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Bundesheer/Dad´s Jimmy...1/35 GMC CCKW 353 Austrian Army


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#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)

48265725492_937e80df43_b.jpgScannen0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

and here´s the model

 

48265539937_c5cf49186c_b.jpgDSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265464031_13c2f38dee_b.jpgDSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265463446_f878ff6ab0_b.jpgDSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265538462_1996e53da4_b.jpgDSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265537842_3ba0aa970d_b.jpgDSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265537267_78a3480ac3_b.jpgDSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265536657_5182932364_b.jpgDSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265460841_9b2899282c_b.jpgDSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265535772_020782d190_b.jpgDSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265535407_2fa9044b9c_b.jpgDSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265535082_676b194307_b.jpgDSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265458961_695b449d3f_b.jpgDSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265458596_5b3a3ca833_b.jpgDSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265533847_27e970b912_b.jpgDSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265533452_360df4e7de_b.jpgDSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265532962_91afaf780f_b.jpgDSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265532332_e5d773286e_b.jpgDSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265531872_95e690d37a_b.jpgDSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48265456116_1d83fcf47a_b.jpgDSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

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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!

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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!

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