Post by alexb on May 25, 2024 3:14:22 GMT
This is one that I've been sitting on since 2019. It's the Revell kit. It's not bad...but is a bit of a letdown on the bed. I would have liked to have seen some detail on the bed interior to make use of it. It went through a number of "cool ideas" that didn't pan out. A couple of weeks ago I made my mind up it was getting built. I had gotten the chassis assembled and shot a coat of green on it. I had also filled in the hatch on the cab's roof.
I went with a service bed. I used the kit's bed floor and built off of it. Given the Unimog's height I kept the storage boxes low so a crewman could reach inside while standing in the ground. I set up for bed storage, including a rack for torch gas tanks.
Basically done. Shot a coat of rattle can green to serve as a primer coat. Put a spare wheel in the bed, mounting it to the sidewall.
I added a scratchbuilt winch for the front and one for the rear. I ended up leaving the rear one off. I also would scratch a brush guard for the front but didn't get a picture.
Wrapped this up pretty quick...not alot of pictures. I added various boxes and mechanic stuff to the bed. Put a few mechanic oriented items into the bed. A few boxes...tools and maybe a portable stick welder. The tow bar is scratched. And a few pioneer tools. I had some soft tarp bows in the spares. I set up fuel cans...yellow are diesel....red are gasoline. I left the doors open. I have the idea of having them pulling a softskin out of a ditch or something.
I weathered it. No decals because I don't know what unit it'll be used with.
Anyway, I'm not entirely sure what will be done with it. My main thing was to get it done. This is one of those kits that I had to force myself to finish. It's a bit fiddly, especially in the chassis and suspension areas.
