Tamiya SAS Jeep’s

[robemcdonald]

Following on from PH5121’s thread
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I stopped at hobbycraft in Cambridge and picked up an SAS Jeep

At £10.50 it’s almost the cheapest kit in the shop,
In the box are three sprues



The mouldings looked quite crisp for what is an ancient kit, but a lot of clean up is required.
Also as I found out the engineering is really not up to modern standards. As a first kit it might be a bit of a challenge.
The first stage of assembly was the front and rear suspension and chassis.


I assembled the body of the jeep and it was time for paint.
After priming I painted the body in khaki drab. The idea is that the Jeep was originally painted that colour prior to getting a respray in Africa. I decided to try some hairspray chipping (something I’d not tried before)

Next up was a coat of clear prior to a couple of coats of hairspray. Then it was on with a coat of thinned down desert yellow.

I used a cut down paintbrush and some warm water and set to work.

It’s a bit of a severe look. I guess I went a bit far. I spent a bit of time on some thinned down coats of various earthy tones, washes etc. and came up with something more acceptable.


Next up the same things with the wheels.


So to bring things up to date i trial fitted the wheels and applied a bit of weathering powder.


Next on the list are the seat backs and controls and then onto the myriad of accessories that come with the kit.

[russy01]

p.s - if anybody else wants to give this kit a crack its been online at £10.50 with free delivery for about 5 years!

https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/tamiya-35033-br...

Great little kit, we sell a few every day.

[PH5121]

That looks great - I wish I had the skill to do weathering like that
I've not even opened mine yet so will follow this thread closely for inspiration.

[robemcdonald]

It really isn’t that hard to do. I’ll go through the process in detail on some of the other parts so you can see the method.
You may have noticed that the thread title is plural. Hopefully if anyone else has a go they can post their progress on here. We can help each other out with advice / and questions etc...

[Einion Yrth]

robemcdonald said:

You may have noticed that the thread title is plural.

No it isn't, it's possessive; the apostrophe is superfluous, and indeed incorrect.

[davebem]

This bring back memories, when I was a kid my dad used to take me to a proper old school model shop in Warminster, at the back of the shop the shelves were packed to the ceiling with Tamiya kits. I had this one and the Pink Panther SAS Land Rover. Do these kind of model shops still exist?

[dr_gn]

davebem said:

This bring back memories, when I was a kid my dad used to take me to a proper old school model shop in Warminster, at the back of the shop the shelves were packed to the ceiling with Tamiya kits. I had this one and the Pink Panther SAS Land Rover. Do these kind of model shops still exist?

Yes, but few and far between these days.

[PH5121]

davebem said:

This bring back memories, when I was a kid my dad used to take me to a proper old school model shop in Warminster, at the back of the shop the shelves were packed to the ceiling with Tamiya kits. I had this one and the Pink Panther SAS Land Rover. Do these kind of model shops still exist?

The pink panther Land Rover, another kit I always wanted that I'll have to get. My most local model shop near Leeds is old school, it was there 30 plus years ago, but specialises in rc planes these days.

[robemcdonald]

Einion Yrth said:

robemcdonald said:

You may have noticed that the thread title is plural.

No it isn't, it's possessive; the apostrophe is superfluous, and indeed incorrect.

You can blame apples auto correct for that.

[Halmyre]

davebem said:

This bring back memories, when I was a kid my dad used to take me to a proper old school model shop in Warminster, at the back of the shop the shelves were packed to the ceiling with Tamiya kits. I had this one and the Pink Panther SAS Land Rover. Do these kind of model shops still exist?

There are three in Edinburgh (that I know of); Wonderland, Harburn Hobbies (more of a model railway specialist) and Marionville Models (more of an RC specialist).

[Jader1973]

I used to have quite a few Jeeps - quick and easy to build, and cheap.

Only 2 left - both have which haven't done too badly having been in a shoebox with a load of other old built stuff for well over 20 years:



I think the one with the mounted machine gun might not be Tamiya. The other one (complete with soft top made from paperclips and tissue paper ) is meant to be a rollover. Inspired by a comment from my Grandpa "Those things rolled easily. Killed more people than the Germans.".

My SAS Pink Panther hasn't done so well, although it is probably an easy fix.

Edited by Jader1973 on Saturday 14th April 00:21

[Echo66]

For anyone weathering desert kit be careful not to add the usual rusting step as metal does not rust as it does in your normal european climate. A rusty looking panzer in a DAK scheme looks very wrong.

[Krikkit]

Weren't the Jeeps aluminium-bodied as well? Even euro ones shouldn't have been rusty.

[100SRV]

Krikkit said:

Weren't the Jeeps aluminium-bodied as well? Even euro ones shouldn't have been rusty.

