Atmobil Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Not sure if this is the correct section to put this in, it is not a truck but is also not a car and light commercial is probably the closest category for it. Some of you may have seen this on other forums, I built it back in 2012 for the themeclass at the Norwegian Challenge modelcarshow as the theme for 2012 was 1932 Ford and I did not want to build a hot rod (like everyone else did). I was wondering for a long time what to build, was thinking of a complete factory stock build but realised that is was difficult since there is no kit that is made to be built stock. Then I got and idea as I saw ads in a magazine for different types of machinery (loaders, dozers and such) and was thinking of building a fork lift, or a loader or a tractor but never found any suitable wheels to build a tractor and then I found toy bulldozer I had as a kid with rubber tracks on it. That gave me the final idea. And the idea is that this is a vehicle that started out life as a 32 Ford car but was later proffesionally converted to be used as a supplyvehicle of some sort in areas where there is no roads and the terrain may vary from hard to soft (hence the skis on the trailer), maybe there is snow and ice in the winter or soft sand because there is desert or maybe marshes or other types of wetland. Started out with the AMT 32 Phaeton (the one with the Victoria interior tub in it) and bit from the MPC Swithcers tudor/phaeton kit. Shorthened the frame so the wheelbase would fit the tracks, engine built straight out of the box with no details as the bonnet would be glued on but did make a exhaustpipe from one of the sidepipes from the AMT 49 Mercury kit. Headlights come from both AMT and MPC kits and windscreen is from the AMT kit I belive. The body was cut of at the front of the doors so only the firewall and dashpart was left. I put the seat in the middle of the floor, put throttle and clutch pedals in it aswell as a grearstick and made brakehandles for each side (that is how one would steer this thing). The box on the back was scratchbuilt from styrenesheets as a toolbox with opeing gate at the back with a chain on it (from one of my wifes necklaces) and light on top of it from Italeri truckaccessories kit. I made a resin cast of the jerrycans in the Revell/Monogram Datsun pickup Offroad Adventure set and made holders for them from 1mm steelcable. Made mudgaurds from sheet styrene aswell. Steelwheels from Revells 32 Ford 5 window kit and runnerwheels are 1:87 truckwheels from a Kibri kit. Made the suspensionparts for this from styrenechannel. Trailer hitch is from a Italeri 1:24 truck kit. The trailer is scratchbuilt from Plaststruct styrene profiles with the wheels from the AMT 32 Ford kit and the load on it is some wooden blocks I found in the shed with tissuepaper wraped over it with whiteglue/water and paint to make it look like a tarp. Some 1mm steelcable for rope around it. The base is a board that I covered with some pebbles and some grass flocking from Woodland Scenics.
Chuck Most Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Who says you can't do anything different with a '32 Ford? Very nicely done.
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Nice piece of "necessity is a mother" scale engineering. Looks great.
gatorincebu Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Great job on the backyard shed engineering! I love it. purpose built vehicle. be Well Gator
landman Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 I always wanted to build a Foremost, using a Ford truck cab. Maybe I will now. Nice job on a neat and unique vehicle.
rsxse240 Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Looks like something you would see in Alaska or along some abandoned stretch of Pennsylvania railway. I love it!
Sixties Sam Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 That's cool - a very different 32 Ford for sure! Great work on the build. Good weathering, looks like it had a hard life of work! Sam
unclescott58 Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Very cool. I too don't know how to classify it, but I like it, and I think it fits here. Scott
Atmobil Posted February 24, 2015 Author Posted February 24, 2015 Thank you for the comments guys Very cool. I too don't know how to classify it, but I like it, and I think it fits here. Scott When I was at the Grevens Glue Galore in Sweden in 2013 with this I put it in a class they call Surplus (and won it to my surprise)
DumpyDan Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Wow this is so cool, even the sled is well done. I hope you won the challenge
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