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small question Jonny, do you will paint each piece separately? It is a to cool job

stingray-63 wrote:

small question Jonny, do you will paint each piece separately? It is a to cool job

The interior pops out so I can brush paint it, the rest is glued into one piece & will be sprayed & then some details brush painted.

it is a master piece. Very hard work

I've been working on the some of the tank detail (end details, feet & supports, inspection hatch/fill point, working & fuel tank platforms), but still have a long way to go (lift pump & engine housings, battery/tool locker + supports for all three, fuel tank, fake fuel lines & wiring, hoses & clamps, + ladder in brass) but before than I want to go back & improve the load bed a little. I've also decided to make the tank unit (semi) removeable.

yeahhhhhh Jonny, I love it! Plenty of details

Spotted a "small" oval tanker as it sped past my house earlier today, colour scheme was mostly white with yellow & red Shell accents ... and "Emo Oil" on the back end

If I hadn't decided on orange a long way back I'd be tempted

in my original country, the unimog are mostly full orange and someones yellow

Jonny wrote:

Spotted a "small" oval tanker as it sped past my house earlier today, colour scheme was mostly white with yellow & red Shell accents ... and "Emo Oil" on the back end

If I hadn't decided on orange a long way back I'd be tempted

A truck you have to speak nice to eh

Load bed improvements: "planking" & edge detail:





Making round bits for hoses connectors by my usual method...








Fake hoses done:





Various boxes for top of the the tank made from scraps (with a lot of filler )






... & sanded back:

Remaining tank details (fuel tank & hoses, lift pump & motor boxes, battery/tool box & cables, hose mounts & ladder) done:









... which means the truck is pretty much done too:








I may add a few more details, but the main thing to do is find some way of fixing the tank down, and holding the back end of the body down.

Other than that, I just have to wait for spraying weather.