So I find a need for modern trucks in 28mm. I am talking 5 to 10 ton range. Luckily there are a lot of toys and diecasts out there close enough in 1/50 range. Let me explain what I am doing and see if this makes sense or if you have some ideas for me.
So I take your basic truck, take it apart, strip and repaint the cab and body, easy enough so far. Now for most I have to build up a box body to fit on the bed. Plastruct and Evergreen plastic and a lot of patience, this I can do.
The part I was looking for advice is this, the tarp. If I leave all the trucks ith open box cargo bodies it will get boring easily and look odd without the details like seats and benches.
So once I have the dimensins of the cargo box, I get wooden blocks of the same dimension.
Dremel or rasp the base just enough to drop into the cargo body.
Figure out the shape of the cargo frame and tarp. Rouund, angled, flat et cetera. Mark it and belt sander to get the general shape.
Determine how many frames support the tarp.
This lets me belt sander low points for sag between the tarp frames.
Glue either flat strips or wire to the high points of the wooden block to simulate the frame holding up the tarp.
Finally, size some fine linen to act as the tarp and using either wood or white glue, glue it on to the wooden block.
Paint and assemble.
Seems like a bit of work if I was doing just a one off, but I intend on doing this for a run off three to six trucks for each of the following.
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into FMTVs.
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into Mercedes Benz Zetros
and maybe
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into some heavy duty MAN haulers.
I know there are one or two makers out there, but I am not willing to pay a hundred bucks a truck. If anyone has any ideas to improve or save work please let's hear you.
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