Hi all,
I’m interesting to buy the ICM kit of the Chevrolet G7117 with the field kitchen. But I have not found any pics of the real thing. Can someone helps with more info or reference pictures ?
Thank you in advance.
Eric
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Can’t say as I have, but there are pics of the kitchen gear in the larger CCKW 2-1/2 ton truck, usually with the “Ben Hur” trailer for supplies. There’s a Tankograd book with lots of pics of them.
I bought mine to plunder the gear for a CCKW…
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Hi, The 2,5 t truck seems more common as kitchen truck so I’m not sure if I will make a field kitchen with the 1,5 t truck.
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ICM offers the same kitchen equipment from their G7117 Kitchen Truck kit as a separate set, along with cooks. You could easily add them to a CCKW to make a more accurate kitchen truck.
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Yeah, they offered that just AFTER I bought mine! 
Still, I’ll find a use for the surplus Chevy…
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They were used for any number of purposes in civilian “clothes”
so you could “go wild and creative” …
ACE-Models 1:72 as inspiration
Haven’t got the foggiest about what this is/was supposed to be but
it IS different …
Redneck Ride?
Small rural schoolbus or maybe a shuttle bus on some US military base?
Another camper
Fifth wheel tractor?
Either a military semi-trailer or some home-cooked civilian
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The fifth wheel tractor would be an interesting project. Don’t know if it would be difficult to scratch the conversion.
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I think @barkingdigger Tom designed a 3D-print fifth wheel conversion for this truck …
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I did indeed! Sadly it was on Shapeways, so went with them into oblivion. I still have the file so could put it on 3dptrain.com for our US friends, or maybe on Cults3D for anyone with their own printer. I’ll mull it over this weekend…
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I vote Cults3D if it matters. I could use one too.
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Many other options to choose from…
Turret trainers
Ball turret variants
Target carrier (?)
Field Lighting trucks
Telephone Maintenance truck
Auger trucks
variant :
Dump trucks
H.P.
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Yes, some of the pictured versions above have already been released in 1/35th scale…
H.P.
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Here ya go! I also did the overload springs (for the old Italeri CCKW that I converted just before both MiniArt and ICM came out with Chevies!) if you think they’d be useful.
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Perfect. Thank you.
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Do you need the overload springs too? Haven’t looked at the MiniArt kit so I assume it doesn’t have them - the ones I designed would need some basic surgery to fit the MA or ICM kits.
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I don’t have a kit to put them on yet. Which is best to use?
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Not sure. I have both in the stash, but haven’t built either of them yet. I understand the ICM front end is a tad too wide according to reviews, but not sure if it’s enough to notice. I might have a peek in the boxes later when I’m in the hobby room this afternoon…
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