MaxxPro MRAP After the Apocalypse

[kerick]

A uniform military/police color overall then every extra part could be different depending on when and where it was found. Except rust. Rust is everywhere.

[Old Wombat]

Coming together logically & believably*! 



[*: For a given value of "believable" - our late friend Phill would have loved it.  ]

[Rick Lowe]

Coming together logically & believably*! 



[*: For a given value of "believable" - our late friend Phill would have loved it.  ]

Agree with all of that!   

A uniform military/police color overall then every extra part could be different depending on when and where it was found. Except rust. Rust is everywhere.

And that. 

[buzzbomb]

A uniform military/police color overall then every extra part could be different depending on when and where it was found. Except rust. Rust is everywhere.

It is like you are reading my mind 

[buzzbomb]

How do you get stores from the top of a vehicle that is over 3M tall 
Like this ! Sort of brick lift/hay bale lift idea. Manually cranked, or use a small electric motor.  Groan... now I need to build a generator 



All the interior stores in place. Time to zip it up and get onto the next stage


Painting as commenced 

[zenrat]

How do you get stores from the top of a vehicle that is over 3M tall?

A bloke shinnies up a ladder to the roof and tosses them down to a bloke on the ground?

[NARSES2]

Interior is   

[Rick Lowe]

Interior is   

+1 

How do you get stores from the top of a vehicle that is over 3M tall?

A bloke shinnies up a ladder to the roof and tosses them down to a bloke on the ground?

Simpler is better... not as much to break. 

It's interesting to see Uzis again - they don't make too many appearances these days. 

[Vorcha]

I read one person's theory that a small fuel efficient car would be a better choice if you're really looking to get around. The truck sized vehicles would gobble up fuel fast and leave you stranded. But they are not as interesting to build as a model.
The zombie apocalypse theme build had some great ideas.

https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?board=163.0

That's my first thought when the theme "Post-Apocalypse" comes up. Gasoline goes 'bad' after about half a year, after that you'd have to 'make' your own or ... push. 
Luckily, there is a solution (...if it fits into the scope of your what-if ...)
The game "Mad Max" had a genious institution:


Basically a large drum the size of a large boiler, just dripping gasoline... I guess out of thin air? I thought out my own (supernatural) working logic behind it, when I wanted to build a Mad Max - themed Dodge Challenger.

[kerick]

If you had a source of crude you could possibly refine some gasoline. Or vegetable oil, it's easy to make biodiesel. It's the source products that would be difficult to get.

[Rick Lowe]

How quickly does vegetable oil go off? If not as quickly, that would be a sensible option - especially if you're using some big-a55 MRAP-type monster...
The only hassle would be tipping all those 250ml bottles into your jerrican...   

[Steel Penguin]

from when i worked  in the rolling oil business ( i was a junior QC chemist, add appropriate amount of salt here)   
Veg oil lasts a long time, and if it starts to get a bit off most of the floaty bits are removable with a gentle warm and filter,  add appropriate stuff and you get a Bio Diesel that is consistent enough to run on less finicky engines, and good enough that you have to pay tax and duty on it.  And is doable by the average slightly skilled bloke in a shed.

[zenrat]

And, you can fry your chips in it.   

[Rick Lowe]

from when i worked  in the rolling oil business ( i was a junior QC chemist, add appropriate amount of salt here) 
Veg oil lasts a long time, and if it starts to get a bit off most of the floaty bits are removable with a gentle warm and filter,  add appropriate stuff and you get a Bio Diesel that is consistent enough to run on less finicky engines, and good enough that you have to pay tax and duty on it.  And is doable by the average slightly skilled bloke in a shed.

A friend used to do just that, with his diesel Toyota ute. 
At one stage you could get used oil from the takeaway shops here, but I don't think it's a Thing, anymore.
Though, with the Stupid War's effects, it could take off again...

[Steel Penguin]

from when i worked  in the rolling oil business ( i was a junior QC chemist, add appropriate amount of salt here) 
Veg oil lasts a long time, and if it starts to get a bit off most of the floaty bits are removable with a gentle warm and filter,  add appropriate stuff and you get a Bio Diesel that is consistent enough to run on less finicky engines, and good enough that you have to pay tax and duty on it.  And is doable by the average slightly skilled bloke in a shed.

A friend used to do just that, with his diesel Toyota ute. 
At one stage you could get used oil from the takeaway shops here, but I don't think it's a Thing, anymore.
Though, with the Stupid War's effects, it could take off again...

it used to be one of the cases in the UK,  at one time one of the big fast food chains had on the sides of the big lorry's that, that was what they were fueled with.  The second user prices have gone up ( as opposed to being paid to take it away as waste