Reini78 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 #18/2019 My dad hasn´t done 1/35 in over 20 years. But this scale was the only chance to build one of the GMC trucks he drove when he did his conscript time in the mid 60ies in the Austrian army with the Panzergrenadierbataillon 11 (Ausbildung). Like other European countries, also Austria used US "leftovers" from WW2. All common versions of this truck were in use in our Bundesheer, 353, 352, hard top, soft top, wooden bed, steel bed, compressor, shop version...main version was the 353 troop carrier which was slowly replaced with the Steyr 680M truck towards the end of the 60ies. Used the old Italeri kit with decals from the company Schefczik, sadly both are no longer in production. The decals are selfmade style and I advised my dad to secure them, which he didn´t, so there are some minor damages to them. The little numbers were printed very tight together on the sheet which gave some trouble. That´s why the "3" decals came from a different source and are therefore in a wrong style. For THE Austrian army colour RAL7013 olive-grey my dad used a selfmix of Tamiya XF51 and XF62. Furthermore he did some scratchbuilding like additional turn signals and rear lights. The distance poles on the front fenders are metal parts from RB Model. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235050695-bundesheerdad´s-jimmy135-gmc-cckw-353-austrian-army/ That´s the original....(my dad is the funny guy on the lower pic) Scannen0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr and here´s the model DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlight Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Very nice to see some Bundesheer hardware! Great build! Have a nice day Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Nicely turned out. Good to see one in different clothes. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Superb work Reini,your Dad's a master of Military modelling as well as Aircraft! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Looks great! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 9:09 PM, flashlight said: Very nice to see some Bundesheer hardware! Great build! Have a nice day Nick On 7/12/2019 at 11:02 PM, Buzby061 said: Nicely turned out. Good to see one in different clothes. Pete On 7/14/2019 at 11:09 PM, stevej60 said: Superb work Reini,your Dad's a master of Military modelling as well as Aircraft! On 7/15/2019 at 10:24 PM, MikeR said: Looks great! Mike. Thanks, appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Nice going by your Dad there Rein, a nice build of a character vehicle & special for that connection to the past. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/17/2019 at 11:10 PM, stevehnz said: Nice going by your Dad there Rein, a nice build of a character vehicle & special for that connection to the past. Steve. Thanks Steve! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Another very impressive model!! Very well done again. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 5 hours ago, PlaStix said: Another very impressive model!! Very well done again. Kind regards, Stix Thanks again 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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