S1 Scout Car

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

Here’s my entry into the Eye Spy SiG.

When I was looking for an interesting vehicle to build for this SiG,
I came across this image:



When I looked up info about it, I read that it was a very rare vehicle.
Well, that’s right up my alley.
It turned out to be an Australian built Scout Car for the American Army
To survey an guard Australian airfields. It’s based on an
English Ford 15A Cargo Truck chassis with an armored super structure.
Only 40 were ever build and only two still exist today. One unrestored one
in Sid Beck’s military museum at Mareeba Australia and a restored one,
still running today:

Click the small image to watch the video:





Here are some more pictures of the S1:











This vehicle is of course ideal for me;
I can enter this SiG with it and it’s a rare conversion!
My favorite kind!

I even found a top view drawing to help me with the lay out
of the gun rail and the interior.



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For those who want all the info on the S1, this is the info I found:
The Scout Car S1 (American) - About fifty of these vehicles were designed and built in Australia for U.S. forces in 1942/43. They were based on Ford F15 (2-wheel drive, 15 cwt) Blitzes and were to be used for airfield defence in northern Australia. This vehicle is No. 5 and may have been one of five built at Newport Railway Workshops in Melbourne. The rest were assembled at Ford’s Geelong plant. The hull is of locally invented and produced bulletproof plate - A.B.P.3. The first parts of it were found north of Miles where it had once been owned by the Little family. The hull sides turned up a few years later. The only other one known is unrestored and in Sid Beck’s military museum at Mareeba. Still missing is the skate rail around the top of the hull that carried two .30 calibre and one .50 calibre machine guns. With three machine guns and a crew of five, it would have been a pretty busy place if it had ever got into action.
The Scout Car S1 was produced by Australia for the use of the US Army during the Second World War per request of the United States Army Air Force [USAAF] in 1942. This light armored car, built by Ford Australia, was used for patrolling and airfield defense. Only forty units of the Scout Car S1 were made.

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The build:

I bought these two kits for the build:





The machine gun kit came in first so I started on that one.





That’s it for now folks.
Next up is the build of the S1 Scout Car.
(The kit finally arrived after one month delay. )

cheers

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

Couldn't resist pimping and coloring the black & white image.
This is what it may have looked like if they had taken a color photograph back then:



The before shot:





cheers

[rodrant]

OK ..I expect the usual great build from you

This is a great choice and a great idea ....never saw this armoured car before ...like the armament layout ...it means business

Good luck with your build , should be real nice to follow I'm sure !

[hansolo]

OK ..I expect the usual great build from you

This is a great choice and a great idea ....never saw this armoured car before ...like the armament layout ...it means business

Good luck with your build , should be real nice to follow I'm sure !

Thanks very much!
I'm going to have a lot of fun with this semi-scratch-build.

cheers

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

In the old pictures I saw that the 30 Caliber guns from the set that I bought,
weren't the same model as in the pictures. So I took to 3D modeling again to
design and print different barrels. And the set also only profided one 30 Cal.
mount like the ones in the pictures. So I also made these in 3D.

I constructed the barrels in my 3D application Cinema 4D.



I opened and adjusted than in the application for the 3D printer, called Cura.



And printed them.
They still need a lot of sanding and cleaning up. And some smaller details will have to bee added.



For the mount part I did the same thing, except here I opened a picture of a mount in Adobe Illustrator.



Traced the contours.





Opened these in Cinema 4D and extruded them to the acquired thickness.
I had some details like bolts and a thicker rim, but the 3D print process wasn't precise enough to reproduce those tiny
details. So they got lost.



Opened a simplified version of them in Cura.



And printed them.
They too need some work.



That's it for now folks.
Tomorrow I'll be starting on the build of the truck.

cheers

[generalgrog]

Wow..just...wow.

As an engineer in really digging what your doing with the 3d printing.

Watching with interest!

GG

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

I got under way with the building of the truck.

The instruction sheets. Seperate A4's!











The sprews.





Wheel assembly.



The tow hook.



The petrol tanks. (That in the end I didn't attach.)



The exhaust.



The cabin. Of which most of it will probably be cut away later on.





Springs.



Chassis.



Chassis + cabin.





To get measurements I made pictures of the top and side of the built chassis and placed them in Adobe Illustrator.
Combined with the drawing I downloaded, I could figure out (with some guess work here and there) the measurements of the side armor
and the fenders. I can now lay these drawings 1:1 on the plate material to cut out the sides and fenders.





That's all for now folks.
Nest up: The scratch building fun can begin!

cheers

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

I started with the scratch building.

First the bottom plate.
I had to make some adjustments to the initial layout for the wheels to fit.



