Wednesday 20 April 2016

Fire extinguished. Unimog flatbed truck

You might recall that I picked up some diecast fire engines at Triples last month.  I've now made a start on altering their appearance.  First up we have this Unimog.  The fire engine guff was a plastic clip-on part which was soon unclipped leaving this useful looking flatbed.  One of the many nice things about Solido models is they are held together by screws....
...so are easily dismantled for painting.
Once reassembled the unsympathetic camera flash once again reveals that red is a tricky colour to paint over.  That said, the overall effect is OK.
Personally I think that flatbed is crying out for a 20mm flak gun....

11 comments:

Conrad Kinch said...

Looking nice - though I always associate those trucks with Africa rather than European Cold War stuff.

Solo wargaming-on a budget! said...

Wow! Very useful and very clever. Good skills Sir!

Paul Foster said...

A great bit of conversion Tim. Mine is bigger though (And not red)!

Tim Gow said...

Conrad Kinch
Unimogs were produced in several countries - and sold to many more but it remains somehow very German.

Tim Gow said...

Solo wargaming on a budget
It seemed like a good plan - after all, how many fire engines do I really need?

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
Mine has better tyres.

Pete. said...

Looks good Tim, pretty sure the AAA gun is not beyond your bodging skills.

Cheers,

Pete.

Paul Foster said...

Excellent foil sir!

Tim Gow said...

Pete
I have a suitable crappy plastic AA gun in stock...

peter said...

Great work Tim! These we have in the Belgian army to!

Greetings
Peter

Tim Gow said...

Peter
I saw a load of Belgian Army 'mogs a couple of years ago. In Yorkshire! http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-belgian-invasion-of-yorkshire.html