Opel Blitz improvised fueltruck, 1/48

Started by Erik Gjørup · 57 · 1 month ago · 1/48, airbum, blitz, fueltruck, Luftwaffe, opel, quarter, Tamiya, WW II
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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Add me to the chain solution as well, Erik @airbum
    Your work on the radiator is amazing, looks very nice.

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years ago:

    Chains?

    Today, the smallest chains I could find arrived

    It may be the right choice, so dryfit followed




    These are way too large. I shall have to find some smaller ones.

    Anyone know where to source some really small ones?

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years ago:

    Indeed a bit too large, Erik @airbum
    What is the size you are looking for?
    I did find some possibilities,

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years ago:

    Our friend 's @johnb results look promising, my friend @airbum!

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    Cricket said 2 years ago:

    @airbum fantastic work Eric!

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years ago:

    Thanks gents. @johnb, indeed some at 0.3 mm would be a lot closer. The ones I bought were advertised as being 0,5 mm, but they are closer to 2 mm if the size is the outside of the individual link

    I have asked the importer if he has some smaller ones, if not I shall dig the web!

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 years ago:

    Things are moving along, Erik (@airbum). You might try hobby shops or online sites that deal with 1/700 and 1/350 ships. Check out their anchor chain. You will find some that will serve.

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    Pedro L. Rocha said 2 years ago:

    Great work so far Erik @airbum
    You are a master with small details mate. “Opening” that frontal grill is brilliant but mad also 🙂

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    George Williams said 2 years ago:

    Great work so far, Erik @airbum, how about trying some jewelry shops for really fine chain?

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    @holzhamer, @gblair, @fiveten, @chinesegeorge, @johnb, @bikequeen and other followers here, it has been far to long since I visited my improvised fueltruck.

    Cab.

    The front end got some attention today.

    And having assembled the engine and such, I dryfitted the lot.



    A few bits of PE went into the build today, trying to add a bit of interest to the cab.

    I still haven’t sourced the chains, but did some surfin today for anchor chains as suggested by George B, and may have located some useable parts in Brexitistan. They will probably end up costing the same as a silver necklace at a local jewelry store, so that might be something to try, as suggested by George W.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Solid progress, my friend @airbum! Hope you will sort out "the chain situation" in a cost-effective manner..

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Nice progress indeed, Erik @airbum.
    Seems like your chain solution is nearly there.

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    Cricket said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    @airbum SWEET! That is a great looking truck. Check jewelry supply houses for chain. Terrific build

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    George Williams said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Hi Erik @airbum, good to see you back on this build, that cab is looking good.

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    @holzhamer, @gblair, @fiveten, @chinesegeorge, @johnb, @bikequeen, new fueldrums arrived!

    I got a few boxes of the new 1/48 range from MiniArt

    and their 200L drums are a bit fatter than the Tamiya ones
    Direct comparison reveals they are fatter


    but sadly the same length

    However, they have some nice lids with different writing on them


    no LW drums though. Oh well, you can’t have it all.

    I quickly threw four of them together to check them on the truck



    They are a lot better as they are fatter, and the empty space behind four drums is just right for the picture I have of such a truck. In order to make it easier to roll them in the correct position I added a little weight to their lowest part. The opening is on top of the opposite half.

    I am not entirely happy with the distance sideways, and may have to lengthen a set of drums. Tune in later to check the decision on how to proceed. For now, I assemble a bunch, just for the fun of it.