Before the SAS and their modified Willys...before the LRDG and their Chevys...before László Almásy and his desert explorations...there were these guys. The Light Car Patrol. Model T Fords, driven by English, Australians, South Africans, Kiwis...from east to west across the roof of Africa, charting paths from one oasis to the next. This kit is the RPM US Marine Gunnery car, fixed up a little bit cooler than that. I used online sources (many to be had) as well as the excellent "Light Car Patrol 1916-19" book. Excellent pictures and better reading. These were the original Desert Rats.
Lots of scratch building. The PE seat is from Eduard. Lewis gun from the soarer box. Almost everything else scavenged and scratched except the kit itself. The kit was alright. It has its faults. The axles are too wide for the body. No attachment points so it is "guess and glue".
All the paints are Vallejo and Vallejo Air. The dirt is from outside in the carpark. The map in the background is one of two reproductions from the LCP book.
The WiP is here...
And something to show some scale...
Now...László Almásy...that gives me an idea...I think I have a ZIS-AA in the stash somewhere...Hmmm...dare I?
--John