Dodge WC-54 Ambulance

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Here's another rare kit, which I just had to have. The Dodge WC-54 Ambulance by Italeri. Also another Support vehicle for the Normandy Invasion.


Painted the interior flat white and light green.




Painting the exterior with AK Olive Drab Modulation.

[WigWag Workshop]

I love the look of this kit! Wish I could find one, without having to mortgage the house :-) Will be following along

-Steven

[Teabone]

I built on of these and found it to be a trying build with some parts that did not lend themselves to easy assembly.  The original from the factory had a Masonite lined interior painted green.

Bones

[wbill76]

Another cool project in the works Bruce, nice!

[Leon]

Great start on this one Bruce.Nice job on the paint.

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Thanks. Yes, the rear compartment is all lined.There isn't too many parts in this kit, but they make up for it with the decals:)

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I need one to go with my Bell 13...or a couple of Willys with stretchers on!!

[Teabone]

Jul 15, 2013 15:45:06 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

This is such a nice lookin' vehicle....is it rare? Just wondered about Steven's mortgage comment? I was watching one on Fleabay the other day from the UK and it went for £26 - is it that a good price, seems reasonable.

DickyF

Prices seem to be running upwards rather quickly but there has always been a few on the US fleabay site and I think I paid less than $20 US when I did mine I just wish that AFV or Bronco would roll out a new one as this one has its problems.

Dogfish7

An observation on mine the decals were so old that they had to have a couple of coats of Future on them and I still had one shatter and the were a little yellowish.

Bones

[Teabone]

Jul 15, 2013 17:08:13 GMT -5 @chrisb said:

I need one to go with my Bell 13...or a couple of Willys with stretchers on!!

With a Bell 13 maybe one of the AFV Clubs Beep's could be scratched into one of the later straight sides ambulances.  I think the old Dodge WC 54 ambulance might have gone away by the time of the Bell 13 in Korea even if the TV program M*A*S*H didn't recognize the time frame.  The old Ambulances with all the blood and guts did not have a long service live for sanitation reasons.

The WC 54 program as cancelled in 1944 and after that you would have started to see one of these.  Ill look through my VA Korean war photo's and see how many WC 54 were shown but making one of the below might be a way to go.

Bones
The first two are WC54 KD's the last two are M43 which would have been Korea issue.

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Great History Bones! I'm just a Dodge WC Freak and have several models.

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A little more progress after the desk lamp fell on it and broke it all to heck.





Now to put the decals on and do the final weathering.

[bullardino]

Jul 15, 2013 15:45:06 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

This is such a nice lookin' vehicle....is it rare? Just wondered about Steven's mortgage comment? I was watching one on Fleabay the other day from the UK and it went for £26 - is it that a good price, seems reasonable.

£ 26 is a real bargain. I haven't seen one for less than 50-60 euro for a loooong time.

BTW, Bruce, great start, looking forward to seeing more. As you can imagine, I'm another one who wants one

[wbill76]

Wow, you had a lamp-induced near-death experience with this one? Would never know by looking at it. Looking forward to the next steps with the markings and weathering Bruce.

[robbo]

Nice, would love one of these

[deafpanzer]

Like Bill said, no way I could tell if it has been damaged... great work! Sorry I missed the introduction... you have my attention now! Keep it coming...

[Deleted]

Wanted this one pretty bad. Paid over $60 for it plus shipping.

[Leon]

Looks really good Bruce.Looking forward to seeing it with decs and weathering.

[Deleted]

Thanks. Have 6 models ready for cals. Just need to sit down and do it.

[tonylee]

N I C E color Fish and the decals will put it over the top.

Tony lee

[armorguy]

Another Bruce product and I can't get enough of it ! Dec time mate !

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Decal DAY!!



Next step is weathering.

[wbill76]

Got to love the look of those giant crosses, very nice work on these Bruce. Hope you didn't run out of setting solution!

[deafpanzer]

Bet this was the hardest out of all seven builds because of its size and age? Looking awesome! Makes me want to sneak in and get me some nice relaxing "medicine"...

[tonylee]

B U G G A R O O would you look at that.

You could have saved a lot of paint Fish if you had put the decals on first and then painted around them.

W O W
Tony lee

[Teabone]

Nice save on the collision and I must say nothing is showing from broken parts.  The handles for the rear doors are very well done, I don't remember that much detail, I'll have to look at mine again.  The front doors look like they fit very well, I had a lot of trouble with mine.  Your decals are amazing, the kit I bought must have been much older than yours because I had a serious problem with shattering and could only save them by coating with Future before application.  Great build!

Bones

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Can't be having those NORMANDY Bombers flying over and hitting the Ambulance by mistake!

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Hey! Have to give the Germans something they can hit!

[Leon]

Great job the huge decs Bruce .Absolutely stunning.

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It took me all day to decal 7 models and saved the WC54 for last. Didn't want to mess up on those huge decals.

[bullardino]

I'm drooling, I want to see more of this one. I need too see more of this one, to be honest. I can't stop watching the pics, it's such a beauty