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Hello Rory!
Thanks a lot for the interesting info! Now I've hot the commo wiring sorted out, I'm working on rendering that in scale. I've seen that mysterious knob on some photos before, but I kinda forgot about it. After what you wrote me in your last post I have to have them on my model...
Hello Rory!
Thanks a lot, that's an interesting detail that would otherwise be hard or very hard to find on the net.
Could I ask you one more thing? How did you route the cables to the intercom boxes in front, next to the driver and "shotgun"? I would like to do some cabling there, but I have...
Hello Rory!
Thanks a lot for your comment!
Yes, I planned to add the third fire extinguisher, but I wasn't aware of the cable and the handle - now I also want to add those. Pity that the handle almost surely won't be visible after I close up the hull. Thanks also for the close-up on the...
Thanks a lot Rory, it really means a lot to me!
And I have another update on the interior. I have finished the radio:
Here's how it looks like from the rear:
And after adding some seatbelts, the lower part of the interior is kinda done :-)
So I started working on the upper...
Hello!
Thanks a lot for your comments!
I don't know about now, but back then in 2001 Kaiserslautern was as close to an American town as possible under German government - you could see Amreican Police cruisers on the streets (crewed by MPs in BDUs), there were American housing districts, on my...
Hello everybody!
OK, here are some more:
For starters some nice MERDEC Vans:
A trailer and lots of tanker bodies:
The next photos are from Eselsfürth -...
Thanks a lot for your comments! Tomorrow I'll try to post more!
@Guyfang - of course it's hard to tell exactly after all these years, but I tried to illustrate the shot on the map below:
I rememeber standing on the Von Miller Strasse while shooting the photo, I was biking along that street...
Hello! Thanks a lot for your comments! I'm glad you like'em and I’ll gladly post some more:
@Guyfang - since you mentioned Rhine Ordnance Barracks (near the Opel factory) - these were there:
They also had an M578 cherry picker on display, but they would't let me in to...
Hello!
Looong time ago - in 2001 I’ve been studying in Kaiserslautern, Germany and as a modeller from Poland I was fascinated by the presence of US troops and equipment literally everywhere around town. Back then I took some photos, I’m posting some of them and if anybody has some use for them...
Thanks a lot, Rory!
One question - one vet who used M706E2 in Vietnam mentioned a master kill switch located under the drivers seat, do you have something like that on your machine? Maybe you have a photo of it?
I've been working on the interior. First I painted everything Tamiya grey primer...
Hello everybody!
I'm workin' on the interior now. I'm using parts of the Czech MMK interior kit. The steering box was especially funny to build:
The rear looks like this:
Thanks for looking and have a nice day
Paweł
Thanks a lot for your kind words, Rory! Like I wrote, without your photos I couldn't do it!
I removed the support structures from the axles, reinforced them with wire (it’s brass after all, not steel) and I have dry fitted the front axle. Let’s see if I can keep the wheels movable or if I will...
Hello!
Here are the photos I promised:
As you can see I got a spare tranny cover from the printer. I plan to make the tunnel cover and the toolbox cover from styrene plate:
Most important would be if it fits - that is if I got the dimensions right. Luckily it's not so bad...
Hello everybody!
I'd say I'm done with the axles. Here's what it looks like:
And rear looks like this:
I want to have a hole through both axles to be able to reinforce them with a steel wire. I want the wheels to be able to rotate and I want the front wheels to be positionable - a model...
Thanks a lot for your comment and for your kind words, Rory! I couldn't really make it if it weren't for this forum and your pictures!
Thanks again and have a nice day
Paweł
Hello!
I have some progress here:
I think I'm going to the printers with it to ask how much this is going to cost. I think I'll 3D print one, try to fit it to the Hobby Boss Body, maybe make some adjustments and then print another one. I still have to finish my axles, too.
Thanks for...
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