Dodge WC-51 3/4 Ton Truck

I went back to working on this one over this past weekend. I had picked up a pedestal machine gun mount for the cargo bed last week, and modified the stowage to allow everything to fit. I also painted up the main block of the Value Gear stowage and other stowage in their base colors.

I have also started work on a .30 cal. Browning M1919 from my spares collection for the pedestal mount.

More to come soon.

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What?

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I believe that was in response to a suggestion of Zvezda kits…

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I’m sure that they are. But, the old ones are what I have in my stash… not to mention getting ahold of Zvezda kits is a task in itself nowadays :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Don’t forget these two ex-Skybow kits…

Both are still easily available…

H.P.

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That is looking great.

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Yes they are. But again, I am content with the Peerless and Testors/Italeri kits of the WC family already in my stash.

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This afternoon I finished up the markings. Most of the kit decals gave me problems so I used a lot of stuff from my spares supply, but even some of those gave me age related issues. I made the bumper codes from my old first line unit, 5th Infantry Division, 10th Infantry Regiment, which fought as part of Patton’s 3rd Army from the Normandy Breakout, across France, into the Bulge, across the Rhine (Patton snuck them across the Rhine ahead of Monty’s big crossing) and finally ending up in Czechoslovakia on VE Day.

Anyways, here is how it looks at this point

I also used some data plate/placard decals from my spares bin on the dash to give some more accurate look there.

Now I can start the final stages of getting this one wrapped up.

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