Greek Unimog

This is the real truck we saw on vacation. 

This is the kit I'm modding to match it. 

I'm definitely used to starting from something a little bigger than this! 

30 microscopic pieces later... 

40 microscopic pieces later, and some paint, and the chassis is basically done! 

 

All that work on the chassis, just so I could find out the wheelbase was too long 🙁 

Shortened the chassis and the base of the truck bed 

getting the cab together 

scabbing in some scrap to create the little bump-outs on the hood 

Cutting down the ambulance rear end to create the little workbed on this guy 

cut down, and first pieces painted green! 

gotta put some tiny trim around the edges, I think. 

The instructions offered no help at all for how to keep all this stuff aligned during assembly. So I've looked these pieces over a million times now, and I think I'll do it like this –> 

rear wall 

dash 

fenders and doors 

grill. Now I gotta keep this thing banded together. 

hood 

roof and windshield. Everything fits! 

 

After some setbacks, including a major paint spill, I'm back at this lil guy. I had that whole rear end together and trimmed out... and it was too wide. 🙁 So I tore it all apart, shaved it down, and rebuilt the walls from scratch with strips of superglue-infused cardboard instead of the previous plastic. 

 

 

Main parts are all together and looking pretty good. Just a few details left to hopefully tighten it up! 🙂 

All done! 

 

The rock in the back is the rock under the trailer wheel in the photo of the real truck. I assume they take it with them wherever they go. 🙂 

Scratch-built the exhaust pipe from a piece of sprue! 🙂 

The bracket under the bumper ain't perfect, but it gets the vibe right 

 

 

 

 

it doesn't look better this close up, but I like the little lights on the rear end 🙂