Plans by M.C.Bell, provided by BlackWidowPilot,
rearranged by me to have all hte views I wanted in a single file.
Two posters stick out as as particularly helpful: Jeff Ewing and Leland R. Erickson(aka BlackWidowPilot ). Jeff Ewing was helpful in deciding on which set of dimensions to go with. he also gave me link to pictures i had not yet seen. BlackWidowPilot said he had some plans and scale drawings of a few variants of the truck, and sent them to me Sunday night. I sized and printed out some of these drawing and you'll see them in the pics.
WIP(bottom) compared to scale
colour printout(WW2 drawings website)
Anyway, yesterday i cut out the 2 side pieces, and tonight i cut out all the other pieces present and assembled them. so far I'm about 2.5 hours into the project. I'm fairly happy so far with the results. I need to add a slight ridge to the side and back and i still need to flesh out the drivers bench and dashboard.
Side and rear views of the S20 WIP, compared to scale
printouts from M.C. Bell Plans
I'm not going to go nuts on the detail of the undercarriage, since the final product will be a single resin piece with smaller add-on (steering wheel, etc) on a base(similar to AGN miniatures, which make up nearly all my vehicles). I'm only going to do the stuff that will be visible from the side.
Very interesting! Looks like hard work.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the function of the 2 pairs of what look like little wheels, on the illustration?
From what I have read, those little sets of wheels are to help the truck negotiate obstacles without contacting the underside.
ReplyDeleteThanks; a most improbable looking vehicle!
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