I have started on my Bedford, and the first to do was to make it 1/25 scale. Geert told the one I got is 1/22,4 That is like G scale, and the Pola Bedford. Some math, and I found come to that the Bedford had to be slimed a lot. Much more then the 2.5 percent I imagined, and I might have done it to small. Now here are some pictures, showing where I cut, and how one side looks like after the slimming.
I removed 12 mm. But take a carefull look at my pictures, and see where I have put the yellow masking tape.
You'll see I have removed ca. 1,5 mm from the A post on each side, 1,5 mm betwene signal light and headlight and 1,5 mm inside the grill. Also 4,5 mm betwene grill and headlight(this piece I have used to fill a gap on the hood). I removed 6 mm on the hood, but here I put back a piece from the 4,5 I removed earlier. Windshield was narroved 4,5 mm each side.
I did one side first, and tried to glue the part removed back at once after cutting, to have a more solid body. It migt be that the windows will be to high, but I will not cut these down before I have got all the other pieces in place, and done all the body mods completely. Visual it looks more correct in hight after narrowing it, so I'm a bit saticfied to have managed it. Also the wheel openings will need mods, but I'll whait with them as well.
Why don`t you build this truck in scale 1:22,4 ? If the cabin is 1:22,4 , it is in all sizes 1:22,4 and not only in the width. So you hav to cut in in all 3 dimensions, length, higth and width. Sorry, I don`t understand, what you are doing there with this cabin.
Lets just say that there was some flaws with the cabin. The body was way to wide compared with the hight. Also, I don't like building other than 1/25 or 1/24. Follow the building, and You might see.
Some development. I finished the cutting, and managed to get it together again. It is slightly to wide yet, close to 1/24 so I'll go for this scale insted of the smaller one. It is really rough in this stadium, but first now I'll start using filler.
I for myself would also not leave it 1:22,4 as is as it would too noticeably (in my view) look too large next to e.g. my Italeri 1:24 Mercedes-Benz (#757).
Regards,
Geert
Zitat von S.Oliver Why don`t you build this truck in scale 1:22,4 ? If the cabin is 1:22,4 , it is in all sizes 1:22,4 and not only in the width. So you hav to cut in in all 3 dimensions, length, higth and width. Sorry, I don`t understand, what you are doing there with this cabin. Gruß Oliver
the real one is 228,5 cm (the width between top outer edges of the wheel arches). It is by this measure that was determined that the ThePartsBox Bedford S cab is 1:22,4 scale (as the model is there 10,2 cm wide), or at least, that the width is 1:22,4 scale.
For a 1:24 model one would thus have to reduce the size of the 1:22,4 model cab until it is 9,52 cm say 9,5 cm wide (for a 1:25 model 9,14 cm say 9,1 cm wide).
In Antwort auf:Hello Today I received a book with plans of your Beford. I your interested i can send you copies. Stephan
Yes I'm interested!!
Have to start on this project again. Have been laying arround due to to many projects. Hope to have it finished this Year(the cab), and get someone to produce resin copies.
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