Rommel's shop truck

[slownlow]

After opening the box and noting how the Rommel's Rod kit was I started to think what else could be done with it. Seeing as how the war thing wasn't working out too well I wondered what Rommel's shop truck would look like if he had taken his career in the rod and custom car direction. This is what I came up with.

with it being a truck now it needed a tail gate.

If you have a truck you need something to put in it.

Of course you need a corporate logo and catch phrase.

and this was pre GPS time

all in all this build was a gas.

hope you enjoy

[JasonFL]

That thing is pretty cool. I love the exhaust

[gman]

"Erwin's Kustoms...mit Surplus"- now that is funny .

[TheCat]

interesting build... very unique. I like it.

[Fat Brian]

Thats is awesome, I love the Raiders of the Lost Ark homage.

[Jantrix]

I dig it. Very cool.

[Harry P.]

Very unique.

It looks like a Chuck Most creation (and I mean that as a compliment... ).

[Frank]

Now that is something different, great build and detail, but whatever you do don't open that box.

[outlaw035]

bob...thats freek'n awesome...

[philo426]

Pretty cool1 I decided to ad Panzerkampfwagen ll running gear to mine.

[Brizio]

Very nice!

[Chuck Most]

Very unique.

It looks like a Chuck Most creation (and I mean that as a compliment... ).

Nah, mine would be a bit crustier.

Love the idea of a half-track shop truck!

[bondo bill]

neat idea

[crazyjim]

Very cool build.

[rustybill1960]

You did Tom and Erwin proud on the build

very interesting concept and design

Thank You for sharing

Later

Russ

[jeffs396]

KEWL!!!

[bsoder]

I love this direction!...Freakin' coool man B)

[David G.]

That's a nice take on that kit, and well done too.

David G.

[slownlow]

Thanks again for the good reception. Here's a few more detail shots.

The bed is one piece of oak veneer wiped with tung oil, styrene strips painted with alclad, glued with CA.

There was really no radiator core so this is scratch, no pun intended, built. There was no fan either and that came from the parts box. It's too bad more time was not spent casting and detailing this iconic 1939 Mercedes engine.

The hood ornament started out as a charm bracelet swan that suffered some serious body modifications.

The tailgate is functional and the lever above the gun blister / tail light is the latch handle

To follow the build history go to

http://public.fotki.com/bobmaloy/models/erwins-shop-truck/

[Duggz]

I like it. It's so cool.