Jeep was all-steel construction for chassis and body. A friend recently rebuilt a 1946 CJ2a, I thought it had more in common with an Austin 7 having a very shallow C-section chassis rails and tiny components compared with a Land-Rover.

Land-Rovers had "aluminium" body panels and tubs with steel bulkhead and chassis. Grille panels were aluminium until some time in the production run of the 86" Series One.

[Halmyre]

Krikkit said:

Weren't the Jeeps aluminium-bodied as well? Even euro ones shouldn't have been rusty.

Steel I think. The aircraft industry would have got first dibs on the aluminium.

Land-Rovers were aluminium (or an alloy thereof); I thought this might have been due to a sudden surplus of aluminium after WW2, but apparently it was because steel was rationed.

[robemcdonald]

I’m pretty sure jeeps were steel.

Also if one was used in europe, got a case of tin worm, got repainted and shipped to Africa then you would get corrosion wouldn’t you?

Anyhoo. Given the bit of interest I thought I’d post a current status photo.


I have to say. It’s not been an enjoyable build really. If it had been my first kit coming back to hobby I probably would have stuck to Lego....

[Echo66]

robemcdonald said:

I’m pretty sure jeeps were steel.

Also if one was used in europe, got a case of tin worm, got repainted and shipped to Africa then you would get corrosion wouldn’t you?

Anyhoo. Given the bit of interest I thought I’d post a current status photo.


I have to say. It’s not been an enjoyable build really. If it had been my first kit coming back to hobby I probably would have stuck to Lego....

I love this kit. Always have.

Ref the rust on a shipped unit. No, all vehicles were shipped over obviously & any rust pretty much disappears within a few days exposure to such dry arid atmosphere. The very brief rainy season would produce huge amounts of surface rust for a short time but then disappear almost overnight.
Some prime examples are the B24 & the P40 wrecks found in the Libyan & Egyptian deserts in the 60's & 70's were there was next to no metal corrosion.

[dr_gn]

Echo66 said:

robemcdonald said:

I’m pretty sure jeeps were steel.

Also if one was used in europe, got a case of tin worm, got repainted and shipped to Africa then you would get corrosion wouldn’t you?

Anyhoo. Given the bit of interest I thought I’d post a current status photo.


I have to say. It’s not been an enjoyable build really. If it had been my first kit coming back to hobby I probably would have stuck to Lego....

I love this kit. Always have.

Ref the rust on a shipped unit. No, all vehicles were shipped over obviously & any rust pretty much disappears within a few days exposure to such dry arid atmosphere. The very brief rainy season would produce huge amounts of surface rust for a short time but then disappear almost overnight.
Some prime examples are the B24 & the P40 wrecks found in the Libyan & Egyptian deserts in the 60's & 70's were there was next to no metal corrosion.

The rust...disappears?

[robemcdonald]

dr_gn said:

Echo66 said:

robemcdonald said:

I’m pretty sure jeeps were steel.

Also if one was used in europe, got a case of tin worm, got repainted and shipped to Africa then you would get corrosion wouldn’t you?

Anyhoo. Given the bit of interest I thought I’d post a current status photo.


I have to say. It’s not been an enjoyable build really. If it had been my first kit coming back to hobby I probably would have stuck to Lego....

I love this kit. Always have.

Ref the rust on a shipped unit. No, all vehicles were shipped over obviously & any rust pretty much disappears within a few days exposure to such dry arid atmosphere. The very brief rainy season would produce huge amounts of surface rust for a short time but then disappear almost overnight.
Some prime examples are the B24 & the P40 wrecks found in the Libyan & Egyptian deserts in the 60's & 70's were there was next to no metal corrosion.

The rust...disappears?

obviously.... just like this one.

Apparently not one of the aluminium ones either.

[Halmyre]

Echo66 said:

robemcdonald said:

I’m pretty sure jeeps were steel.

Also if one was used in europe, got a case of tin worm, got repainted and shipped to Africa then you would get corrosion wouldn’t you?

Anyhoo. Given the bit of interest I thought I’d post a current status photo.


I have to say. It’s not been an enjoyable build really. If it had been my first kit coming back to hobby I probably would have stuck to Lego....

I love this kit. Always have.

Ref the rust on a shipped unit. No, all vehicles were shipped over obviously & any rust pretty much disappears within a few days exposure to such dry arid atmosphere. The very brief rainy season would produce huge amounts of surface rust for a short time but then disappear almost overnight.
Some prime examples are the B24 & the P40 wrecks found in the Libyan & Egyptian deserts in the 60's & 70's were there was next to no metal corrosion.

But they were aluminium alloy. There's an bits of aircraft wreckage on the island of Vatersay in the Outer Hebrides that's been exposed to rain and salt spray for 70 years and what's left is corrosion free.

http://www.501places.com/2013/07/catalina-on-vater...