/56 M3A1 Ambulance by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

1/56 M3A1 Ambulance by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

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1/56 M3A1 Ambulance by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

[ripley]

The flat bumper piece is shown in both the CCKW and Studebaker kit plans but isn't include on the spures , a small over sight by Rubicon .  I would just add a piece of plastic to fill the gap and your good to go

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1/56 M3 Ambulance by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

1/56 M3 Ambulance by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

1/56 M3 Ambulance by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

1/56 M3 Ambulance by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

[06/24]

The flat bumper piece is shown in both the CCKW and Studebaker kit plans but isn't include on the spures , a small over sight by Rubicon .  I would just add a piece of plastic to fill the gap and your good to go

Thanks, glad it’s not me going mad! As the winch bumper is deeper, it should be possible to trim it to the correct depth, I’ll try on the next one.

[06/24]

A pile of reinforcements arrived today. So I made a start on a second CCKW, this time going for an open back, with the seats down. The kit supplies seats, but the cargo body sides have the seats moulded in the stowed position, so out once again came the chisel blade to remove the unwanted slats

1/56 Deuce and a half by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

1/56 Deuce and a half by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

They’ll need cleaned up a bit more, but it’s coming along. Still in two minds about the front bumper, the kit part has some complex fittings on the rear which may make it difficult to cut down, so I’m going to see if I can find some suitably sized plastic channel, or even file some indents into a piece of plastic strip. I should have installed a drivers cab hood hoop before fitting the gun ring, but hindsight is a wonderful thing...

[06/24]

Checking dimensions for the real thing, Evergreen 263 - .100 channel will be only slightly undersized so should look reasonable as a replacement bumper. Using a stock size means I can be consistent on any future builds.

What isn’t immediately obvious from the photos is that I’ve “turned” the ends of the front axle in anticipation of the wheels, I much prefer to avoid the straight ahead position unless I have no choice, I think it adds a little “life” to a model. Nothing more sophisticated than tweaking the stub ends with fine pliers, then reinforcing the opened edge with a sliver of plastic welded into place with solvent - once properly set it should be strong enough.

[06/24]

CCKW by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

Replacement bumper by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

Evergreen 263 as predicted last night, with the chassis extension from 262 - 2mm channel 3mm long with the end chamfered to fit inside the 28 mm length of 263

I also fitted a hood rail from 0.8mm brass rod, over scale but looks ok to me.

CCKW by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

And finally cargo bay seats with struts made from 1mm square plastic rod.

CCKW by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

I did try to fit intermediate struts but it needed three hands and luck I don’t possess so in the end I left them off. Passengers or a load will disguise their absence.

[06/24]

Black undercoat from a Halfords rattle can, followed by a coat of Humbrol OD

1/56 GMC CCKW Deuce and a half truck by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

1/56 GMC CCKW Deuce and a half truck by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

[06/24]

I guesstimated the length of the chassis extensions and looking at the photos and comparing them with the real thing they were too long. References confirmed the winch equipped version was 14” longer. 14” in 1/56 scale is a gnats whisker under 6.5mm, so I shortened the extensions to approx 1.5 mm which looks much better and measured at a fraction over 6mm shorter.

[ripley]

Nice work on the benches and bumper .

[06/24]

Nice work on the benches and bumper .

Cheers, it’s not precision work, but from “normal viewing distance” looks ok, and at the same time is reasonably robust (although I’m not a gamer (at least not yet), I am reasonably clumsy!)

Didn’t make much progress tonight, added the hooks to the front bumper (scavenged from the kit part), the windshield and the Jeep rear seat I forgot at the weekend. It’s all progress, however minor.

Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

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Next up is the M32B1 ARV (still work in progress)

Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

[06/24]

I’ve started work on a pair of Bedford QLs, a D and a T. I couldn’t resist the challenge of opening a cab door.

Bedford QL cabs by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

Bedford QL cabs by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr

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QL by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr