Been a while, been very slow, not finishing anything, starting many things! Buying stuff too. This has been the pattern. Lots of input and very little output. Like Christmas day really. Another truck and another super little model from Academy. I did not have any medical vehicles for my allied forces so this fills a hole for sure. I have so far built the Academy German Fuel truck and their boxed set of Jeep, Kettenkrad and Kubelwagen, both of which were excellent kits.
This truck was great to put together. As usual all I ask is that things fit together easily, and it is obvious where all the bits are meant to go. I only made the truck and left the towing tractor for some other time. I added some brilliant PE windscreen wipers, but that was the only additional detail. They are super fiddly but using blutack on the end of a cocktail stick to pick them up, plus my super glue that dries clear for windows, and things turn out ok! The kit comes with some excellent decals that need a bit of patience to get right due to their size. It is easy to fold them up and make a mess but some perseverance and they come out looking fine. I did some gloss varnishing pre-decals then some brown washing followed by a layer of matt varnish on top. Decal softener is a must here to get the decals to lay flat into all the surfaces. This was a most enjoyable build, and now I have another Academy US Truck and also halftracks in the queue. See what I said before, more inputs! I am struggling taking decent photos of anything so apologies for the short cut holding the finished model in my hands. It’s the quickest way for me to get things done.