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Danny Ray
I too am about to start something similar. My grandfather was a tank co-driver and drove Crusader Tanks. He was part of Operation Crusader in 10th Royal Hussars, 2nd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division in North Africa. I'd like to see this project once it's complete.

gorby
Interested to see how this will turn out. Doesn't look a great kit.

Villiers de Vos
The kit shows its age. I hope, with a bit of work will turnout alright.

Mr D
Very smart... Great job 👍👍

Michael Kohl
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Mr D
Will be keeping eye out for updates.
The messy glue tubes, the Beriev lm building came with a little pot of glue that you Peirce with pin on one side 🤣
Long dried up.... I did use it back when l was a kid....lots of sticky thumb prints.
Nice project 👍

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you all for your kind remarks. I have been chipping away slowly. The part count of the kit is not that high, but the version I chose as well as the paint scheme results in a lot of challenges to my skill level which I thoroughly enjoy.

Mr D
Hi Villiers 👋
Your doing a good job...it looking really good 👍
Nice kit... who is the manufacturer??

Villiers de Vos
Hello Mr D. The manufacturer is Gakken.

Mr D
👍 Thanks Villiers ...l like to look different manufacturers up n see there range 👍

Mr D
Smart👍 nice period colour 👌 well done

Bozzer
First time I've seen this built. Nice work, Curtis!

István Szücs
Looks really great!

Neuling
A nice one.

Curtis Caden
Thank you Mr D, Bozzer, Istvan Szucs and Neuling. The Ford C-600 is not one of my favorites, but this is a kit I had wanted to build and found it at the local IPMS chapter model swap. More details could be added if I wanted like the stakes could be a different color or framing the windshield in chrome, but I am calling it done. This is my second C-600 with the first one being the trash truck which was in purple like the trash truck from Oregon.

Mr D
Nice 👍,
I think it's ok as it is now...looks more natural without window chrome.
It's a good one👌

Alec K
Cool project 👍

JD
Kitbashing cool spaceships? HELL YEAH!

Chaz Gordon
Is that the nose of a Dodge Viper I detect? And engines by Vallejo?

Greg Baker
oh, very cool!

Torsten
That's😎, need time to find out😉

JD
I see tome tank road wheels and drive sprockets... 🤔

Chris T. An
Dodge Viper and color bottles is correct. Also the tank parts: it is a FlakPz Gepard. This project was pure fun and my first kitbashing. I learned a lot about different materials, washing effects and my airbrush. Some of you may also detect a submarine.

Chaz Gordon
Was wondering if a sub, or an aircraft fuselage .

JD
Man I have a huge box of greeblies I've been collecting to do just such a project someday...

Skyhiker
Very nice original work.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Hell yeah, that's cool! 😄

Roman Modelar
nice work and creativity, like it 👍

Chris T. An
Hey JD, what about your promised greeblies-kitbash? 😄

Berndt van der Werff
Gefällt mir richtig gut !!!

Spanjaard
missed this one before, great idea and beautiful done!

Jv
Sure following
Love crusty builds always butiful in there own way

d hadley
Thank you Jv!

Munkyslut
Watchin……… Jv took the words right out of my mouth 😂

Bob Hall
Count me in 👍 !

d hadley
Thanks guys!

Jv
I noticed pistons in the block
a detail I haven't seen on a kit before
and not at the same hight as is correct so heads could be left of and the build would still be correct
The machineing for the valves is also a fantastic detail
Very cool kit with options I haven't seen before
Great kit I will have to look for it

d hadley
The block and valves did not come with this kit. I had them in my parts box. I wish I knew where it came from, but I have no idea. I can tell you that the block and valve heads were black and the oil pan was clear.

Jv
Ok that is sure indeed
But sure something I haventbseen before
I am sorry to say you should probably save that fo something werte you want to display that
A very interesting detail

Bob Hall
Lot of the older AMT/MPC kits came with separate cylinder head and valves. Just checked a few kits in the stash and the 1970 Super Bee and 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro have that detailed engine.

Jv
Thanks Bob very 😎

Munkyslut
That block looks great with the piston crown detail, perfect for a garage dio ……… gonna start scouring the aftermarket now👌

Bob Hall
Build up something like this.

Munkyslut
That's perfect Bob! Remember the fantastic garage dio that Bill did?

Bob Hall
Absolutely, I'm not that talented, so that's why I picked up a few of those garage kits.

Jennifer Franklin
Following 👀

d hadley
thank you all for the great comments! JV, this is the build I was saving this block for. I have another one in my parts bin for another build in the future.

d hadley
That garage kit looks cool! I like that it is self contained. I think I might build up the barn around this Camaro in a similar fashion!

Jv
I got 2 fugimi garage kits
Just got to get a few kits with tool boxes and stuff like that
I will have to have a look in some of my amt and mpc kit for that detail

Jv
Had a look through mots of my amt and mpc kits
None which has the cool detail of showing the pistons in the block
But I did find a impala kit which has a crank shaft
And also shows the rockers

d hadley
That's cool! Which impala kit?

Jv
The amt ertl
Kit no 31760
1958 impala
It also has options of stock parts for engine or modified

Jv
I also got a few engines in a parts bin
Will have to go through them now 😆
Unfortunately I don't have much of amt or mpc kits
And most not so old

Jv
I think I just gained a new interest in amt and mpc kits 😆 🤣

Jv
Sorry Bob I had a look at the Baldwin camaro kit
Just looked at a few reviews
I was thinking if thay made a kit pree chist thay probably wouldn't change much
In the next few thousand of years
The early kits were about 2000
The kit does have rockers showing in the heads
And yes you can see what resembles pistons
But all at the same level of the bore
And the 2 pistons on each end of the block on both sides
Have lining up blocks across them
The latest kit in that family still has those details
In the case of the block D Hadley is uesing
The pistons are at different levels and there is nothing over the pistons
Further more the pistons are machined for the valve clearance

d hadley
Thanks for all that amazing detective work! So many great details!

Desert Marlin
Gotta watch this one!!!

Desert Marlin
Looks great so far!

Petr Kreps
Thanks Desert😉

gorby
I agree. Very nice work so far.