Finished my 1/6 Scale Battlestar Galactica “War of The Gods” display case featuring Majestic Studio’s Limited Edition '05 Wizard World Philadelphia action figure set. Only 500 were produced. The case also plays music and audio from the episode.
Didn’t get any kits for Xmas but did get some under cabinet led lights for spray booth ( I think it was Al that mentioned that idea, thanks) and a booth exhaust kit. I will install the exhaust later tonight but did the lights already. Since it was unseasonably warm today, I used that time to rattle can some Mr Surfacer primer on the VW truck outside. I want to use a grey on the body so the colors are slightly different between inside and out. Since the truck is not factory colors, I am thinking a black leather bench to try some new to me painting techniques.
Some good news today, a set of wheels I was waiting for arrived, so into action they went. It’s 2 sets of front M54 tires/wheel with a civilian tire tread pattern, and each set comes with four tires - two for the front axle and two for spares. I want to use them as pairs for the tandems in the rear of a 6x6 flatbed. So out came the knife, CA, and parts from an old sprue:
Above you can see I cut off each bolt head, and not shown, the center cap. I inserted the tan part (from the Panda MATV kit). and glued two together. The grey resin tire is from an MRAP which I’ll use as a super single in the front, and as hoped, it matches the diameter of the M54 tires/wheels. Reassembled the tandems now look like this
With these in hand, and knowing the tires match, I finished and installed the front axle:
As you can see, parts from several kits and some scratch to make this work. Looks pretty good, and steering is posable. I’m still pondering how and if I want to add the twin steering gearboxes and linkages, none of which I can use from the Mk. 23 donor kit, as it’s designed for a rig with independent suspension. I’m sure I can do it, but it’s a fussy task that I’m not in the mood to fool around with yet.
And, the truck in all of it’s glory:
Once I get the suspension and tires/wheels resolved, I like to see how/if it all work - not bad as the rear suspension is from an old M923 kit, mounted to frame rails from an M1083, spliced into the Mk. 23 rails 
Of course I see the floater on the rt forward on the tandem! I’ll fix that!
Cheers
Nick
