Army_Air_Force Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Once I owned the real truck, I continued the Flying Control conversion, and its look began to change compared to that of the model, based on the truck at the time of purchase. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) The real Dodge is seen here with some canvas doors from its time in the Norwegian Army. I have a feeling there were additional parts I didn't have, because even with the canvas back fitted, the doors didn't cover the whole of the side of the cab. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) The sides of the Dodge were sealed up in early 2011, and windows fitted to keep it warmer for my young daughter when going to shows. I'd also made some new canvas covered wooden doors which filled the whole of the cab opening back to the rear body. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Then in 2012, I got a Ford GPW Jeep as a wreck and spent a couple of years rebuilding it. It was back on the road in 2014 to join the rest of the fleet. As yet, I haven't made a model of that one!! Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) The back of the real Dodge continued to evolve and gradually was fitted out with more equipment. A BC-375 transmitter was found, plus two BC-348 receivers, Aldis lamps and other tuning units. I built an observers chair for under the dome, built to look like a recycled B-17 pilots seat, but actually doubling up as a child seat for my daughter's isofix car seat when mounted on floor rails on the left side of the truck. I did some 1/1 scale modelling making some dummy flare cartridges for the M8 Pyro Pistol. On the other side of the truck to the radio set up is a weather station, giving wind direction and speed, temperature, pressure, humidity, plus two clocks for time. The US and UK forces used different time during the war! The US used GMT while the UK had BST and Double BST. I don't think I'll ever update the model to match the real truck as it is now, because I'd have to pull a lot of the back to bits to fit the interior details. I'm happy to leave it as a reminder of the Dodge when purchased. Edited October 23, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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