John Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I'm waiting for some brass Besa barrels for my Comet tank so there's a gap for a quick, simple build. A Jeep seems to suit the bill: This is another of my small collection of Rubicon 1/56th scale kits. It's a wargaming miniature but nicely detailed. The kit consists of one sprue of parts and individually bagged body and canvas top parts: There's also a nice sprue of optional crew figures suitable clad for the Western Desert: Usual Rubicon high quality instructions: Generic decals: Looks like fun. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Good evening John Welcome aboard and have fun Best Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 These kits build into fantastic little model, enjoy your build John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1/56th is that a wargaming scale, Ive not seen it before ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 They're to go with the 'Bolt Action' rules. Around 'Games Workshop' scale and the rules seem similar, although I've never tried them. Airfix have a starter set out featuring US Airborne and German PanzerGrenadiers with an SDKFZ 251, aptly called 'Band of Brothers'. Davey. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Basic construction of the chassis and body, balanced on the end of a set of Xuron snips to provide a bit of scale: Basic paintwork with Portland Stone: John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 A bit more progress. I noticed in numerous photos that desert Jeeps don't seem to carry tools on the driver's side, so I shaved them off: They did, however, carry a lot of jerry cans so I raided the spares stock. I also replaced the gear stick with some Microrod for a better scale appearance: They also carried 2 spare wheels rather than the one included in the kit. I bought the Rubicon MB-T / T3 Military Trailer, which provided the wheels and the towing hitch for the rear of the Jeep: https://rubiconmodels.co.uk/products/us-jeep-mbt-t-3-military-trailer Air filter added: John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 The "air filter" on the bumper is an oversize coolant expansion bottle. This looks like a nice kit though the box art seems to show a NW Europe SAS jeep in Desert paint rather than a typical SAS/LRDG one. Looks from the instructions like the typical guns are present, as you say a bit short on the Jerry cans and spare tyres! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Large number of jerrycans added, along with mountings for a suite of Vickers Ks: Crew and a bit of weathering next. The crew figures are very good: John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 Sadly pressure of work has dug a big hole in my modelling time over the past couple of months and my little jeep remains info unfinished. I decided to rebuild the gun mount on the passenger to better represent the twin Vickers K mount, which probably didn't help with the timekeeping 🙄 I've recently acquired the Rubicon Chevvy truck, so a wee diorama might be on the cards. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thanks John, these things happen this thread will stay opened but if you would like it moved to the military WIP please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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