Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Other Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: eddiesolo on December 22, 2016, 01:50:51 pm

Title: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: eddiesolo on December 22, 2016, 01:50:51 pm

This is a 1/16 RC VW bus, just a toy but I got to thinking what if the Germans had had them in the war  :D


So, here is my Afrika Korps bus. It has been stripped and painted inside, a driver added, on the inside a Tiger tank spare wheel, some crates and pipes, a box of fruit and eggs next to the driver. MG mounted on roof and also a vent, lights blanked off and a single light added, shovel and fire extinguisher added.


All painted, chipped and weathered. Just need some decals but it is finished.


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220787_zpspe2cslgu.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220787_zpspe2cslgu.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220785_zpsxlvatj7r.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220785_zpsxlvatj7r.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220781_zpsfaawgnj7.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220781_zpsfaawgnj7.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220779_zps3zp1cgqb.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220779_zps3zp1cgqb.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220778_zps6pmo4zdg.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220778_zps6pmo4zdg.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220777_zpsfryzwttf.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220777_zpsfryzwttf.jpg.html)


Si:)


 

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: eddiesolo on December 22, 2016, 05:54:25 pm

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220791_zpsobn8nt1u.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220791_zpsobn8nt1u.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220795_zpsk2ingupm.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220795_zpsk2ingupm.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220793_zpsxv45xfis.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220793_zpsxv45xfis.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220792_zpssc1bviln.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220792_zpssc1bviln.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220790_zpsll1kcnkr.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC220790_zpsll1kcnkr.jpg.html)

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: unbuiltnautilus on December 22, 2016, 06:40:02 pm

Yup, bonkers! Very good :-))

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: eddiesolo on January 05, 2017, 08:21:40 pm

Quote from: unbuiltnautilus on December 22, 2016, 06:40:02 pm

Yup, bonkers! Very good :-))

Yep, agree but, at £13 for it, who cares? {-)

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: raflaunches on January 05, 2017, 08:23:54 pm

Another stunner Eddie
I always like what ifs and the VW bus blends into this genre extremely well

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: eddiesolo on January 05, 2017, 08:25:07 pm

Here it is with all the other bits on and finished.


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC240812_zpsw8cionnh.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC240812_zpsw8cionnh.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC240811_zpsdzlr8fgv.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC240811_zpsdzlr8fgv.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC240810_zpsjdwlpupt.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC240810_zpsjdwlpupt.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC240808_zpsh8bu4h1c.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC240808_zpsh8bu4h1c.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC240807_zpsqufs9swj.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC240807_zpsqufs9swj.jpg.html)


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC230803_zps48y7hyai.jpg) (http://s52.photobucket.com/user/eddiesolo/media/PC230803_zps48y7hyai.jpg.html)

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: eddiesolo on January 05, 2017, 08:27:10 pm

Quote from: raflaunches on January 05, 2017, 08:23:54 pm

Another stunner Eddie
I always like what ifs and the VW bus blends into this genre extremely well

Cheers Nick, that was my thinking. It isn't a million years from the end of the war 1950, so could well have been developed and used, like the beetle, from 1941 onwards. Well, that is what I am sticking to :D

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: raflaunches on January 05, 2017, 08:39:40 pm

Well I like it- it's a believable vehicle to exist and who knows what could have been built if the war had extended by a few years.

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: reg on January 05, 2017, 09:04:38 pm

I like it but how do they get at the machine gun ?  :embarrassed:


Reg

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: ballastanksian on January 05, 2017, 09:06:39 pm

There was a craze for '1946' based what if wargames and I recall someone using Campers as command vehicles, so why not model one as such?

The Kubel proved the concept of aircooled engines and light weight chassis in military use.

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: eddiesolo on January 05, 2017, 09:18:41 pm

Quote from: reg on January 05, 2017, 09:04:38 pm

I like it but how do they get at the machine gun ?  :embarrassed:


Reg

Ta Reg. You get to the MG via the sliding roof.


(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/eddiesolo/PC220795_zpsk2ingupm.jpg)

Title: Re: 1/16 VW BUS, WHAT IF PROJECT.
Post by: reg on January 06, 2017, 09:37:15 am

Sorry I missed that  :o