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Aside from the sponsor
markings, the Transit
interior was build out of the box.
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No off-road vehicle would
be in the jungle without a
roof rack. I fashioned it from
styrene tube inserted with florist
wire to help keep its shape. I
finished it with the same black as
I used on the chassis.
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All that was left was to put
the Transit together. The
roof rack carries a tool box, spare
tires and two side-mounted air
tanks. Four off-road lights on the
rack face the front of the van
while two lights face rearward. I
sourced the front bumper from
the Firestone Ford and found a
scale metal chain to drape across
the front for those extreme
extractions. The jacked
suspension and 37-inch tires give
the Transit a nose-bleed ride
height that should get it over or
through most obstacles.
KITS USED
- 1/24 scale Italeri Ford
Transit MK2 (No. 3687) - 1/25 scale MPC
Deserter 1984 GMC
pickup (No. MPC847/12) - 1/25 scale
AMT Firestone
1978 Ford 4x4 pickup
(No. AMT858)