Revell 1:40 U.S. Army M-35 Truck

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May 14, 2024
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March 25, 2024
A big pile of melted parts. This is going to be fun. One poor guy has lost his head and a hand, but they were in the bag, so some surgery will be done to reattach them.
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March 25, 2024
The culprits, the "Dirty Eleven".
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March 25, 2024
The combined radio and steering wheel. The radio should be salvageable as the controls didn't get damaged. The back half of the radio is pretty melted, but it's just a grill, so I will fix it up.
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March 25, 2024
The top of the fuel tank luckily only got damaged on the inside. A bit of putty will sort it.
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March 25, 2024
The front of the radio, which miraculously escaped damage.
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March 25, 2024
Nothing to see here, apart from a big shiny wheel shaped mess
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March 25, 2024
Yes, that's a wheel completely stuck to the wooden seats.
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March 25, 2024
The front of the truck bed will be needing some new railings.
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March 25, 2024
This truck is equipped with the latest Goodyear differentials.
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May 2, 2024
These guys needed some major surgery. The one on the left had lost his hand and water bottle, and his head was detached. He has a new sprue bottle and Milliputt hand. The other guy had his hand reattached and his melted arm and leg fixed up with putty.
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May 2, 2024
Steering wheel rim rebuilt with a piece of copper wire and some putty. The radio is about 50% putty.
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May 2, 2024
The differentials were fun to rebuild with masses of putty. Two wheels needed their rims rebuilt with Milliputt and Tamiya putty. One needed a new wheel nut.
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May 2, 2024
Anyone seen my Tamiya putty? Never mind, I found it.
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May 2, 2024
All patched up with Evergreen stryene sheet and strips. New bolt heads made from Deluxe Materials Roket UV glue (awesome stuff).
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May 2, 2024
The other side of the rebuilt truck bed walls.
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May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
Don't mess with this guy.
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May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
The new, improved radio. There was a decal for the controls, but all the detail was quite raised and I'm sure it wouldn't have conformed. I used part of the decal for the tuning bands in the middle and painted the rest of the controls.
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May 14, 2024
This is the guy with the new water bottle made from sprue and a prosthetic Milliputt hand. His original head was successfully reattached.
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May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
The truck bed is on a bit of a slope as the chassis was bent. No amount of hot water would straighten it out.
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May 14, 2024
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May 14, 2024
The star on the left mudflap was the worst affected decal. It had a bit of melted sprue stuck to it and a small bit flaked off, but amazingly it still stuck.

Comments

10 25 March, 02:50

Jan
Good luck

25 March, 07:16

Neuling
A Revell oldie ......... 🙂

25 March, 09:42

gorby
Considering the state of the parts at the start, the result is miraculous. Well done!

14 May, 11:11

David Orr
Thanks Gorby. I'm amazed that it came out so nice myself. I almost threw it in the bin when I saw how much of it was melted, but then I thought I might as well try and rescue it. It's very weird how the styrene goes when the tyres melt it. You can cut the melted bits off but it is soft on the inside and it will melt again. Thank goodness for Evergreen Styrene, Tamiya putty and Milliputt.

14 May, 22:17

Neuling
A very nice result. I like it very much. Mission accomplished!

15 May, 05:22

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A disaster of a kit from my fathers 50 year old stash. The tyres were loose in the bag and had melted a large number of parts. There are 11 tyres, so it was quite a mess.

U.S. Army M-35 Military Truck

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