Hanomag Crawler

[Gordon Ferguson]

Being a new boy here thought I had better try and put something back in to the forum rather than just read all the posts .

This is a conversion of a Wiking 1/25 Hanomag K55 crawler, from its origonal toy like state to a reasonable representation of a Hanomag KV 50 produced about 1938.

Will not add explanations to the pictures, as majority of the work is just cutting, grinding & sanding and then the addition of plastic card and strip to try and add some finesse to the origonal.

Original kit & breakdown of components







Hanomag KV50















Hanomag KV50 & the finished construction





Painting will take place over the next few weeks, currently plan is to show the crawler being recovered after being left basically abandoned for the previous 10 years so the it will be a bit battered, tired and rusty in bits circa 1955.

[spud]

WOW that's Ferking Cool, this i cant wait to see painted

[TRM]

Very nice salvage and conversion!!! COunt me in too!!

[paulh]

Bloody Hell- thats a cracker !

[Deleted]

This looks like a cool conversion, the tracks look really neat!
I'll tag along for the rest

[`Boots`]

Wow..................just goes to show what a bit of time and effort can do, an amazing transformation gf ....................some real neat and tidy scratchin` and it looks superb ;D

[Jaymes Crowther]

Ferkin seriously cool bro! Love it! Your detail has given it that something! To replace the tracks as well is awesome. I look forward to seeing the paint job.

Jaymes

[AndyArgent]

Wow now that looks the bee,s knee,s mate. Lovely work.

[Gordon Ferguson]

Thanks for all the positive feedback folks .... much appreciated.

Colour, probably similar to the original photo ......... slightly lighter blue/grey, lots of scratched and worn paint, faded colour on top surfaces ............... soil debris and some vegetation on tracks and track frames . Aim is to look as if it could not be started and has been dragged /winched on to a low loader from where it was abandoned.

All sounds easy in theory , we'll see how reality kicks in

[multicam]

Missed this one, and shame on me! Fantastic scratch detail! Can't wait for paint on this!

[bullardino]

Oh, what a job! If you hadn't shown the intermediate pics, the final result would have looked like another kit. Looking forward to the paint and dio part of the build

[legend]

What a great job!!!! watching this with great interest.

bill

[Gordon Ferguson]

Well have been able to start the paint process bit earlier than I originally thought .

Initial plan had been to prime/ undercoat in black , as a way of adding some shadow and definition into some areas, but was a bit unsure of the plastic. As the basis of this was produced more as a "toy" while the plastic is definitely a hard plastic type it seemed a bit "greasy " .................... although I don't think there is one bit of the origonal surface left now. So I decided to that as I had some pretty strong self etching primer left over from a full size project thought I would use that first ..... primer was very well thinned down and then misted on.







As you would expect the unifying coat of paint has shown up some flaws( actually a lot!) and some work the needs to be corrected .............. an obvious area is the run of the tracks around the rear sprockets.
So need to fix these bits and and then a touch more primer if required and then I will hit all the shadow areas with some black before moving on to top colours .

Painting is not my strength so any suggestions as I go along will be most welcome

[multicam]

Looks good. Corrosion damage showing up nicely on that battery box. Nice:)

[TRM]

Looks great Gordon!!! I do love the primer stage!!! Looking froward to the paint!!!

[Scott Girvan]

This is fantastic work! Very impressive.

[406 Silverado]

That is gonna look very cool when painted and weathered. I keep an eye out in stores for kids toys that may be of use.

[dodgy]

Magnificent work, looking forward to seeing the finished product.

[stikpusher]

That is some fabulous work indeed... hopefully he finished this sometime since 2012!

[jmarc]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNice !