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Here’s my take for an aircraft inspired car

The parking lights here just have a drop of 5 minute epoxy over the chrome lights. I think it turned out very well and with much less work.

Ya Dragline, you have to build at least 2. One for African campain and one for the European fronts.

Thanks Gary. This is what I used. Kind of pricy for what it is. Tamiya offers a variety of weathering chalks but you could probably get artists chalk with more color choices for a better bargain.

Posted April 16 She’s done. I added some personal gear and various chalks to give it a used look. The decals were definitely showing their age but micro set and micro sol settled them down.

The rig is finally done. It’s the 1/9th ESCI kit. I’m not sure how old it is but the decals were showing their age. There has been some personnel gear added and some chalk to give a used look. About 17000 of these were produced and incorporated the classic BMW features, drive shaft and horizontally opposed cylinders. The car’s wheel could also be powered. With 3 possible occupants, the gun, amo, and any other gear a lot was asked of the 750 cc engine. This is the second time I’ve built this kit. Previously I redid one started by some one else and took it in a different direction.

I’m trying the quote thing out. The trick will be remembering it. I can tell you about stuff I did in 1957 but not what I had for lunch yesterday.

TJ, in reply to your question about the levers on the side of the tank. One is to move from high to low range, like a split axel in a truck. The other is to change regular gears. This also had a reverse. There is a foot shifter like bikes have now on the left side. BMW kept both hand and foot options until the mid 50s. Not sure why. There is also a lever just below the seat and I believe that is to engage or disengage the car wheel. I wish I knew how to keep replies aligned with their original topic.

Thanks Bruce. For paint I started by covering every thing with Tamiya Desert Yellow (XF 59). Then used their Field Gray (XF 65) that’s the sort of green blue. And finally a dash of Khaki (XF 49). The kit is so big I had to get the big bottle of the Desert Yellow

We’ll the bike is done, now onto the car. Along the way I found a way to hold it while adding fidley bits. The square peg at the rear wheel it to power the sidecar. They sure asked a lot of the 750cc engine.

Well, the bike is all but done. Now onto the car Along the way I found a way to hold the bike as I was adding fiddley bits. The square peg coming from the rear wheel allows the side car wheel to also have power. They were asking a lot of the 750 cc engine, especially if the rig was fully loaded and on soft ground.

Thanks for the heads up about this thread TJ. A friend gave me 2 ESCI models of the iconic WWll BMW R75. One was started but had a few bits missing. So rather than do a military build I went more in the bobber direction. The kits are 1/9th scale so there is lots of opportunity for detail. To disassemble the started kit I used the wet then freeze technique with modest success. Thinking this might be the case I predrilled most of the contact points to receive a pin on assembly. Major body work was done to the front of the car and moderate changes on the bike. Now I’ve started the military version and this is the progress so far. Because of the size of the kit there are a few fun factors incorporated. The forks compress, the seats are sprung and of course the wheels go round and round. Anyway that’s the progress so far.

Thanks Joe. Working with the larger scale does offer more detail but that demands more effort. I’ve always loved old BMW’s too. In fact I had a 67 until I passed it on to my son a year ago.

Thanks for the kind words. The molding and alignment are good. The only issues I see are the usual seams where the mold halves join. So far as comparing with Protar I haven’t built any of their kits but this one is nice. Here are a couple of pics of my current progresss

I was lucky enough to score two of this kit. One was started and had a few parts missing. That one I turned into a bobber and posted it some time ago. Now I’ve started the second one and will give it military livery for the desert campain. That is not a helmet on the fuel tank it’s the air intake positioned to avoid dust and such.

I raid the kitchen drawers and use Press and Seal. You can even cover the lights and it comes off easily when too dirty.

Here’s a fake fingernail I used for a scoop. They come in a variety of sizes and this is one of the larger.

Here are three pics i I started with a 3/16 tube and a 1/8” rod.Then two narrow (1/16) sections of the tube were cut. One mounted 90 degrees to the end of the tube and on to the end of the rod creating “eyes” I could pass rod through going from side to side of the frame and the bed. To limit the extent of the rod travel inside the hydraulic tube to prevent it from coming out I made a slot in the tube and drilled a peg into the rod. I hope these help

Let’s see your Santa rides. This is an old standby of mine

Thanks, strangely enough the 32 and then the truck were inspired by a pair of my sons shoes. One can find inspiration in the strangest places.

We’ll, stick a fork in ‘er she’s done. She’s built from the Lindberg semi kit and one of the more miserable kits I have worked on. Anyway I still had a lot of fun. The top is chopped 3/16” which is about 4” 1:1. The flatbed is the trailer shortened and resting on a lengthened frame. A new front axel was made to lower the front end. As I was working on it I grabbed a 32 sedan from my shelf and liked the look so well I decided to make them a pair. If your interested in all the details the build is posted in the WIP section.

Nice work

Making some good progress. Got the wood laid down on the back. I found good old contact cement like used on Formica counter tops worked great. Then a winch was imagineered using the barrel of a pall point pen, some old fishing line and a hook made from a straight pin. The hydraulic piston is 3/16 hollow tube with a 1/8 rod inside. Not sure how other folks do it but to limit the travel I cut a slot in the tube and drilled a pin in the rod. As I was working things out the back I grabbed an old 32 sedan hot rod I did several years ago. I liked the look so well I decided to duplicate the paint scheme and make them a pair. The kit’s doors were such a horrible fit I just glued them shut. Normally on a customs I like to deck them, no handles, script, ornaments. But this truck is just too iconic to remove that stuff. The mirrors were the biggest challenge because of the chop and all the braces neede to be pinned. Anyway, it’s just getting down to adding the shiny bits

The ramps that came with the kit are going to cause any car loaded to high center so the bed will need to tilt. As I wracked my brain for a hinge the door system came to mind. Pretty simple the hardest part is getting the left and right bends the same. Guides are also needed to keep the bed centered on the frame. Now to work out piston(s) to raise and lower. A couple of storage bins for the operator to stash stuff are added too.

We’ll the cab has reached the “fill, sand, prime, repeat “ stage. I do like the overall look of it and am debating adding some sort of sun visor. The front wheel mud flaps did need to be moved back a bit but they still clear the fuel tanks when they are set in. Now onto drive train and more flat bed work.