Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: Camthalion on September 10, 2013, 03:20:46 PM
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A jeep locomotive as used by Australian troops in Borneo. I took the easy way out with this and added some rail wheels to a diecast jeep. I made this some time ago and one day I'll get around to making the train for it. Shown here on a small diorama piece I made to show my model rail stuff for the old Aramac line in Queensland.
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u94/rowdy75/Aircraft%20and%20Vehicles/JeepLoco4_zps39123879.jpg) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/rowdy75/media/Aircraft%20and%20Vehicles/JeepLoco4_zps39123879.jpg.html)
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u94/rowdy75/Aircraft%20and%20Vehicles/JeepLoco1_zps83537854.jpg) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/rowdy75/media/Aircraft%20and%20Vehicles/JeepLoco1_zps83537854.jpg.html)
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u94/rowdy75/Aircraft%20and%20Vehicles/JeepLoco2_zps4eff0eec.jpg) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/rowdy75/media/Aircraft%20and%20Vehicles/JeepLoco2_zps4eff0eec.jpg.html)
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Well done!
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Well done!
Indeed! Something quite different and looks every bit the real deal.
Brian da Basher
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That's a neat little model. What scale is it?
Rail trucks and buses have always interested me a bit and somewhere way down on my "to do" list is a GMC 2 1/2 ton truck converted to a rail switcher.
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Thanks Fellas
That's a neat little model. What scale is it?
Rail trucks and buses have always interested me a bit and somewhere way down on my "to do" list is a GMC 2 1/2 ton truck converted to a rail switcher.
Scale is 1/72. I used to have a large number of Road-Rail vehicle pictures somewhere, I work for the railways here and we use quite a number of them.
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I've seen pictures of US Army jeeps being used in those roles post D-Day in France, due to a lack of locomotives. You know, those things the allies had been blowing up prior to the landings!
I always wanted to do a diorama of one pulling a boxcar, and title it "Boxcar Willys". :)
Sorry, it's the name of an old country musician.
Nice model, btw.
Alvis 3.1
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I've seen pictures of US Army jeeps being used in those roles post D-Day in France, due to a lack of locomotives. You know, those things the allies had been blowing up prior to the landings!
I always wanted to do a diorama of one pulling a boxcar, and title it "Boxcar Willys". :)
Bravo!! A truly beauteous pun. Camthalion, that's a beatuvful mode. Are those tracks a standard gauge or sized to fit the model?
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Thanks Fellas....
...Scale is 1/72. I used to have a large number of Road-Rail vehicle pictures somewhere, I work for the railways here and we use quite a number of them.
Thanks! I'm sorry there's not more US prototype model railroading in that scale. Nothing wrong with 1/87 scale but 1/76-1/72 would just be cooler IMO.
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Bravo!! A truly beauteous pun. Camthalion, that's a beatuvful mode. Are those tracks a standard gauge or sized to fit the model?
The tracks are 12mm gauge from Peco. Used in Australia to represent the 1067mm (3"6") tracks used in various states. By a happy chance it is also used as metre gauge track around the world, which is what the Australian jeep locos ran on.
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Very clever :)
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Pretty nifty!