High Mobility Battlefield Logistics Transport - The Build

[Old Wombat]

Glad to know I've inspired someone who generally seems not to need it, Phill!



Guy

[Go4fun]

Just wondering...
I figured out quickly while in Germany with the U S Army if you cut the cloth seat off of a folding camp stool and put a toilet seat on it with clips so you could  fold it you could just put a trash bag under the seat and have a portable John.
The Germans were picky about you digging holes all over and supplied Porta-Potties but I still think pooping in yourarmored vehicle then throwing the 'product' in the trash later beat squatting in the woods near combat!

[Old Wombat]

No, I am not putting a dunny in my AFV's!



Guy

[JayBee]

Boo, Hiss, spoilsport 

[Old Wombat]

Think of the smell if one of the lads has had curry!



Guy

[NARSES2]

I figured out quickly while in Germany with the U S Army if you cut the cloth seat off of a folding camp stool and put a toilet seat on it with clips so you could  fold it you could just put a trash bag under the seat and have a portable John.
The Germans were picky about you digging holes all over and supplied Porta-Potties but I still think pooping in yourarmored vehicle then throwing the 'product' in the trash later beat squatting in the woods near combat!

Praise be to the "Eternal Infantryman" throughout history

[scooter]

Think of the smell if one of the lads has had curry!



Guy

Or Taco Bell

[Father Ennis]

You don't need such luxury. In the book Desert Rats at War, there is an account by a tanker of dealing with desintary while in battle and all closed up. They simply used spent shell casings. What you need is just a bigger gun ...

[Old Wombat]

Well, here I am, again!

The HMBLT has been primed with Tamiya grey primer & is sitting on the dining table waiting expectantly because (Ta-dah!) yours-truly has broken out the airbrush equipment!

I'll be trying to fit in a crash-course on operating it today & will try to get the basic paint work done on this before the weekend, when I intend to take it to the SAPMA Expo as a WIP.

Paint job on this will be more difficult than for the RAM M41AS because it's going to be a 3 or 4 tone scheme using tailor-mixed colours - which I'll make in bulk for other modern RAM builds, if I get them right.

I've also started work on the cargo trailer unit & a fast recon. vehicle by violently bashing 2 kits together.

[Captain Canada]

Looking forward to the photo updates ! Good luck with the airbrush !

[Old Wombat]

Well, it's been a cruddy 6 weeks on the modelling front - I've barely been here at all because I've been using what little time I've had to build.

This has been primed & I've gotten a fair way with the cargo trailer.

I haven't taken any photo's & my camera's packed away 'coz I fly back to CI too-early tomorrow.

Sorry! :icon_crap:

[Old Wombat]

Well, I'm still alive!

(It was a close call after building 2 cars! )

Some of you may remember this build ............................. No?! ............................. OK.

Anyway, I've resurrected it from the Cupboard of Doom.

This is pretty much where I left off the new cargo trailer but for the last couple of days I've been working on the hydraulic jacks for the side doors.

Progress to follow, as it occurs:

[NARSES2]

Where's the rail track ? 

Seriously that's some piece of work

[Captain Canada]

Is it ever ! Great to see it back on the go, and looking even bigger and better ! Excellent work in the details...can't wait to see more ~

[kerick]

Road train, Stryker style!