GMC-CCKW
 A standard truck of many guises
    
#1 Water Tanker In Disguise
HISTORY    in 1941 the US Army and the manufacturers got together to see which truck then in production could be manufactured in large quantities relatively easily. It was decided that the 2 ½ ton 6X6 would be the easiest truck that could be mass produced on […]

THE CONSTRUCTION
This was done pretty well from the box following both the kit instruction sheet and the Eduard instructions until you get to the assembly of the cab. Italeri thoughtfully leave a raised circle on the inside of the cab roof on the RHS which is for the MG access hatch. I carefully drilled holes […]

PAINTING
As the interior of the cab has already been painted it was packed with plastic cling wrap to protect it from overspray. The whole kit was then sprayed with Humbrol Olive Drab #66 straight from the can, including the frame on the rear tilt.

the painted Canvas tilt.
This was set aside to dry and when I […]

FINISHING

The finished model from the rear

View of the RHS showing the unaltered canvas tilt in place.
The Decals in the Italeri kit leave a lot to be desired as they do not have registration numbers or bumper codes so the spares box was raided and a mixture of decals applied from several kits. Registration numbers and […]

IS IT?
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ISN’T IT?
I think it has come out well and is an unusual addition to my fleet of soft skin WW2 models.
References.
American Dept of War publications
TM 9-2800 US Army standard Military Motor vehicles 1943
TM 9-224   MG mounts for trucks 22 April, 1943
The GMC-a universal truck – Jean-Michael Boniface & Jean-Gabriel Jeudy
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