Scotties Krupp Protze Kfz 69

[scottie3158]

Beautiful bling & ingenious hitch too.

Paul thank you mate.

Your usual excellent scratchery, I see. Keep it coming please.
John.

John, thank you.

[Graeme C.]

Looking good Paul, all the extra work we have come to expect from you making a big difference.

[scottie3158]

Looking good Paul, all the extra work we have come to expect from you making a big difference.

Cheers matey very kind of you.

[scottie3158]

A little more tweaking, the moulded springs were removed as were the swing arm pivots and replaced with some springs from the spares box and some pewter.



For strength the lights and width indicators etc had the plastic removed and replaced with wire, as was the turn flag arm.



Just for a bit of interest I hollowed out one of the headlamps to show some damage.




It still needs some tidying up.


cheers
Scottie

[Jim R]

Hi Scottie
Good idea to replace the springs. Are they 'real' springs or did you wind wire around something? Replacing thin styrene with wire makes sense. The plastic always snaps and cleaning up mould lines takes longer than cutting a bit of wire. I've seen the broken headlight idea before - it looks good though.
Jim

[scottie3158]

Hi Scottie
Good idea to replace the springs. Are they 'real' springs or did you wind wire around something? Replacing thin styrene with wire makes sense. The plastic always snaps and cleaning up mould lines takes longer than cutting a bit of wire. I've seen the broken headlight idea before - it looks good though.
Jim

Jim they are real springs, originally I was going to try and rework the suspension so it was moveable but then sanity took over.

[minitnkr]

Mission creep--the bane of all scratchers.

[Strenko J]

Absolutely amazing scratch building…like I said another masterpiece on the way

[GerryW]

I've come in a bit late for this, now seeing what might have been if I'd have been a modeller doing mine!
Brilliant work on this Scottie! Loving the work that you're putting in on this :thumb2:

[RonGlass]

That damaged headlight is the biz Paul ! Will remember to steal your idea for a future build ! Really love that rear suspension too !

[Mickc1440]

That really is some brilliant scratching pal

[GerryW]

Just zoomed in on the mirror - what size spanner did you use to fix it to the stem??????

[scottie3158]

Just zoomed in on the mirror - what size spanner did you use to fix it to the stem??????

Gerry, I was to lazy to get the right spanner so used an adjustable.

[scottie3158]

The truck is pretty much finished now. the canvas door covers have been added from some left over PVA/paint mix that I had made earlier with some masking tape straps. The windshield is also done and fitted. The rear superstructure is just dry fitted.





The rear mud flaps are doubled over masking tape with the metal detail added from the etch. I always think the etch mud flaps are to rigid so this way they are flexible.

cheers
Scottie

[Jim R]

You're still at it - showing your wonderful attention to detail. It's often said when a model has loads of scratched and PE detailing that it is almost "a shame to paint it" - true in this case.