WW1 Model-T Ford Ambulance, Western Front 1918
ICM 1/35 scale with Master box figures. Nice simple little kit that was fun to build. Well except for the decals! Not sure if I just got a bad bunch but they were a nightmare to apply. As soon as they came out of the water they kept folding over into themselves and it was a real mission to sort it. Weathering hides the problems with a couple that had to be touched up with hand painting.
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Craig Abrahamson said on February 10, 2017
Nice little vignette, Carl….and I see nothing ‘wrong’ with the decals. Good work.
Carl Christensen said on February 10, 2017
Thanks. Yeah they turned out alright, was just very fiddly
Rob Anderson said on February 10, 2017
Excellent! The mud looks great!
Rob
Carl Christensen said on February 10, 2017
Thanks. Was pretty easy. Just painted plaster dark brown then applied woodlands realistic water over the top with small drop of dark earth colour mixed in. Dries with that nice wet mud look.
Louis Gardner said on February 10, 2017
Very Nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You hit a home run with this one…………….
The mud looks very realistic. I’ll bet it’s a little chilly there………… That’s the feeling you get when you look at this one.
Thanks for sharing with us.
Carl Christensen said on February 10, 2017
Wanted to keep it simple, but still tells a story. The horrors stretcher bearers saw in those days would have been awful.
Tom Cleaver said on February 10, 2017
ICM decals are usually a little thin. “Paint” them with liquid decal film before using and it won’t happen. You should also do that with Special Hobby/MPM decals.
The diorama looks good.
Carl Christensen said on February 10, 2017
Thanks Tom. I’ll try that.
Rob Pollock said on February 11, 2017
Nice to see something a little different. I like the ICM range of support vehicles – ideal for this sort of presentation. Thanks for posting.
Terry Schuler said on February 11, 2017
Aaahh, decals, or what I like to call “the last chance to screw it up” !. Looks like you got through it well. This looks really great. Well done, Carl. I like it a lot !
Tom Bebout said on February 11, 2017
Very nice Carl, excellent presentation with the mud.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on February 11, 2017
Carl, great representation of conditions on the Western Front. It all comes together, ambulance, figures, base, mud. Tells the story, well done.
Robert Royes said on February 11, 2017
Great build, nice job on the mud.
Greg Kittinger said on February 11, 2017
Very nice!
George Williams said on February 11, 2017
I’m not sure why, but ambulances and fire engines seem to make attractive models, and this one is no exception, helped, of course, by your excellent workmanship.
Dirk Derks said on February 12, 2017
Master Modeler, is all I can think of.
Regards, Dirk/The Netherlands.