Osbad's got gas(lands)
Chevelle Station Wagon
I think I’ve covered pretty much most of the bases, so rather than going into the next builds in depth I think I’ll just post them as galleries with limited summary comments.
First up is a Chevelle Station Wagon (or “estate car” as we would call it on this side of the pond).
This one I wanted to remove the glass and replace it with metal mesh. During the process of putting the model back together again I decided that the lowrider suspension gave the model an over-loaded look, so I departed from my usual approach of making cars that had the vibe of being specially designed for televised combat-racing in a post-apocalyptic world, I went for a more “survivalist” vibe. I think it worked OK.
As far as I can identify the bitz used are a Ramshackle Games gunner, who is in a turret from a 1/72 Sherman tank, a turret from a 1/72 Panzer IV or Tiger (can’t remember which) with a 1/72 Ma Deuce 30 Cal. machine gun. The box in the back window are from a Team Yankee (1/100 scale) Scimitar tank, the jerry can is also from Battlefront in the same scale. The bedroll on the roof… who knows. It was just in the bitz box! There is also a cable on the rear bumper from another long forgotten 1/72 tank kit, as is the cut down schirtzen, re-used as extra armour for the rear windows.
And one final thing. Those wondering where I sourced the mesh from – I bought a “spatter guard” from the kitchenware department of a local store. It cost around £2 for a 12″ radius disk of mesh.
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