I like the little Morris CS8 15cwt truck. Manufactured by Morris, it was based on their civilian range (C), had a 6 cylinder engine (S) and an 8 foot wheelbase (8) in keeping with the War Office requirement for a short wheelbase for good mobility. The 15cwt refers to the 15 hundred weight (approximately 3/4 of a tonne) that it could transport.
As usual, these are 3D prints from M_Bergman. They had a couple of issues where I missed supports and some of the detail was lost (eg under steering wheels) but other than that they've printed with excellent detail. M_Bergman's models are on the chunky side in some ways, with rivets, steering wheels etc thickened, presumably to ensure they print well in FDM.
As with most of my vehicle models, after a Wilko grey spray primer undercoat, I paint the underside of the vehicle and the wheels with a brown colour, in this instance Humbrol desert brown. I also painted the cargo bed and driver/passenger footwells in brown. Vallejo desert sand is used as the base coat for the rest of the model, but more lightly on the wheel hubs and footwells etc so that the brown remains visible in all the recesses where dirt will have accumulated. The whole model gets a wash of Vallejo sepia ink, with equal parts matt varnish and water added to thin it down and reduce the opacity. Army Painter Camo Cloak speedpaint is used for the camo stripes and the wheels are plain black. Headlights are silver. Windscreens are light blue at the top, graduated to almost black-blue in the bottom corner. A dusty brown drybrush over the model finishes it off.
I experimented with adding some stowage to one of the vehicles prior to printing it - a couple of crates, 2 ammo boxes, a petrol/water can and a small oil can were all placed on the cargo area. This means less fiddly painting and gluing in separate items afterwards and it worked well.
I painted the crates (as well as the seats in all vehicles) in GW Gore-grunta brown contrast paint. Ammo boxes and the oil can are the same Army Painter Speedpaint "camo cloak" as the vehicle camo stripes.
The two empty vehicles will probably be used as technicals. I can fit a ZU-23-2 (as designed by Bob_Mack) in the back, "portee" style.
The gun could be mounted forward facing instead, but I don't know how the driver's hearing would fare next to those 23mm autocannon. Those little windscreens might not last either!
Another option is the Russian SPG-9 recoilless rifle (by Bob_Mack), which can also easily fits in the back facing either way.
A mortar carrier would be another option for more indirect supporting fire.
An even bigger anti-tank punch would come from this M-40 recoilless rifle (by Bob_Mack). The wheelbarrow mount will only let it fit sideways, but I can easily print another one with the weapon separated from the mount to get whatever angle I want.
I'll find these useful in games, either as technicals, as troop carriers, or even just as part of an objective marker if loaded with crates etc. They'll be part of my army involving old WWII vehicles either looted/salvaged from the war in N Africa, or possibly supplied as surplus to a former British Colony on independence.
Nice conversions!
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