Small Truck with Radar?

The small van body truck with a Paul Heiser Models Jeep.

This is the Interwar halftrack I made using the Dodge truck front end.

The tracks came from this Roco halftrack.  The US Army used four of these with military police units in the Washington, D.C. area into the 1950s as a quick response unit.  So a spare truck cab becomes a van, a damaged truck becomes a halftrack, and a halftrack becomes a truck.  Nothing is wasted and I get new and unusual vehicles for my collection.  I did four each of the halftrack and armored car conversions.

And so I was left with this van body from one of the Dodge trucks.  It already had a hole in the top, the previous owner had put holes into the tops of several vans and trailers.  Some had a clear bubble inserted into it, I think for air traffic control?  Or other observation.  This one had no bubble.

Decades ago, Hot Wheels made a six wheeled vehicle designed for use in space on the moon and other heavenly bodies.  It had this little radar dish on it.  Somehow I ended up with an extra dish, I don't know how or why.  The truck cab is another orphan resin truck cab from the junkyard.

This truck had two holes in the roof where the radio antenna were molded on in the original Roco truck.  So I filled the holes with two bits of nylon brush bristle.  Cheap, easy, and does not break.  One black nylon parts brush has provided me with dozens of bristles / antennas for decades.

My plan is to use this as a point to point microwave truck.  The British No. 10 set used two dishes and was operational by D-Day and performed well during World War Two.

This can be used as an experimental set, or more of a tactical set.

Or perhaps it is a death ray.

Or maybe a listening device.

Or perhaps something else useful or sinister.  Comment below on what you think it is useful for.