Recent content by Paweł

Hello everybody! @msgjd - thanks a lot for your comment. I'll leave that holder in place, that threadplate would really get in the way if I tried to move it... And I have another update: I started painting - this is how my model looked like before preshading: Preshading of Humbrola 113...

@msgjd - thanks a lot for your comment, for your kind words and for the photo! Unfortunately I already started putting on some paint on my model, and I don't think I will move the rack anymore. Then again I'd say I got the top of it pretty lined up with the hose "elbow". The clearance between...

Hello! Thanks a lot for your comment! I started with airbrushing everything with Humbrol 113 - that's my favourite colour for Vietnam earth. Then I airbrushed on some patches in OD - Humbrol 66 to show the places where the mud was thin enough for the original colour to show through. Then I put...

Hello! @msgjd - thanks a lot for the infos! If you could find that TM it would really be interesting. References for the side with the hose rack are really hard to find on the net. And I've been working on the tank. I've soldered said hose rack out of thin copper sheet metal - your...

Hello everybody! Great references on the lights. Recently I started wondering how to put all the inscriptions (Flammable, no smoking and water!) on the side of the tank where the hose is stowed. Looks to me like the inscriptions would be higher, above the hose - OR - it kinda looks to me on...

@HDN , @msgjd -thanks a lot for your comments, they help me a lot! From a modellers point of view I'm going to paint the lens black, because that's what it looks like when not lit. HDN - I'm glad you like my work and thanks a lot for the photo of that lamp - it's easy to find a photo of the new...

Thanks a lot for your kind words!

Hello! I have another update here! I was working on the cab - mainly the seats: The lights on the wings are old stock, 3D printed (Shapeways - my design!): By the way - what would be the lens color here? On the photos I could find they look black. And I made the dashboard: Then I made...

@msgjd - thanks a lot for your great help! ad. 5 - that's right, that's what I meant, maybe I didn't write it clear enough. Without your photos I wouldn't eve touch this projects and I would be surprised if anybody else posted the right photos here - although it would be a pleasant surprise...

@Jbulach , @msgjd - thanks a lot for your comments and for your kind words! I got my valves at last: I have drilled out the two existing mounts and one additional hole. I had to relocate the holes for the pipes in the rear tank bulkhead and after dry-fitting the valves the bottom of the tank...

@msgjd - thanks a lot for your comments! I missed you in this thread! So you're spending the winter somewhere where it's warm? Sounds like a very good idea! OK, so I filled the hole for the mushroom on the right side and the panel under the hood will be completely smooth. Makes me wonder a...

Hello! Thanks a lot for your comment and for posting that cool TM picture! I wonder if they just got knocked off (and not replaced - not important?) or were they deliberately taken down? Like I wrote in another photo another similar truck doesn't seem to have 'em neither: By the way this has...

Hello everybody! I've got one more question - looking at the photo of the real thing (on top of page 1) it seems to me that it doesn't have the tail lights at all - how come? Were they just smashed or what happened to them? It looks like it's not uncommon on other similar trucks, too. I'd...

Hello! @HDN - thanks a lot for your comment! I think you're right. After you pointed it out I even found the right part in the kit. Took a little longer than I thought, but I've got another update - I was working on the chassis and also on the cab: As you can see I’ve replaced the...

@HDN - thanks a lot for your comment and for your kind words! Let's get back to the real world - I put the wings on the frame: I printed them with the supports that help to keep them straight. After the glue (CA) sets, they will be cut off at the red lines. Then I dry fitted the...