Zenrat's Flying Circus

[Rick Lowe]

Thanks, Kit - that clears it up. Interesting arrangement.

[ericr]

Here's a sneak peak of the Wyvern to taunt Brad F.   

a very beautiful pattern !

[zenrat]

I've been plumbing...


...in the crane on the back of the D9.  This is very nearly done.

In the background is a 1/72 halftrack aircraft refueller which I will snap some pis of soon.

[NARSES2]

Interesting, got a post-apocalypse look about it

[zenrat]

So here's the SDKfz Tanker.
It'll appear in the background of new Aircraft builds.





It's the tank from an Airfix Bedford tanker on the chassis of a Hasegaewa SDKfz 7.

[Old Wombat]

Very neat!

[PR19_Kit]

Some airfields can be VERY rough of course. 

[zenrat]

Especially AFTER the refueller has driven across them...

[NARSES2]

Very neat!

I'd like to agree with the honourable gentleman's statement  I can see something similar being very useful for the Soviet AF in WWII, that's for sure.

Crew should be nice and comfortable on that leather bench 

[ericr]

excellent mix, this half-track tank truck, and nicely colourful ! 

[Rick Lowe]

Cool, Nice work!

Did you know the RAF did something similar in RL after the war?
They used 2 different Fire-Fighting vehicles in Germany; one with basically the Airfix Austin K6 apparatus on the back of one of these, the other had a different fit out.

[zenrat]

Glad y'all like it.
I didn't know that Rick.

Now, what to do with the Bedford cab chassis.  Something non-military I think. Camper van?

On the D9 front i've been finishing off the weathering, painting hook, shackles and chains and rummaging through my small impulse purchased stash of 1/35 stowage gear.

[Rick Lowe]

Should you be interested, there is a conversion over on the ATF:

http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=35944

And a bit more here:

http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums/postings.asp?th=73669

FWIW, cheers   

[zenrat]

Thought you'd like it.  it's coming along.  Flaps and airbrakes are painted and so it's just wheels, legs and doors to do and it can be assembled.

I did a bit of painting on the Hasslefree Scooby gang.  Fred's jeans, Shaggy's slacks, satin clear on Daph and some shading in Velma's cleavage...

D9 is almost done. I've pre-empted completion by removing the huge box from my building table and filling a takeaway food container with all the spare parts.
It's place has been taken by the next 1/35 build in an equally huge box - a Takom Ukraine Kraz 6646 Tractor and ChMZAP-5247G Semi Trailer which will be given a RHD conversion, will be finished in zenrat industries colours and will be carrying the dozer.

[NARSES2]

That'll look good in your house colours