Tag: trucks

• German General Service Truck – Part One – Leftover

  

  I need ground vehicles for a new airfield I am contemplating. This one will be in eastern Europe post-war, so there are any number of vehicles possible. The first one will be a German general service V3000S two-axle type. It appears to have originated in the Ford factory – possibly in Köln. The kit itself…

  Dick Stein

  August 16, 2023

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Decals, Military models, model trucks, Ruritania

  German, Polish model, trucks

• Are We There Yet, Daddy?

  

  Or in scale modelling terms: is it real yet, Daddy? There comes a time in every scale model build – whether it is with scratch-built parts, a kit, or a box of Lego – when it becomes real. Perhaps not real as in finished, but real as in a model of something under construction. And…

  Dick Stein

  September 21, 2022

  Block Models, design, Figure modelling, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model ships, Model trains, model trucks, subassembly, Uncategorized

  cars, planes, ships, tanks, trucks

• Isuzu TX-40 – Part Two – Now You See Him

  

  Yoshi is a driver for the Imperial Japanese Army on Lakanuki Island. He is in charge of the refuelling truck. Always impeccable in his freshly-pressed uniform, he wheels the Isuzu TX-40 around the airfield servicing army and navy planes as they land and take off. Everyone else on the island is dressed in rags and…

  Dick Stein

  May 9, 2022

  1:72 scale, Japanese aircraft, Military models, Miniature Philosophy, model trucks, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  fuel tankers, Japanese Army, trucks

• The Heavy Brigade

  

  I find that I am impressed more by model trucks than by model cars. This is not to denigrate the efforts of the customisers and hot rodders, but the realism of the model trucks is what grips me. I’m by no means an expert on heavy haulage, but I can recognise the things from my…

  Dick Stein

  July 22, 2019

  Colour Schemes, Miniature Philosophy, Model cars, model trucks, Modelling exhibitions, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  model car spectacular, models, trucks