Normandy Customs

[1958Zelda]

Great work on your large collection of German Armor!

[normandy]

Thank you Zelda, I'll be happy when I can paint as well as you.
Your technique for the winter white wash chipping is very impressive.

[normandy]

I've been doing some work on an Indy Cargo truck. I wanted to change it from
the duel axle to a single axle like the Opel-Blitz 3 ton.

This is how it looked last week...

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Today...

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I've moved the front wheels and fenders back almost 1". The rear duel axle was moved last week
removing one set of wheels.

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I added some styrene plastic sheet to change the look of the fenders to
give it more of the look of an Opel.

well when photobucket decides to start working again I'll post the rest
of the pictures.....

[grunt1]

That's very cool. How do you make such clean chassis cuts? That's what's always held me back from doing more of this.

[normandy]

Pat I use an X-acto saw...

[Axis Nightmare]

The razor saw like that is a critical and versatile tool for any cutting of soft or small plastic or tiny wood pieces for a clean cut. It can get in places where a hacksaw can't and a knife is not practical. It's really good on styrofoam finishing work to clean up less precise hacksawing. I used it extensively on my 1/6 slat grill jeep to remove unrealistic toy bracing up around the front bumper.

[normandy]

It really is a great tool, I have used it on countless custom projects.

Here are some pictures I was trying to post earlier...

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You can see the difference with the wheels moved back.