Building a 1941 Chevrolet Fuel Tanker (Page 2 Continued)
- Cliff Hutchings converts and paints Tamiya’s LRDG Chev kit into a 3 ton (Australian) Chevrolet Fuel Tanker

Finished model Left hand side view.

THE BUILDING

The Cab/Chassis - Continued

At this stage new inner guard panels were also fitted to replace those cut out of the original kit part. The missing grill bars of the LRDG kit were replaced using brass and plastic strip and the running boards were scraped clean of molded on detail at this stage also and PE patterned checker plate added.

PE patterned floor plate was added to the running board steps.

The bonnet was removed from the Italeri GMC cab and the cowl was cut in the centre and widened by 2mm to match the width of the Tamiya body and fire wall.

The Italeri GMC cab had to be widened by 2 mm across the cowl to fit the Tamiya LRDG Chev kit.

The body was then fitted to the LRDG floor pan, ensuring at the same time that the doors fitted correctly and the gap between the cowl and fire wall was filled in to form a complete fire wall. The bonnet was prepared and is to be displayed with only one half open.

Front view of the cab before paint and windscreen frame was fitted.

The open bonnet half was left off until after painting as were the cab doors until the interior of the cab was painted. The entire cab and front end were left as a separate part until base painting had been done.

A windscreen frame was cut from a thin piece of brass sheet and had a piece of clear evergreen glued on behind it to form the windscreen.

The Tank Body & Rear Deck

The 2 parts of the Italeri GMC water tank body were then cut in half again and shortened to suit. Evergreen plastic sheet was then used to make the tank higher and also to form a new top with one opening in the centre. The hatch and other parts were used to form this part of the body. The scribed doors at the rear of the body as well as other defects were filled using Apoxie Sculpt 2 part filler.

An Italeri GMC water tank body was cut into 4 pieces and shortened to make the tank body.
Evergreen plastic sheet was used to fill in the gaps along with a lot of filler.

 

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