Thursday 7 February 2013

Toy Trucks 1

Based on the wise maxim of 'in Megablitz you can never have too many trucks', I have been scouring the trash toy troughs of my local charity shops. As usual they came up trumps and I am now the proud owner of a batch of trucks. They vary from the roadworthy to the 'you're not actually going to ride in that are you?'

That's where the Birmingrad Motor Repair Facility Number 1 comes into play. The appended photographs shows the busy shop floor and five of the trucks. Three of them are destined for service in my Soviet tank corps; hence the tilts. One tilt I salvaged from a £shop toy. The other two tilts were made from plastic T-bar sections. Brown paper, liberally dosed with white glue, was fitted over the t-bars. The inverted truck has had its front axle housing rebuilt and will be a LOG job. The white vehicle needed a new roof: hurrah for plastic card!


Chopshopski

Tilts fitted and paint work sanded down

I'm quite pleased with the way the tilts have turned out. Fitting wheels to the inverted truck is problematic but  Soviet can-do will overcome. Or else.

TTFN!


6 comments:

  1. And once again you are to be congratulated on using the same old c**p as my troops!

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    1. After the disasters of 1941 anything with wheels will do.

      ;-)

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    2. Not true James, 1941 was part of the new 5 year plan. Uncle Joe told me so.

      Nice looking lorries.Well done.

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    3. Very true, Paul, after the emergency relocations of troops and assets in 1941 it enable Soviet production to concentrate on the slogan 'Everything For The Front And Victory!'

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  2. The brown paper tilts look very effective.

    Regards, Chris

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    1. Cheers, Chris, they were the productive of zero thought and very easy to effect.

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