Bedford QL gun portee…(sans gun)

[locomotive]

Building an Italeri Bedford QL. Two reasons, I thought it looked kind of cool, and I'm a Vauxhall / Bedford man at heart.
I'm thinking of just doing this ootb basically but with additional storage on the deck. Many of these trucks later in the war were converted back to general transport, so… I'm thinking this has been removed from gun duties and just being pressed into service as part of the supply line.
Sounds feasible?

So off we go…



Instructions are nice and clear it has to be said.



Chassis is step one so that seems a logical place to start.
The moulding is good and straight so that's a good start!



It seems an easy build up so far but there is a quite a bit of flash and large attachment points to clean up.
I appreciate though that it's an old kit. So we'll just have to put up with it. Ever onward chaps!


Got to say, the cab was tricky in getting everything to line up. I think I've managed to put the dashboard in a bit low, so will just have to work around it.
The more astute among you may have noticed there is no engine.
I looked at it, realised it wasn't going to be seen, then thought….cobblers to it!

Although it will be kept in the spares box for use another time.


So this looks like wheely good fun…. (See what I did there?)

They come in two halves so end up with a fairly pronounced seam line . But 5 minutes with a file and they clean up quite well.



So on with paint!
I give them a VERY light coat of white primer from a rattle can.
I find it gives a good key and lends depth to areas.

More to come…..

 

[locomotive]

Now I ask you…. What designer draws this on a blueprint, sends it for prototyping, looks at it and says, "yep, that looks great."

 

[BarleyBop]

yep, that looks great."

Now that you point it out, I gotta run upstairs to see what I did several years ago! I'd finished the build, and put it aside thinking I'd accessorize and add figures... that was the plan, anyways...
I'm also a fan of the Bedfords, with an MWD 15 and an early OYD in the stash. Love those softskins!
... so I checked it out, had done a plastectomy as well, replaced with real chain
Found the flat box top too (keep them all), only mine was Revell!



Look forward to watching your build... Can't remember mine, and I didn't document the build for some reason. Have to check Scalemates to see if they are related.

 

[locomotive]

This looks bloody fiddly for sausage fingers here…



Although actually it wasn't.



But again we have this abomination….
I mean, did no one check the dimensions??



It's this kind of thing that really rips my knitting.
But once the load bed is in position, it's almost invisible. So cobblers to it.

Onward chaps!