GMC CCKW

Thomas Kirschbaum the "Heller" bzw. "Airfix"-kit is better than thie hasegawa-Kit; is more playtool!

Richard Cheals Thanks for your comment Thomas, as I said above, this kit is just a practice for me.

Edgars Bizūns Amazing little truck, have to build one myself. Love the little added bits and the panel

Richard Cheals Thanks Edgars, in the end this kit is definitely not in the same league as the Academy, but it was fine for me to recover a few skills after 15 years or so of no kit-building.

Günther Decock Mooi gedaan, Richard

Dave Flitton Well done!! I like the little extras that you did.

Neuling Good looking model!

Thomas Kirschbaum looks good!

Richard Cheals Thanks guys, still getting back into the groove, it's been 15 years since the last serious build. Still need to fire up the airbrush and try out my new spraybooth. There's another kit identical to this one in the stash, but I'll move on to something else for now.

Richard Cheals Wiper blades & mirror, gun, accessory items to be added

Ole Andersen Okay. This is marked as a CCKW 352. A short wheel base GMC. Mine is called a CCKWX 353, but is still a short wheel base. The pictured one is clearly without winch, but I hope the can be build with out, and with winch, since mine is with winch.

On a model this size, no one can tell the difference between a CCKW and a CCKWX.

John DiSanto Just starting, will be tribute model of my uncle's WWII service in US Army markings

Tim Heimer So that's what you've been working on! Thought it was too hot to paint?

Peter Hardy Well, it cooled off a bit. And, I got up early to do it. Waiting for a big shipment of Green paint from BNA Modelworld to arrive on Tuesday. Dreaming of that Cylon Raider last night!

Peter Hardy Tamiya. Will try a small dio with an added figure.

Peter Hardy Can't figure out how to load a kit against the project. Thick as two short planks!

Tim Heimer Don't feel bad...took me some time too!

Spanjaard well done, nice detailing and painting.

Erwin BOVYN Tx Spanjaard, appreciated.

gorbygould Top quality so far Erwin. Your painting of the engine and chassis are excellent.

Rui S Great work, Erwin.
Congratulations

Bart Goesaert Nice one, it took a lot of work, but it really pays...

Christian Lehmann der ist dir wirklich gut gelungen. Realitätsnahes finish und weathering.

Stefan Fraundorfer Danke Christian. Wir sehen uns in Ried.

Christian Lehmann Ja!

Christian Ristits Fantastisch!

Dave Flitton Any pictures?

Michael Devillers Hi Dave, Not yet finiseh as I try to make it on the same pace that my nephew restores his one ... scale 1:1. Family project.
Otherwise it's a straightforward kit very easy to build.

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Dave Flitton Nice. A little shading and highlights will make the features stand out. And since these were down-in-the-dirt working trucks, a little dirt and scuff marks would be helpful as well. Otherwise, nice clean builds.

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Bart Goesaert looks nice, a lot of moldlines on the chassis though...

Andreas Wagner You're right. I will sand them away before painting. I also recognized I need some putty to "erase" the pinning marks

Edgars Bizūns I like the engine, looks nice

Gary Great start. Gary

Andreas Wagner Oh, wow... One year and I got so far :-D

Bart Goesaert I think you are building at my pace at the moment, in the same circumstances...

Matthias Weiss Well done, Reinhart! A bit glossy but a nice, clean build.

Reinhart Bartsch Trank you Matthias, and Greetings to Shanghai

Martin Csanadi Wartet auf Farbe....

arne vd burg Hoe kom je hier nu aan jo? Verkeerde schaal voor je hoor

Erik Leijdens Vond ik nog in een oude doos

arne vd burg Oow ok

Roberto Rocat Nice work, busy looks.

Jean Tchao Thanks ! It was one of my first model... so i tend to put everything i had on hand on it )

Roberto Rocat Way to go, according to period pictures!

JohnnyO This one is complete, and getting crossed off the list.

Hunter Cummins Looks great to me

Curtis Caden Mike, You inspire me, I will see what I can do with my Tamiya OOB. So glad I saw your pictures before I went to the AMPS Show and looked for the kit. The seller of the truck kit didn't know about the accessory kit, but another modeler did and I found the accessory kit with another seller. But you will always be "the man" when it comes to model building. I really appreciate your work.

Mike Grant Thanks Curtis, you're too kind. The Tamiya Deuce is a beautiful kit, I had so much fun with it. I subsequently found a whole bunch of conversions and aftermarket available for it, including a dump truck version that I think would look cool with one of the new MiniArt bulldozers

Adie Roberts Great build Mike some sweet weathering there

Mike Grant Thanks again guys! @Arne That's a good idea, where would I find info on such things?

Arne Greve Hi Mike, you can look at Archer Dry Transfers. There you can find a lot of rank insignias. I would say, the GI is a Master Sergeant or Technical Sergeant. Look at this, for example: https://michtoy.com/item-FER.._II_Vietnam_Lower_Ranks.html

Arne Greve And here you can find them all: archertransfers.com/CAT_UniformUS.html

Mike Grant Awesome, thanks for that info Arne

Arne Greve No pleasure, Mike

Arne Greve I mean My pleasure.... It is early in the morning....

Vorya hidaryan Excellent

Jonns Pfeiffenberger Thank youuuuu!

Choppa Nutta Most excellent !! Fantastic even !

M.Julian Marles older kit, but still nice!

Christian Meyerhoff Alter Schwede! Das Ding hat was ! Top Arbeit!

John Van Kooten That's a really cool subject! And magnificent piece of work on your part!

Hunter Cummins Stunning

Gordon Sørensen Excellent!