Bottom plate assembled.



For the fenders and the side plates I printed out my drawings,
glued them slightly to the plate material with spray mount,
in order to make easy cutouts.



The fenders cut out.



The fenders bent.



Fenders and sides glued together.



Fenders and sides glued to the bottom plate.



That’s it for now folks.
Next up: Construction of the front and rear.

cheers

[wappynutter]

Just camping on an #AWESOME# post again Han...

Well done so far..... Continued success with the 3d printing/building mate..
" munch...munch...munch..."...

[hansolo]

Thanks Wappy!

cheers

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

I continued with the building process.
To make the back bumpers I used the metal of a Coke Can. Later on I redid them, cause they were to big.
And first finished the back part of the hull.

xxx





Than I constructed the front side panels and the hood.









Than followed the windscreen and windscreen armor.



Because I had to cut away a lot of the front interior cause it didn’t fit,
I had to make new gas paddles and a brake paddle.
I also made a new dash board and reconnected the steering wheel.





The wind screen and armor attached.



Built the storage compartments. And gave them locks from leftover PE parts.





Made the three chairs for the gunners / crew.





So this is where it at now.











Next up: More detailing.

cheers

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

Here’s the final building part of the Scout Car.

The MG rail was the trickiest part to construct with all it round corners and bending upward in the front end.
First I made the part that connects the rail to the vehicle in 2 parts.

The front end.



And the back end.



Assembled.



Than I made the rail itself, consisting of 3 different parts, bent it into the right shape and glued it in.



To create the side doors I simply scratched the outlines in the side armor plates.
I drilled visor holes in the doors and made visor covers from PE and rails from PS.
Attached pivots and door handles from left over parts.
And some loops again from PE leftovers.
Added mirrors and headlights from the original Ford kit.
The clear part of the headlights will be added after painting the shiny interior of the lights.
I also added a shovel and a rod.



At the back I added 2 grips and the tripots of the .30 cal. MG’s.



On the hood I added bolts made from thinly sliced PS rod.
And added towing hooks from the original Ford Kit.



Finally I added the MG mounts and the MG’s.
And made the .30 cal. shields from PE.





















Here’s a walk around of the finished built model before painting.

















Next up: Painting.

cheers

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

Already here with the paint update.

I painted the rubber tires too. Because I like to weather them and the black rubber is just to black.



First I painted the Scout Car with grey as the base colour.
And for the first time I tried the pre shading technique.





Then my well known layer of hairspray for later shipping.





Then the final olive green colour.





I lightened the centers of the panels with a slightly lighter green for fading effect.





Detail painting. For metal I use Metal Cote enamel paint. When applied it's a dull grey, but if you rub it with a cotton swab when dry, it gets a metal shine.
Later on I will darken it considerably with a strong dark wash. To give it a more blackened metal look.





Next up: More detail painting and washes.

cheers

[heel]

It's hard to know what to say when watching you build because it's always so fantastic and unique. Awesome stuff.

[hansolo]

Thanks Heel!
Much appreciated.

cheers

[alextheblue]

Incredible work Han, just mind blowing. Some people excel at building, others excel at painting and weathering, you my friend excel at both!

And 3D printing as well!!

[hansolo]

Thanks Alex!

cheers

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

I tried chipping the green layer of the grey one with the hairspray layer in between but
I had a hard time do so. Apparently I put the green on to thick so the water couldn't get through.
So I had to resort to painting on the chips. This vehicle never saw combat. Do chipping will have been
modest anyway. So I didn't have to do a lot.

I gave the wheels an Australian red earth pigment treatment to make them nice and dusty.

Did some pin washing and the dark wash on the MG’s.

Some oil paint rendering on the shovel handle.

Painted the chairs and did pigment under the fenders.





Seeing that the decals are obviously non existent I have to make them my self.
I do have a ‘do it yourself’ decal kit but I can not make white decals with it.
So I will make black decals and paint over them with white paint.

Here’s how I prepared the decals.



Next I’ll print the little black letters on a decal sheet, fixate the print with decal fixer
and my decals are ready to be applied.

After decal application there will be a lot of oil paint rendering and more pigments.

cheers

[wappynutter]

Superb buddy...
Scratchbuilding at its finest...
You are truly a Master and this build deserves heaps more recognition...
Love every part of the build so far. Do you have figures and a small dio planned?
Well done again Sir... Continued success..

[hansolo]

Superb buddy...
Scratchbuilding at its finest...
You are truly a Master and this build deserves heaps more recognition...
Love every part of the build so far. Do you have figures and a small dio planned?
Well done again Sir... Continued success..

