Frituur Zorro

[shropshire lad]

http://www.frituurzorro.nl/html/eng/frame.html

  Came across a review of this book in latest edition of Military Modeller and have just ordered one from www.panzerwrecks.com .

  This is just the sort of book I have been after since getting into 1/35th scale .

  Volume 1 covers British , Canadian and American vehicles . Volume 2 will cover German , Italian and Russian vehicles .

   Here is a sample page . I just love what they've done with the Dodge.

Looking forward to getting my copy ,

   Nick

[Chuck Doan]

Looks like a good way for civilians to use up those military kits.

[Malachi Constant]

Thanks Nick!  -- Dallas

[shropshire lad]

Well ,I've had my copy for two or three weeks now and bloody good it is to . I have started to have a go at modelling a vague representation of one of the vehicles in the book , namely the cut down Dodge ambulance . Picked up an Italeri ambulance kit on Ebay , cut the back down ,slung a gib on the front and , voila,one halfarsed attempted at building a model from a couple of photos . The gib is a bit short but it'll do for the time being . I hope to finish it soon!

  Nick

[Gordon Ferguson]

I like that Nick, something a bit different.

I notice no easy route for you, round rod /tubing for the jib none of this easy square/flat girders for you  ............. I presume that you will be applying all the individual weld lines as though military types do .

Look forward to further updates

[lab-dad]

WOW!
Nice to see you modeling again (or at least showing us)
I hope my honest critique wont quell your enthusiasm..........
But the tubing looks too large, my thoughts it would be too heavy for even the vehicle to counterbalance.
What does the o.d. scale out to?
But what the hell do I know.
-Marty

[shropshire lad]

WOW!
Nice to see you modeling again (or at least showing us)
I hope my honest critique wont quell your enthusiasm..........
But the tubing looks too large, my thoughts it would be too heavy for even the vehicle to counterbalance.
What does the o.d. scale out to?
But what the hell do I know.
-Marty

You are right , the tubing is too large , as has already been pointed out to me by Bernard . I was being an impatient cheap-skate and using what I had and not waiting to buy some more suitable sized tubing . Hopefully , I'll rectify this tomorrow when I hit town . However, what I have made is not a waste as it was a useful exercise to see if I was able to make a jib at all .
  I am fairly confident that no-one else here has seen the other photo of the Dodge that is in the book (pipe up if you want to prove me wrong) but I can tell you that the jib is massive . I guess it is between 25 and 30 feet long , mine measures out at about 20 feet . It definitely needs every one of those rocks in the back for stability .

    Nick

[shropshire lad]

Just to show you what I mean .

[lab-dad]

The tubing on that model looks much better 
mj

[LeOn3]

Nick,
As I see in the last picture you send. The scrap-yard is in my hometown. Never saw it, will see if it is still there and then take some pictures. There are still a lott of old junk there so who might know.

Leon

[shropshire lad]

Leon ,

    If you do find anything worth photographing I would be interested to see . However, as most of the pictures in the book were taken in the 1960s and 1970s the chances of finding vehicles of this age are pretty slim . But there is no harm in looking .

    Nick

[jacq01]

    Leon,

    you better hurry, you will be able to hand the details over to Nick in Frankfurt in 4 weeks.

    Jacq