Unimog farm truck

[dptydawg]

This model is a rebuild of a model that suffered from an overdose of cat assisted gravity. The original model, which is several years old, is a kit bash of left over parts from an Ertl IH farm wagon kit and a RoG Unimog cab and chassis. The Unimog fram was altered to fit the wagon's dump box. The Rog Dunlop tires have bleed oil since I opened the box. as the oil came out the sidewalls got brittle and cracked. I substituted 11:00-20 AMT tires in their place. The load of corn is carved extruded Styrofoam covered in corn meal.

Need that double double to keep the harvest going

Thanks for looking

Carl

[RodneyBad]

Great looking Rebuild.

Don't see many UniMogs..

[Danno]

Nice.

[PappyD340]

Excellent job Carl!!

[hjracing]

Great build, nice detailed!

[disabled modeler]

Very cool!.... What you do with the original Uni-mog tires???...I have been looking for a set for a project.

[slusher]

Very nice build..

[Chris White]

real nice, you sure that's coffee !!!!

[Sixties Sam]

Now there's something different and really cool! Great work! The driver figure brings it to life. Using corn meal = genius!

Sam

[krazyglu]

Very cool!.... What you do with the original Uni-mog tires???...I have been looking for a set for a project.

"The Rog Dunlop tires have bleed oil since I opened the box. as the oil came out the sidewalls got brittle and cracked"

[disabled modeler]

That is a strange thing for tires to do...usually they just melt into the body or glass of kits?....if they do that finding a set with wheels wont be easy.

[dptydawg]

Sorry for the delay in getting back with some answers. And thanks for the kind words also.

I still have the original Dunlops. I was considering trying to mold and cast the best of the lot. a couple are beyond use. Ii should have built in mold release agent.

I'm thinking that I should continue with the grain elevator diorama and include the Unimog in it.

Thanks

Carl

[peekay]

Very nice! One tough looking truck, despite the colour! Love that dirt and the windscreen wipe is very realistic.

[charlie8575]

Unimogs have a huge cool factor. Well...and just a huge factor. Nice job with this, Carl.

Charlie Larkin