1/35 Frankentruck

[frank2056]

Story, from BTS, sent me an old Omega-K (later, ICM) 1/35 Ural 4320 cargo truck:


https://www.scalemates.com/kits/omega-k-35001-ural-4320--120605

It's a very detailed kit, and many parts (like the front wheels and the rear suspension) can be made movable, without resorting to overscaled parts. The skill of the mold makers was beyond the capabilities of the molding technology at the time, but the kit can be built and detailed without much trouble. It's a good example of a 1990s good quality ex-Eastern European kit.

I built most of the chassis and started working on the cab when the idea of a cab over engine (COE) version came to mind but it seemed like a difficult conversion.

The kit sat unfinished for 2-3 years; along the way, I found the 3D files for a 1/16 scale Kamaz COE truck. I thought of scaling the cab down to fit the Ural chassis, but converting STL mesh files to something easily workable was more effort than I wanted to expend and other projects grabbed my attention.
Last week, I looked at the files again, drew the outline of the existing cab and just made my own. I used the STL files and pictures of the various Kamaz trucks for inspiration and finally had something that I could print. It's Kamaz-ish.

This is roughly the goal and inspiration, although it's not quite a Kamaz 43113



I tried a few quick filament prints to get something that would fit the chassis and based on that, I sent the latest version to the resin printer, where it's printing right now.
I broke my long term habit of making the windows glue from the inside of the cab, which has always been an annoyance. Let's see if gluing them in from the outside is an improvement:



Exploded view. The upper cab shell is one unit, which helps hide the supports inside and minimizes supports damaging the exterior:


The instrument panel is a copy of the Kamaz 4310 IP. The radio is one of my previous designs. Some of the other knobs and switches are inspired by the interior of the HEMTT. The seats are generic and I'll probably reuse them in other builds/designs:


There's enough room in the cab behind the driver and passenger for a bed and plenty of supplies and equipment. After seeing Buzzbomb's post-apocalyptic MRAP, I may turn this into a post apocalyptic (or post Russia) vehicle.

[Andrew Gorman]

Trucks are cool, especially weird looking one. I see myself building one in the near future.

[buzzbomb]

There's enough room in the cab behind the driver and passenger for a bed and plenty of supplies and equipment. After seeing Buzzbomb's post-apocalyptic MRAP, I may turn this into a post apocalyptic (or post Russia) vehicle.

Happy to be of service sir 

That is great design work and there is certainly room for more Softskin options like this.
Recently saw the International Acco truck in 1/35 as used by the Australian Army on BNA . Did a lot of miles in the back of these during my Army days, plus they were used in Vietnam, but at $156 AUD for the kit,which would be about $2 worth of resin, you sort of think not just yet.

So great work, looking forward to seeing how the prints come out.

[kerick]

There's enough room in the cab behind the driver and passenger for a bed and plenty of supplies and equipment. After seeing Buzzbomb's post-apocalyptic MRAP, I may turn this into a post apocalyptic (or post Russia) vehicle.

Happy to be of service sir 

That is great design work and there is certainly room for more Softskin options like this.
Recently saw the International Acco truck in 1/35 as used by the Australian Army on BNA . Did a lot of miles in the back of these during my Army days, plus they were used in Vietnam, but at $156 AUD for the kit,which would be about $2 worth of resin, you sort of think not just yet.

So great work, looking forward to seeing how the prints come out.

This is one project I'll be watching for sure! 
The Aussie truck is $114 USD so yeah, maybe later!

[frank2056]

Thanks guys!

Brian - there are a couple of ACCO F1 trucks on Thingiverse:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5025902

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5203920

They would need some work if rescaled to 1/35, but still a lot cheaper than $100+ The second link is for a resin printer, and it would probably rescale OK to 1/35.

Guy - I wanted a somewhat boxy cab; lower tech factory stamping out body parts.