Four trucks in each stage of completion. It is a generic pick up truck, useful from the last 1930's to the early 1960's. Trucks don't change much year to year.
The advantages of these trucks are that they are very inexpensive, easy to strip the paint off of, and take model paints well. I fill the hole in the top and the tailgate with gap filling superglue and when dry, I use a bit of Testors Contour Putty, sanded down, to finish the job.
1/72nd scale Strelets Early WWII American soldier. Headlights painted silver.
The model is one piece, durable enough for wargames, and being one piece require no actual assembly.
The tailgate has an air hole that I think is part of the manufacturing process. I fill the hole and sand down the surface of the tailgate that has a mold seam on it.
The green truck has a lining for the hole in the roof. Only a few of them have that lining. I don't know why. The hole is easy to fix. These come on a card in a four pack. They are a generic truck and my intention is to use them both as military and civilian. I got three packages of them, 12 trucks. Hobby Lobby has these most years and I have gotten one set a few years ago.
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"If it moves, challenge it. If it doesn't move, move it. If you can't move it, paint it olive drab"
And if it has a switchblade knife, salute it.
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