Thanks Wappy!!
I already have chosen a figure that I'm going to ad and I'm going to make a small dio, consisting of a small part
of an Australian airfield with a hangar and a small patch of Australian red earth.

cheers

[wappynutter]

Superb buddy...
Scratchbuilding at its finest...
You are truly a Master and this build deserves heaps more recognition...
Love every part of the build so far. Do you have figures and a small dio planned?
Well done again Sir... Continued success..

Thanks Wappy!!
I already have chosen a figure that I'm going to ad and I'm going to make a small dio, consisting of a small part
of an Australian airfield with a hangar and a small patch of Australian red earth.

cheers

Cool!.......
Already sat waiting for the pictures...
Good luck as always Han..

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

You sir, are a wizard with plastic card and 3d printing
Love your scratch building, always inspiring to look at.
Amazing stuff one's again!

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

I printed the decals.

Here’s the print out on the decal sheet.





The decal fixer.



The cut out decals. They have to be cuts tightly as possible to minimize the decal shiny effect around the letters.



Here’s the Scout Car with the decals applied.
Including the applied oil paint rendering, pigments and graphite.



























Scout Car + Scout.











Next is the dio.

I started of with a wooden base.



The lay out drawn on.



The edges sealed of with card board.



Poured the plaster.



The plaster is semi dry. Removed the edges. And scraped the plaster surface to be evenly flatted.



Applied a DAS clay layer to go underneath the ‘sand’ area.



Scratched in the edges of the concrete tiles.



Re masked the sand area.



Applied the earth-glue-water mixture.





That’s where the duo is at this point. Now it needs to dry.

The scout hanging around in the Scout Car would probably need some food and drink at some point.
This is why I supplied him with some water, a nice bottle of Australian white wine and some bread.

I made a bottle out of clear sprew leftovers.







A plate made of some leftover part and some bread again made sprew.



I also added and painted some other stuff that you might find on an airfield.



Here is John enjoying his well deserved lunch.







That’s it for now, folks!

Next up is more progress on the dio.
I decided to make part of a Bellman Hangar from heavy paper…..

cheers

[hansolo]

mis post

[rwsmith14]

Outstanding !!! really find the vehicle interesting !

[hansolo]

Outstanding !!! really find the vehicle interesting !

Thanks RW!

Cheers

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

I started building the Bellman Hangar.
I made a layout of the door elements and the roof part in Adobe Illustrator.









I ended up constructed the whole hangar from a mixture of heavy paper, ply wood, card board and PS plate.
When it was finished I painted and weathered it. But at the end of the day I wasn’t satisfied with the result.



It wasn’t realistic enough to me, because of the paper parts. It was to big; it dwarfed the Scout Car on the dio.
And it’s a bit dull. There isn’t a lot of detail, not much going on, not nostalgic enough.

So I started from scratch. Looked for an other building to liven up the dio.
I found this image. A much more interesting and more detailed building.



I started with the brick wall part. Made a lego cast to pour the plaster in.
Scratched in the brick pattern and painted and weathered it.













Then I made the windows from PS plate. Painted and weathered.







The aluminum siding was next.
I used 2 large beer cans for the metal. Somehow they were closest at hand.



Made a little rivet bender.



Glued the metal to a PS plate.





Painted and weathered.





Made a rain pipe from PS plate. And wall connectors from PE leftover.
Made a gutter, again form the beer can metal. See, I only drink to model!









And weathered them.



That’s it for now, folks.

Gotta go to the store and model shop for more supplies.

cheers

[Coen]

Good gravy!! What the hell!!
This is outrageous work Han.
Kits? We don't need no stinking kits!
Haha
Amazing !!!

[hansolo]

Good gravy!! What the hell!!
This is outrageous work Han.
Kits? We don't need no stinking kits!
Haha
Amazing !!!

Thanks so much, Mike!
I am appreciating the hell out this.

Cheers

[ForbesHutton]

Amazing!

Legend does a 1/35 kangaroo http://www-legend.co.kr/portfolio/lf0118-kangaroo/
if your not making your own.

[hansolo]

Hi guys,

Check out the final reveals here: http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=405&t=14125

cheers

[Oper8or]

I came over here after watching Coen's video for his build. Then.. well..



I've seen some excellent builds on here. Some real skill far beyond anything I will have or be able to do. Then I see this build. I really don't know what else to say. Its amazing. There are people in this world that can do things like this and I have no idea how..

Thank you for doing this. You have out done yourself sir.

[Nige99]

I am in complete ore of your work Hans!! Who needs to buy kits when you can scratch build like this. amazing work.

[DBMiller]

The work you are putting in is just super!