DAK G917T

[Sherman 18]

I took pictures years ago of the two of three trucks that my Grandfather started his trucking line with in 1940. One is a 1938 Ford and the other is a heavily modified 1939 Ford (use to run dual engines and transmissions) Both trucks were used until the early 1960's. In WWII they ran 24 hours a day seven days a week with six drivers. During the day they would haul farm goods in rural eastern Colorado, western Kansas and Nebraska. At night they would haul livestock to Denver and then haul concrete back.

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[Sherman 18]

Found the picture I've been looking for :v

 

[Iron Mike]

Cool!

 

[Sherman 18]

Finally some progress that shows

Got the wood grain done, maybe a little over done and stuck parts together with glue

 

[JSteinman]

 

[moon puppy]

Finally some progress that shows

Got the wood grain done, maybe a little over done and stuck parts together with glue

Lovely... :v

 

[lupanzer]

Fabulous!

Luiz.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Digging the wood grain!

 

[helios]

That ain't plastic..... hmy:

Beautiful work. Now time to dirty it up. :evil:

 

[Iron Mike]

Looking good!

 

[Sherman 18]

Thanks guys

Working on keeping the glue flowing B)

 

[Sherman 18]

Moving closer to painting

Filled the sink marks on the out side edge of the doors

I did some texture on the seat covers with liquid cement, then I sanded it

I've got to paint the inside of the cab and engine compartment before finishing the than assembling so I stuck the parts down and I was able to paint them with primer. I thought I had some Tamiya Panzer gray but can't find any here.

Fenders after some primer. The dents I made with a file.

Truck bed before painting

I primered the bed then painted it with a base of Tamiya buff, next step will be to very the colors for the wood with different paint in places.

ldguy

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Panzerspike]

Hi ,

How do you like this kit? Have you ever built a Italeri/testers or Tamiya Blitz truck? I am interested as I am thinking of a truck to pull the Russian 76 mm field gun from Bronco.Im thinking of the Dragon Blitz truck 4x2.i have built a couple Italeri long ago not bad for its age and in the old days was just about the only German truck available . Now there is a large selection and they are giving us good British and American trucks too. Boy I wish I was a young modeler now and had the variety there is now oh how limited it was in the 70s.

Brian

 

[Sherman 18]

Hi ,

How do you like this kit? Have you ever built a Italeri/testers or Tamiya Blitz truck? I am interested as I am thinking of a truck to pull the Russian 76 mm field gun from Bronco.Im thinking of the Dragon Blitz truck 4x2.i have built a couple Italeri long ago not bad for its age and in the old days was just about the only German truck available . Now there is a large selection and they are giving us good British and American trucks too. Boy I wish I was a young modeler now and had the variety there is now oh how limited it was in the 70s.

Brian

I've really liked the kit so far. Only thing that I don't like about the kit is the firewall is not correct, not even close. The flathead engine is fantastic. Chassis is really well done and easy to assemble. I like that the tires are hard plastic and not vinyl. Kit is missing some fine details but over all I rate it high and an easy straight forward build as of now. I still have to deal with the multi-part cab. If that assembles like the rest of the kit it will be a winner for sure.

I'm not much into German armor, so I have never built any German truck before this one.

 

[Iron Mike]

Looking good!

 

[Sherman 18]

:yipee

Had a little time for the bench today

Chassis picture when I realized I forgot the emergency brake cables

Added the emergency brake cables

Front sheet metal assembly together

Some paint

 

[Sherman 18]

Progress on the bed.

I'm having a bit of an issue with my Vallejo steel color, but here it is as of today

 

[Iron Mike]

Looking good!

 

[moon puppy]