Daihatsu 1957 Midget

[Wardukw]

OK I gotta get one now..im having nasty weird thoughts 😅

[Old Wombat]

OK I gotta get one now..im having nasty weird thoughts 😅

And that's different to usual how exactly?  

[Wardukw]

OK I gotta get one now..im having nasty weird thoughts 😅

And that's different to usual how exactly?  

Ummm ..these are slightly less restrained than normal ?? 

[Old Wombat]

OK I gotta get one now..im having nasty weird thoughts 😅

And that's different to usual how exactly?  

Ummm ..these are slightly less restrained than normal ?? 

  

[PR19_Kit]

OK I gotta get one now..im having nasty weird thoughts 😅

And that's different to usual how exactly?  

Ummm ..these are slightly less restrained than normal ?? 

Like dropping a blown Hemi in the truck bed?

[kerick]

Twin 50s in the back!

[Wardukw]

The hemi idea was there but the scale rules the out Kit ...which is annoying 🙄 😒
Ken the twin Ma Duces would be a pretty much definite thing mate 😆
I am definitely thinking of adding a fav vehicle of mine to this thing ...but I have to better define the idea in my head first .

[zenrat]

I found one on evil-bay.  It's been ordered...

[frank2056]

This is such a tiny vehicle. It takes a figure next to it to realize how small it is.

I'm in the final stages of this build - some extra rusting and weathering and finish harmonizing came after these pictures. The tailgate is a thin sheet of styrene. The chains are an old PE chain (in 1/350) that I made 20 years ago or so:



The cargo area isn't very rusty, because there'll be cargo taking up most of the space:



The French mechanic is unsure if the Midget can take the weight. The cargo is from Value Gear. I hadn't removed the windshield wiper mask nor added the wiper:



The Value Gear bits are just great:





I'm working on a figure to go with this (not the mechanic)

The kit is still available on HLJ.

[Wardukw]

That's Mazda T2000 pickup hard top really got my attention 

[Old Wombat]

That's looking awesome!

But you need a few crushed carboard boxes under the main cargo load*.




[*: To fill the gap, obviously. ]

[NARSES2]

That's looking awesome!

Beat me to it. The rust work is tremendous 

[zenrat]

Magnificent.

 

[frank2056]

I'm calling this one done, mainly because I ran out of motivation.

The base is a runway section from the Academy 1/35 RQ-7B UAV kit. I chipped the edges of some of the slabs and added cracks and some grass. The straps are blue tape with PE ends.



The fuel tank covers the gap under the cargo. The rusting on the tailgate doesn't look great, but I'm done messing with it.





The figure is from the recent set, Ukrainian Tank Crew at Rest The plastic water bottle is from Meng.





Didn't do a great job on the face, but it'll do:

[Captain Canada]

Wow ! Great work on this one.