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Unimog U1300L "FESTMA" - 1/35 by Revell


elmarriachi

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Hello,

 

a small project which I started some days ago as a kind of "fun-project" ... ater my summer vacation at the German North Sea Cost near Bremerhaven I found an old Revell kit of the Unimog U1300L and the idea was born.

 

In the harbour in Bremerhaven are lot of red Unimogs from a company called "Festma". These special Unimogs are used as mooring trucks to moor the incoming huge ships in the harbour. 

At the front these Unimogs have a special device for transporting and lifting the gangways to the ships ....

 

I wanted to make such Unimog somehow ... :) 

 

And here it is ... what I want to have ... one like this one .... 

 

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A scratch built plattform at the rear .... made of plastic stripes, plates and etched parts and an old Mercedes Benz wheel and some Wingnut Wings stuff :) ....  

 

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An advice at the rear as some of these trucks had ... made of plastic stripes ... 

 

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The advice at the front for the lifting and transporting of the gangways ....  made of plastic stripes, profiles and plates ... 

 

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The new exhaust muffler - moved up and made new .... 

 

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And the complete one before painting .... 

 

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After some first color added ... black and red... iron and rusty color under it and returned to top with salt and water under the red paint ...

 

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Hope you like it a bit :) 

 

 

Cheers

Micha

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Excellent work,

 

The RAF used to use them for towing Harriers i think. I remember a case where a Civi called at the guardroom of Wittering and said he had been driving past on the A1 and did they know there was a Unimog on its roof on the road around the base, MOD plods were dispatched and the vehicle with sadly a dead driver inside it was found, if I remember correctly it had been in for poor brakes or similar and had been into MT for repair, the guy took it out to do an emergency stop test and the thing went nose over tit crushing him to death. :(

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Hello,

 

some little progress at the Unimog. 

 

After the painting I have added a black washing, a rusty one and some further weathering effects on the car. Then added the last parts of the kit plus some wire, rope and other stuff ... 

 

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Cheers

Micha

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  • 2 weeks later...
Hello,

 

the small display is ready. I have put the Unimog is a tilted position - as in Bremerhaven at the floodgate. The cobblestone road is made of single stones, the gaps filled with a mix of sand, cast and wood glue.

 

The bollard is a wooden knob painted and weathered .... some grass added .... and done I think ....

 

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Cheers

Micha

 

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