Humbrol (Esci) 3/4 ton truck (Dodge WC52 weapons carrier)

[danbuoy]

This my second RFI since joining Britmodeller back in April. The Esci Dodge WC52 is a nicely detailed kit, especially for its age, but requires some serious modification to get it to sit at the right height. The modifications I needed to do were far more drastic than I was expecting, and it ended up taking longer than I thought it would, but quite pleased with the result. Also added some windscreen "glass". The old decals were useless, but I wanted to do mine in US Eighth Air Force markings, so got a spare set of USAAF Bomber Resupply set decals from Airfix, and chose to finish it in 100th Bomb Group markings.

 

Here's the WIP;

 

And here's the finished item;

 

20201021_163054 by Dan Hardy, on Flickr

 

20201021_163113 by Dan Hardy, on Flickr

 

20201021_163133 by Dan Hardy, on Flickr

 

20201021_163146 by Dan Hardy, on Flickr

 

20201021_163206 by Dan Hardy, on Flickr

 

20201021_163222 by Dan Hardy, on Flickr

 

20201021_163319 by Dan Hardy, on Flickr

 

[Hairtrigger]

I like that.

[Toryu]

Sweet little Dodge. 100th BG will be happy to have a vehicle to visit downtown amenities... It seems they present some modelling trouble in any scale. I had great difficulties matching chassis and body on my Pilot Replicas 1/48 build.

[danbuoy]

Yes, it required quite a lot of work, but I'm pleased with how it turned out. I also have the Academy Dodge ambulance and I believe that also needs a bit of modification to get it to sit right, so the Esci model certainly isn't the only Dodge kit with issues.

[Homer]

Very nice work 👏 

[Yorkshire man]

Rescue do a replacement grill for both.....

https://rescuemodels.com/en/product/172-dodge-beep-front-grill-72109/ 

(with winch)

https://rescuemodels.com/en/product/72-dodge-beep-front-grill-72108/

(without winch)

[danbuoy]

Some interesting bits on that website, thanks for the link!