Very nice work Buddy. Well done.
Regards, Omar
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@jimz66 Jim Z! Nice to see you here old friend! Thanks for checking out my blog.
Thanks John. Almost done!
Thank you Omar. I appreciate the compliment.
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So men the Steyr Ambulance Kfz. 31 is finished. It was an exciting build, fraught with a few major problems, but what good is a build without a little challenge? Then you’re just going through the motions. I enjoyed building this unique conversion. I now have a very cool looking model of a sleek vehicle that is rare in the model world. It was worth the effort and I’m happy with the result. I hope you’re as pleased with it as I am. As always, comments welcome.
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HEY who you CALLIN OLD??? ha hah a
Actually I have a similar conversion for that Tamiya kit, that I got from our departed Friend Chic, it’s for a paneled truck. But the premise is the same.
Very well done with the completed offering Matt. With the conversion, your substantial corrections and a great paint and weathering finish you have given us all a wonderful rendition of a not very often seen vehicle. The toned German grey looks superb. And the cobble road setting completed it. ( You have almost given us a Berlin Cam cobbled effect when looking from above… Very nice 
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While I think everyone is help with your results, the important part is you are. Congratulations on finishing a project that was a challenge and most folks would have stuck on the shelf of doom long ago.
What is the next adventure?
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Thank you for the sentiments John. It was, after all, fun. And that’s really the point of all this, right?
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Thanks Ryan. I’ve had bigger challenges in my life (ever have anyone shoot at you because they’re SUPPOSED to?) and I love to build so I won’t let a kit defeat me. My shelf of shame only has 3 kits on it, and those are because I had to have surgeries. I should get back and finish them, but so many new exciting projects have taken their place!
Next project on the bench is the 1/35 Trumpeter M1142 Tactical Fire Fighting Truck with Voyager resin wheels. It comes with a triple-sized photo etch sheet so I didn’t buy PE for it, it didn’t need it. This will be a monster build and one I’ve wanted to do for a long time, since I am a Fire Police Officer in my town.
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No, two way gun ranges are not healthy.
The M1142 looks like a beast, look forward to the build.
That’s going to be a monster, do units actually have those then ?
Pretty sure my aviation unit had them or something very very similar.
Edit: we didn’t use these version but the P-19 truck.
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John this is a recently new vehicle and is in service with the US Army now. They are in widespread use and yes they are a monster. I got to test drive a HMMTT once and it was like piloting a huge moon rover.
That Steyr Ambo sure is a hard fought victory but boy you really did it justice. Bravo sir. Thanks for sharing! I do hope you’ll share your build of the Trumpeter TFFT!
Jimbo
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Very inspiring job ! I have DAS WERK resin conversion for years. I’ve always been scared by the rear box body to assemble ( and a warped front cabin )
I like guys like you who can cut the chassis to add the missing 2mm to get it perfect !
Eric
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Thank you Jim! Thank you Eric! 
A friend of mine, Chris Toops, many year ago used the Steyr RSO cab to build this same ambulance model. His included a scratch built shelter body.
OK - I must have missed the post somehow but is the Steyr Field Car frame too short for the ambulance body? I would think they would have used the same frame for both vehicles but my friend also commented that he had had trouble fitting everything into the Field Car frame, length-wise when building his early model.
