1:18 German Ford Truck w/ Flak 38 Custom

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:11 pm

I did this for the contest a while back. She started out as a 1:16 Highway 61 Truck.

Gun has fully working elevation. I also built a custom base (as pictured below) that allows the entire unit a 360 degree traverse.

I also tweaked the design so that the beds of the Maultier and the standard truck were interchangeable allowing me to have a Flak-38 Maultier with a simple swap.

The real deal:

AlloySkull · Post by **AlloySkull** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:18 pm

Very nice, looks fantastic Grunt!

grockwood · Post by **grockwood** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:53 pm

Just wondering, why did you have to putty the hood and top of the cab?

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:57 pm

Very Nice Grunt!!!!!

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:13 pm

Those look great!

smittyrob64 · Post by **smittyrob64** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:14 pm

Those look great!

gary1930 · Post by **gary1930** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:26 pm

Great work!

How did you make the tan gun parts?

mediump · Post by **mediump** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:47 pm

Sweet!! Those do look very nice, weel done. How many of those trucks do you have? Where can I get some o.O

Keep up the good work!

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:51 pm

Excellent work grunt1.

Mark

Post by **aferguson** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:34 am

another Verlinden kit...you must have deep pockets and infinite patience, G1.

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:42 am

Nice!

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:58 am

Thanks guys.. Yes, these kits are a pain. Nothing like building a 1:18 uboat out of paper stock though I imagine.

The dremel makes a big difference and I've learned over time how to deal with the copper parts. The detail is worth it and I've really enjoyed tweaking them to be functional.

The flak kit was about $40 so it wasn't bad. Some of the others are crazy though.

Really wish they would see the light and do some of these in 1:18. They have a Stuart, Bren gun carrier, and a Panzer III that would rock the house.

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:10 am

Very nice indeed

I too bought 3 of these Hwy 66 trucks too, but haven't started work on them yet

I like the halftrack version you did. I will have to plan to make 2 transport trucks and one ???? I just wish I knew how to shrink them down a little bit

Da General

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:31 am

What kind of paint did you use for the flak gun and truck?

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:04 pm

Tamiya German Gray for the body, dull coat on the tires, over the decals and other on black parts of the chassis.

RED · Post by **RED** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:02 pm

Hey GRUNT!!!! Really nice custom work brother!!!! I really enjoy looking at your dio!!!Keep up the good work!!!---RED---

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:04 pm

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:38 pm

Grunt,

What's the story on the bike in the back of the one truck? What brand is it?

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:59 pm

MM, I did that bike a while back. Here's the thread:

viewtopic.php?t=6007

MiG29K · Post by **MiG29K** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:45 am

Astounding paint job! I tried painting a die cast Ferrari into British Racing Green but it didn't go out so well. Must have been the wax/clearcoat that I couldn't step over. Great job on making the weapons swapable!

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:40 pm

i used to repaint diecast cars and just used auto touch up spray paint i bought in little cans from Canadian Tire (don't know what the equivelant in the US is called but you'll have the same thing).

I just lightly sanded the car body's existing paint with some wet and dry paper, just to take the gloss off of it and sprayed it from a warmed can of touch up paint the colour i wanted. Apply a few light dust on coats and then the last coat should be somewhat heavier in application. I used to get glass smooth finishes this way.

The only drawback was on metallic finishes, which looked a bit out of scale but with solid colours the results were excellent.