ICM 1/35 Model T 1917 Ambulance with Medic and Casualty

[djg261971]

Building this for a WW1 Group Build elsewhere.

Box top by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

I'm hoping to get started on this once I get back from the Cemetery.

[dennis]

I am looking forward to seeing this model progress Darren. Good luck.

[Leon]

I'll be following Darren! Looks like a nice project.

[djg261971]

Thank you Dennis and Leon.

This is a nice departure for me as I usually build German WW2 military.

And so it begins.

DSC_3613_11968 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3614_11969 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3615_11970 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

[Leon]

Looking good Darren! Its good to take a break from what you usually do.

[roland66]

Good start......

[djg261971]

Got the engine painted up. Didn't go overboard with the painting, as a lot of this won't be seen.

DSC_3619_11974 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3620_11975 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

[djg261971]

This weekend's progress so far.

DSC_3640_11994 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

[djg261971]

Today's progress on the Ambulance.

DSC_3644_11997 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

[captfue]

Great build so far, going to put in a diorama?

[Leon]

Nice progress Darren!

[djg261971]

Sept 11, 2018 14:18:48 GMT -5 captfue said:

Great build so far, going to put in a diorama?

I may do at a later stage once I've moved into a smaller abode.

[djg261971]

Thank you Leon!

And it's decalling time. I must say I'm pleased with how the decals behaved. No issues at all, they bedded down well after applications of Micro set and Micro Sol once the decals were on. The Ambulance has now had a Matt Coat, and is looking sweet. I'm really enjoying this build.

DSC_3645_11998 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3646_11999 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

[Leon]

Decals look good !

[djg261971]

Thank you Leon.

More progress.

DSC_3650_12003 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3651_12004 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3655_12008 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3656_12009 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

[adt70hk]

Darren

That really is looking very nice.

Well done.

Andrew

[djg261971]

Thank you Andrew.

I was thinking of putting this in a muddy field, but don't know how accurate that would be?

[dierk]

Mud is always good! And more than likely accurate.
But remember that, unlike the boxart shows, rubber wasn't black in those days.

[dennis]

This is coming along very nicely Darren, I am looking forward to more posts.

[djg261971]

Sept 28, 2018 4:32:19 GMT -5 dierk said:

Mud is always good! And more than likely accurate.
But remember that, unlike the boxart shows, rubber wasn't black in those days.

As far as I know Dierk the rubber was a light grey in colour?

[djg261971]

Thank you Dennis.

I'm enjoying this one!

[dierk]

Sept 28, 2018 10:19:57 GMT -5 djg261971 said:

Sept 28, 2018 4:32:19 GMT -5 dierk said:

Mud is always good! And more than likely accurate.
But remember that, unlike the boxart shows, rubber wasn't black in those days.

As far as I know Dierk the rubber was a light grey in colour?

that's right. As a matter of fact, Vallejo do one called 'old rubber' that looks a pretty close match to me.

[djg261971]

Thank you I'll look that colour up

[moramarth]

It's a bit odd, but ICM box art for their 1:35th Model T based vehicles shows some with black/grey tyres and some with off-white.  However, all their 1:24th Model Ts have been shown with white tyres (and the 1913 Speedster - which I have - does have "rubber-like material" tyres in this colour), except the box art for the forthcoming 1912 Commercial which shows black-ish.

Regards,

M

[djg261971]

ICM's box art is not very consistent then is it "M"? I think I've got the tyre colour correct?

Today's progress on the Ambulance. I'm nearly done now with only the spare tire and the lights to add.

DSC_3689_12036 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3690_12037 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

[adt70hk]

Looking good Darren!!

ATB

Andrew

[moramarth]

ICM's box art is not very consistent then is it "M"? I think I've got the tyre colour correct?

From what I've been able to gather from discussions on various fora, consistency isn't a problem, and "the right colour" very subjective.  Bright white seems to be the least likely, with a pale Ivory or very light grey common.  Adding carbon to the natural rubber made it more hard-wearing, but as well as black/dark grey tyres the darker rubber might only be used only for the tread area, with the walls of the tyre still being the lighter colour - the origin of "White Walls".  These may have become whiter with the introduction of zinc to assist the vulcanising process.  Except that on these "White Walls" the tread area might not be black/grey but dull orange; or even bright red, or the whole tyre could be bright red...  With various small manufacturers doing their thing as well as the big companies, the number of possibilities seem endless, and are making my brain hurt: apparently some photographs suggest differing colours on the same vehicle.  Spare a thought for the poor aircraft modellers of the period who seem to have even more choices, including pink.  And then there's the Central Powers, with little access to natural latex and no workable synthetics despite having started research some years before hostilities started.   The tyres on the Albatros D5a in the Australian National War Museum appear to have been shiny black except on the area in contact with the ground, where the paint had worn back to the natural colour of the wood!  It would seem many Central Powers vehicles had wood or iron "Tyre" substitutes towards the end of the war, and despite much recycling of rubber they didn't even have enough to "Rubberise" fabrics for Gas Masks and had to switch to leather instead.

Regards,

M

P.S., I was watching a recording of a recent documentary "The Flu that killed 50 million" earlier, there was a very brief clip of a small convoy of three ambulances (not Model "T"s, I think), the pale colour of the tyres was most noticeable.

[Leon]

That is looking fantastic Darren!

[djg261971]

Thank you for that detailed post "M" and thank you Leon.

A bit more done. Nearly there now with this build.

DSC_3691_12038 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3692_12039 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

And started the base, and as I'm modelling on a budget I've used an old CD case. It's looking very muddy.

DSC_3694_12041 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

[djg261971]

Lights painted and the lenses fitted. I've also fitted the horn. The Ambulance is also weathered to tie it in with the base.

DSC_3704_12049 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3705_12050 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3706_12051 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

And the figures.

DSC_3707_12052 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3708_12053 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3710_12055 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr

DSC_3713_12058 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr