High Mobility Battlefield Logistics Transport - The Build

[Captain Canada]

I can imagine ! Good luck with the new hinges too !

[Old Wombat]

OK, so after three & a half years & more wheel fit-tests than I care to remember, I try out my resin wheels only to see;





So, I now have the lid off the guard-van/caboose & I'm planning major surgery to shift the central access hatch section 0.5 cm forward of its current position. Modifying the bins at the rear is minor surgery.

Talk about embarrassing!

[Gondor]

Oppps

Gondor

[Old Wombat]

Where I started (old in-build photo's);





This is where I'm up to now (well, was a few hours ago);



Work is continuing.

[jsport]

super amazing

[Old Wombat]

Good progress, for me - where I'm up to;





Now, time to go to bed!

[zenrat]

You might be calling it a guards van/caboose but i've got you sussed mate.  It's out the back.  It's full of stuff.  It's got a workbench in it.
It's a shed isn't it?
And when you fit the Colourbond corrugated reactive armour (in River Gum natch) that will be all the more obvious.  

[chrisonord]

So glad to see this back on the bench, I watched this with interest when you were building it previous. 
Chris.

[Old Wombat]

You might be calling it a guards van/caboose but i've got you sussed mate.  It's out the back.  It's full of stuff.  It's got a workbench in it.
It's a shed isn't it?
And when you fit the Colourbond corrugated reactive armour (in River Gum natch) that will be all the more obvious.  

You could be right, mate!

Sorely tempted ... but not this time, I think.

[Austanker]

This is cool definatly a good candidate for a post apoc vehicle , almost a shame to put a roof over all that good work inside
onwards..... 

[Mossie]

OK, so after three & a half years & more wheel fit-tests than I care to remember, I try out my resin wheels only to see;





So, I now have the lid off the guard-van/caboose & I'm planning major surgery to shift the central access hatch section 0.5 cm forward of its current position. Modifying the bins at the rear is minor surgery.

Talk about embarrassing!

Just let the tyres down a bit....!

[Old Wombat]

OK, still progressing at a fairly good rate (for me).

Looking much better;



Still work to do, gaps to fill & dirtying-up on the inside;





And, of course, PSR!





RDO's are over & back to work for the next 7 days, so progress will undoubtedly slow right down, now, but I hope to be finished the fix-up by the next round of RDO's & be able to return to the cargo trailer - coz the hinges have arrived & impressive they are (& impressively daunting, too, for someone who has done so little PE work).

[jsport]

the coolest coolness cool cool cool.

[Old Wombat]

OK, no wheel pic's, that hasn't changed but the inside has ... a bit.


The outside - not quite finished cleaning it up, that can happen over time, now;






Overviews or the inside as it is now;








For those of you who are so inclined - close-ups of the interior;












You may notice that the interior is a little messy, this was as a result of trying to blend the new bits with the old bits.
Not entirely successful but good enough for me, assisted by a misting of very³ diluted Tamiya XF-57 Buff & A MIG-064 Earth Brown overall.

The roof is back on (& in need of filler at the ends), all the masking is out of the hatchways, as I'll be using the hatches to block them from now on & I'll be finishing off the fiddly bits as I pause for glue & paint to dry on the cargo trailer.

Entering the final stages, gents!






(Maybe you'll get to see it finished in a month or so. )

[scooter]

You may notice that the interior is a little messy, this was as a result of trying to blend the new bits with the old bits.

Nope...more "realistic".