phildagreek Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Something I’ve wanted to do for a while, a “civvy” jeep converted to a small town fire truck. Using the Tamiya jeep & Black Dog conversion. CJ2A 2 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 1 by phil da greek, on Flickr The Tamiya kit is superb, almost snap fit no glue needed. The Black Dog set is, well, disappointing. Lots of snapped parts, rough casting & air bubbles where you don’t need them. CJ2A 4 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 11 by phil da greek, on Flickr in the next couple of photos the dark green is Tamiya, the light grey is Black Dog resin & the white is plastic card that should be light grey resin. CJ2A 8 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 9 by phil da greek, on Flickr You get the idea, a fairly straightforward conversion became a bit of a chew, the resin ladder was so rotten that even after filling, sanding, glueing & painting I felt it necessary to hide it. Here’s the finished piece, the ladder rack ended up not square but I was past caring at that point. CJ2A 14 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 17 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 21 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 15 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 20 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 18 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 19 by phil da greek, on Flickr CJ2A 16 by phil da greek, on Flickr There we are, not my best but it’s on the shelf, a project I may revisit one day. Thanks for looking. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 It's really frustrating when you get resin parts that are so bad that you might as well have scratch built. The good news though, is that your finished result looks superb. Top job Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Thanks! Appreciate it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Terrific 🙂👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Nice model build. But if Black Dog actually mean it as a CJ2A (rather than a converted surplus MB) they should have given parts for no tool indents by the driver, a driver side fuel filler, bug eye headlamps, different grille and maybe the side mounted spare? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 And lots of those bits were there, in bits or badly cast. The new grille was several pieces of resin. Believe me, I made the best of what I had. This was the prototype. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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