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Re: German Halftrack, Armored Car, etc. etc ...
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:25:51 GMT
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Shaun Sullivan <sullis3@mit.edu> writes:

I just loaded a whole cartload of new pics onto
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=sullis3 .

That jeep looks familiar:

    http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=834

Actually, I modeled it after a Vietnam era jeep, not a WWII one.  But
they are quite similar!

Also, I don't care much for minifig scale, so I didn't model it for
the minifigs.  But it appears to work pretty well anyway.  Probably a
bit too large, though.

I also skipped the glass windshield and headlights because I liked the
more "rugged" look.  I also liked the somewhat non-LEGO look it gave!

Here's a Land Rover at the same scale:

    http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=806

I'm not so happy with that one, though.  But the one I'm making right
now at 1/10 should be better...

Fredrik



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  Re: German Halftrack, Armored Car, etc. etc ...
 
Oops! Sorry, Fredrik, I forgot to mention you - I've been good up to this point, but it seems I skipped over appropriate crediting this morning. Anyhoo, the Willy's MB is borrowed heavily from Fredrik's design, detailed in other posts in this (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)

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  German Halftrack, Armored Car, etc. etc ...
 
Hi All, I just loaded a whole cartload of new pics onto (URL) . Included are pics of the following: Sd.kfz 222 German Armored Car (North Africa) and crew Sd.fkz 251 German Halftrack (North Africa) and crew, with Howitzer Willys MB Jeep (North (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build) ! 

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