1:18 White Scout Car conversion

gary1930 · Post by **gary1930** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:01 pm

I've sure others have converted a 21st M3A3 halftrack to a White scout car. Here's my attempt:

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The rear is made from .060 thick sheet styrene. There is Plastruct diamond plate on the floor and rear bumper, and I resin-cast the rear wheels.

Does anybody know where I can get 1:18 star decals or stencils? Thanks.

mediump · Post by **mediump** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:09 pm

Wow, nice scout car! I have never seen anyone do one of those before.
You might want to try goodstufftogo.net for 1:18 decals, i think they have a us w/ stars & #'s

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:12 pm

That a lot more then just a attempt! WOW! Want to build me one! Very Nice

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:33 pm

Great job!

7thva_hunter · Post by **7thva_hunter** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:37 pm

Good job!

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:47 pm

mediump wrote:Wow, nice scout car! I have never seen anyone do one of those before.
You might want to try goodstufftogo.com for 1:18 decals, i think they have a us w/ stars & #'s

goodstufftogo go have nice decals but Verlinden Productions makes a very nice set of US decale stares and numbers. the product number is 866. I will look for a link to the product for you. Agian great work on the car.

7thva_hunter · Post by **7thva_hunter** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:56 pm

If you can do that you can make a german troop carier.

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:10 pm

7thva_hunter wrote:If you can do that you can make a german troop carier.

I agree!

gary1930 should make me one of those also....after you get done making me the scout car

7thva_hunter · Post by **7thva_hunter** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:12 pm

Some Like half track tracks

zonetoys · Post by **zonetoys** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:14 pm

That is a nice job gary1930! I have been wanting to do one of those myself and now I know it can be done, so I'll up it on my project list!
Again, thanks for the pics!

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:29 pm

Very nice Gary.

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:30 pm

Very nice!

I intially thought that was the 21C 1/6th version in the first photo until I re-read the text...

If you have any WIP shots I'd love to see them!

Also, if you have a spare Patton car you could use the flags and markings and make your scout car totally look like the 21C prototype from a few years ago..

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:36 am

Very Nice work indeed mate.

I think I may try this though once I get one of the Chap mei Soldier Force M3 halftracks instead as base.

Again Outstanding work.

Ja
Steel Bonnet

gary1930 · Post by **gary1930** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:53 am

Thanks for the kind comments, and for the tip on John's Stuff decals. Those and a 30 hanging on the back should improve it.

I did not take any pics of the work in progress, but I will next time as I will build a couple more for those who requested them. If there is enough interest, I might run off a few sets of the plastic pieces on a friend's laser cutter.

PM me if you would be interested. I am new here (I'm primarily a 1/6th modeler) and am not allowed to post in the buy/sell section.

billgiff · Post by **billgiff** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:56 pm

Nice job!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully you'll stay with 1/18. I made the switch from 1/6- 1/18. This way you can buy 4 times as much with taking up the same amount of space.

Welcome and keep up the great custom work. We need more armor and vehicles!!!!

wise690 · Post by **wise690** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:01 pm

Wow, very nice job!

pokeyjtc · Post by **pokeyjtc** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:23 pm

That looks fantastic! Great job on the conversion.

HardenSteel · Post by **HardenSteel** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:25 pm

Another excellent conversion. Well done!

HD

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:40 pm

I held this custom in my hand today. Let me tell you it looks better in person. Gary has got some real talent and I look forward to seeing his future work.

Mark

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:09 pm

Gary:

Just awesome work. Very nicely done.

TTT

gary1930 · Post by **gary1930** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:05 pm

Thanks for all the nice comments.
I finally got the decals and finished it. This one has gone to Ebay (Item number: 170048875056). I may or may not make more of them as I am working on a 1:18 Jagdpanzer IV conversion in addition to all my 1/6th projects.

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:48 pm

anyone out there save the pics of this? I'm dusting off some of my stalled projects and the White Scout Car is one of them I'm working on again. Would love to see a completed one.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:50 pm

Can you please post pictures of it...I missed this one.

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:13 pm

vmf, I missed this one as well so I have no pics to post, I'm hoping that someone saved them or that gary1930 still has them and can re-post them. I'm planning to make a mold of the wheel this weekend so hopefully I'll have some resin spares available if anyone else feels like buliding one. buliding the gun rail is the part i'm not looking forward to

Rogue 01 · Post by **Rogue 01** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:45 pm

Yes me too i missed

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1:18 White Scout Car conversion

1:18 White Scout Car conversion

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