paelzermaen wrote:Tinman wrote:I think the snow plow blade is from and Case dozer? Is the truck bed from a modern matchbox or is it grit spreader combined with concrete truck parts?
Yes, blade cames from a Case Tractor. I angled it. Case Tractors are much better available as Scammel Snow Trucks, so I often use them for the blades.
The others are a Grit Spreader bed (shortend) and the back part of the 21 Foden Concrete Truck, wheels from a Mack Dumper.
Looks like you have taken the rear cleanly off the grit spreader bed and moved it up two ribs. Next, you've made room for the adaptation of the surgically removed concrete truck parts to make a nice clean mate that needed minimal filler to make it look like it was cast that way. Just one significant part of a ton of work that went into that model.
I love that size wheel hub and tire when fitted to the Unimog. It gives the model that true 4x4 look and those hubs and tires should have been used from the git go by Lesney. Fortunately, those tires and hubs are very common and used on a wide variety of Lesney models (so are easy to source and the tires can be obtained from the reproduction sources).
The amount of work put into both of your Unimogs is amazing and time consuming. As usual, you have done a fantastic job with both. They are concept art in many respects. The imagination of the project is only the start. The genius is in the assembly (deconstruction/reconstruction) and the craftsmanship is second to none. Your color choices are key to the models outstanding final results and their impact upon the beholder. Your work inspires me and challenges me to make better things and be more creative.
One of my "hack job" Unimogs with the same wheels/tires:
