PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR


With a large format camera like this one (above) it is no wonder why the photographer needs a truck to carry it around in. Styrene was


used to extend the roof and fill in the side openings (below left). The artwork (below right) shows the kit as it was originally designed.


A kitbashed O scale photographer’s truck


A modified MMD ambulance kit takes on a new assignment/Al Sohl


RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award........


emony, it was decided that a photogra- pher was needed to record the event for posterity. With no one in town able to handle the assignment, a photogra- pher was crafted from an O scale Artista figure that had been hanging off a freight car ladder. For equipment, a camera was assembled from styrene with brass tubing, an MV lens and, to support it, a tripod built from brass. A camera that large couldn’t be easily


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carried around town, so the photogra- pher needed a truck for his business.


RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN


s the On30 Western Bay Railroad (www.westernbayrailroad.org) was preparing for its gold spike cer-


A minimum of $100 and a Dremel Rotary Tool Kit with a variable-speed Dremel 3000 rotary tool and acces- sories are awarded to the monthly winners of the RMC/DREMEL KITBASHING AWARD. Entries must consist of at least two photos (high-resolution digital pic- tures should be at least 3,000 pixels wide; color slides or 5″×7″ or 8″×10″ prints are also acceptable) and a short text. Models must use at least 50% commercial compo- nents; unused entries may be held future editorial use.


With a little modification, the MMD World War I Ford Ambulance kit turned out to be just the thing. I modified this kit by reversing the roof and extending it with styrene. Filler panels, made from bits and pieces of styrene, were added


on the side of the truck, as well. I satu- rated a single ply piece of tissue to the roof using MEK and cobbled up a couple of fenders using pieces of styrene and a little heat from my hot air gun to form them. They appear worse for wear, but the layout is set in 1939 so the whole truck seems to be on its last legs. The roof struts were made from pieces of plastic freight car air hoses. The lenses for both headlights are MV Products lenses (I use them on almost all my vehicles) and, finally, the sign on the sides of the truck (named after my niece) were done on the computer with Microsoft Word®


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