Jonns Pfeiffenberger Added a few new pics, diorama starts later...

Christian Meyerhoff Jonns, da ziehe ich den Hut vor! Wie schon gesagt... Das Ding weis zu gefallen!

Jonns Pfeiffenberger Danke dir, sind zwar ein paar Bugs drin, manche richte ich beim Diobau, der Rest bleibt so!

Christian Meyerhoff Na denn... Mach mal fertig!

Luke Peeters modelbrouwers.nl/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=40414

Hauke Krapf Hallo Dirk,

was hat Dich den geritten, den "ollen" Italeri Kit zu erstehen. War's der Preis? Kennst Du den TAMIYA Bausatz? Bis auf die Tatsache, dass man einen möglichen Lenkenischschlag "einarbeiten" muss, ist es das bessere Modell! DEUTLICH besser!

Grüße

Hauke

Dirk Fries Hi Hauke,
ja klar kenne ich den von Tamiya Schau einfach mal in meiner Galerie oder hier modellboard.net/index.php?topic=41961.0 .
Der "Vorteil" von den beiden Italeri Modellen sind die Cabs. Tamiya bietet ja nur die Canvas Version, während von Italeri die closed steel Cab ( Water Tank Version ) bzw. die steel Cab mit Ring Mount angeboten werden. Wenn man dann noch einen Eduard PE Satz hinzunimmt finde ich die Italeri Kits gar nicht mal sooo schlecht. Ja OK, von Real Model gibt es wohl auch die Closed Cab, aber da greif ich dann doch lieber zu Italeri
Lediglich der Boden der Ladefläche erscheint bei mir Italeri etwas suspekt, da keinerlei Strukturen zu erkennen sind. Wobei ich da auch erstmal prüfen müsste ob das unter Umständen zu einer der beiden Varianten des Aufbaus ( soviel ich weiß gab es eine aus komplett Stahl und eine zum Teil aus Holz ) passen könnte.
Auf jeden Fall ist der Kit schon in Gedanken "verplant" mit einer Plane + am Ende sozusagen bis unter die Ecke voll mit Jerry Cans ( als Erweiterung für den oben gezeigten CCKW von Tamiya ). Somt fällt bei diesem Projekt der Boden nicht weiter in's Gewicht.
Für den Lenkeinschlag gibt es aber ein schönes Set von Resicast.

Dirk Fries Hier noch schnell der Link zum Album hier : 2,5 Ton 6X6 Cargo Truck | Album by Warlock (1:35)

Hauke Krapf
Hallo Dirk,

Du hast natürlich recht, wenn Du auf das "steel cab" anspielst. Aber, mal ehrlich; - da würde ich mir lieber den Umrüstsatz von MASTER PRODUCTION holen. Ich hatte einmal erwogen, das TAMIYA Fahrerhaus gegen das von Italeri auszutauschen. Hatte ich aber recht schnell verworfen, da es doch zu kompliziert geworden wäre.

Du kennst doch sicher meinen CCKW 352 als Zugmittel für die M2A1 Howitzer 105-MM. Hatte ich schon in Zeiskanm ausgestellt.

Mike Kryza Ups - da ist mir ja etwas entgangen - feines Teil.
Bin auf den LKW mit der Stahlkabine (s.a.a.Ort) gespannt. Hatte das Glück dieses Fahrzeug dieses Jahr bei MAKOs Ausstellung im Orginal bewunden zu können. Fasziniert hat mich die Größe Relativ klein - von der Größe her nicht viel mehr als ein Sprinter.

Dave Creel Nice build! Reminds me of the old war movie "Red Ball Express". Well done, very well done indeed!

Dirk Fries @Mike - vielen Dank! Falls Du dich für US LKW aus dem WW2 inreressiert kann ich Dir das Marshall Museum in Overloon empfehlen. Das gibt es einige CCKWs.

@Dave - thanks a lot. Actually this diorama is about the Red Ball Express. A friend of mine build a Jeep as a Convoy lead vehicle. As a next step both my friend and me will build a CCKW. At this point we will have 1 Jeep and 3 Trucks of a Red Ball Convoy. Let's see how many will follow

Manfred D.S.
Feines Stück.. toll umgesetzt. Kompliment !

Bill Gilman Looks great, Mark! I've never built a military truck or armor, need to try it sometime! I think you did very well for yur first try at the hairspray technique.

Holger Kranich I like it! Old and dirty, very good!

Mark Snel I think I will remove more white!

Mark Snel removed the white, the blue thing rost thing will behind the truck cabin

Bill Gilman Looks fantastic! I love the tires and wheels, they are perfect!

Ron Kok Looks great

Holger Kranich Love the broken piece of wood!

Aghis Barberopoulos Great weathering process.

Tim Vereecke didn't know you were building this one!

Mark Snel I started this because the HEMTT is difficult

Mark Snel So some progress on the GMC

Tim Vereecke hey Mark, love the weathering effects on your GMC!

Mark Snel Thanks, I changed the motor and add blue thing will be place behind the truck cabin

SCM79 I agree, great paintjob

Tim Vereecke nice one! (tip: you can create a project on your workbench)

Holger Kranich Gunnar, show us some pix!

Zimmermaniac I've build this one too, it' a " shake the box and you've got it " thing

Holger Kranich I love shake and bake kits!

Tim Vereecke someone found the 'Add to stash' button

Gunnar Bäumer After reading the FAQ´s...

Gunnar Bäumer

Tim Vereecke good! ... still many more things to learn.... after stash you should try and create a "project"

Tim Vereecke great eye-catcher next to any plane, nice work Dirk!