Speaking of CMPs in North Africa......

[Steve Guthrie]

Hi there

Almost finished a Cab 12 Chevy-based 2-pounder Portee model. Started off with the Tamiya Ford FAT front end sheet metal, had to chop and channel it to the correct dimensions then graft it onto a llengthened Italeri Chev FAT chassis. The gun is the Soveriegn 2000 resin 2-pounder.

[Kuno]

Looks very good! I always wonder, why not more such models are available "out of the box"...

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Kuno

Looks very good! I always wonder, why not more such models are available "out of the box"...

The high developement costs involved and the low number of people willing to buy them makes it unviable from a commercial point of view. They need to sell 10,000 plus kits of any one item not just one or two hundred to recoup costs.

Steve that is an excellent model. Well done.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Great work Steve. I can even see a Chev badge on the hood. Is this from the Eduard PE set?

Alex

[claude_GILLONO]

Nice and rare model.
Thanks!

[Derek Barton]

Excellent work Steve, nice to see someone modelling Commonwealth artillery.

[Kuno]

...what about some more pics, maybe showing how you have built it ;-)

[Steve Guthrie]

Hi there

The Chevy Bowtie was cut from 5 thou styrene. After a couple of attempts I got it right.

As anyone who has studied, worked on or rode in type 12 Cabs, you will know what a complex piece of kit it is. The front end sheet metal of the Tamiya kit is too wide and the floor sits too high. These two things put all the angles of the hood way out of whack. Fix 'em and you are getting there.

One modeller remarked on how narrow the cab looked. I told him to go find a restored Cab 12 and sit in it. You will find out just how narrow and cramped it really is.

Steve

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Steve Guthrie

Hi there

The Chevy Bowtie was cut from 5 thou styrene. After a couple of attempts I got it right.

As anyone who has studied, worked on or rode in type 12 Cabs, you will know what a complex piece of kit it is. The front end sheet metal of the Tamiya kit is too wide and the floor sits too high. These two things put all the angles of the hood way out of whack. Fix 'em and you are getting there.

One modeller remarked on how narrow the cab looked. I told him to go find a restored Cab 12 and sit in it. You will find out just how narrow and cramped it really is.

Steve

I scratchbuilt my 11 cab rather then try and alter the Tamiya kit parts.

this is a scaled down photo from the calendar I did for 2008.

[Steve Guthrie]

Hi Cliff

Very nice. You really get a sense of how 'old fashioned' the Cab 11 and 12 trucks look when you build a model of one. The 'unmasked' headlights make a difference too!

What did you use for the tarp?

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Steve Guthrie

Hi Cliff

What did you use for the tarp?

The tarp is foil off the year befores easter egg supply super glued to the brass tilt frame and painted.