15 CWT truck 2018-05

[BarleyBop]

... can't sleep, too many thoughts running round my brain!
Here is another one from the display case, built in May 2018.

There aren't many build photos, and the camo is quite likely fanciful - I wanted to try two things, the pattern that was used in Tunisia on some trucks, not long before the Sicilian campaign, and experiment with a slightly pinkish base.

So put yourself in the shoes of the desert rat who's come through the Western Desert and finds that Tunisia actually has a lot of vegetation. Slap on some green!
That's my story! and I'm sticking to it!

At some point I want to add stowage, maybe call up some figures...

 

[BarleyBop]

I liked how the wood turned out, and painted it slightly different hue to set it off.

Kitted out, cutting out the grill and adding my own screening was interesting... and don't know what I was thinking with the rope, looks like a boa!
The leather bucket worked out I think.

 

[BarleyBop]

... pushing a bit hard on the weathering, still figuring things out.
What do you think of the 'boudoir' photography?

I think I'll call him Ted... just for scale...

Thanks for checking it out.

 

[Dan the Modeler]

Great little build and the weathering looks great, don't think it's over done at all. Looks solid.

 

[BarleyBop]

Thanks! You learn a little with every build...

 

[Grumpa]

Very cool model and very nicely done I might ad, figure looks like someone I know...I think hmmmm...
I love the old WWII trucks though I would ruin it and turn it into some whacky halftrack or something.

Jim.

 

[OldManModeler]

Very cool model and very nicely done I might ad, figure looks like someone I know...I think hmmmm...
I love the old WWII trucks though I would ruin it and turn it into some whacky halftrack or something.

Jim.

I'd guess it's a figure of David Lloyd Owen. But it it may a figure of @BarleyBop !

 

[PatW]

Superb finish! It looks like the old Bedford trucks we used to have.

 

[BarleyBop]

figure looks like someone I know

Ha!, I just ask any of the guys to pose for scale...

 

[JUG]

Great build the camo green made a difference how the truck looks. Thanks for sharing.

 

[BarleyBop]

Thanks to all for checking it out!

Cheers!