Scheltrum White Armored Car Photos

[Schogun]

Following up on my report about Scheltrum's Russo-Balt armored car (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=37518.0), here's Scheltrum's French White Armored Car.

The Parts:




Body; turret; 4 fenders; 2 front wheels (single); 2 rear wheels (doubles); 4 lantern lights -- 2 large, 2 smaller; 2 large headlights; 2 axles; 37mm gun and MG.

As you can see, the body was a mess in places and required lots of clean-up. The wheels are the same ones used in the Russo-Balt kit, unfortunately, since photos show the French White AC as having spoked wheels. Like the Russo-Balt, no rivet detail.

Construction:

Pretty straightforward although far more work than the Russo-Balt because of the turret and fenders. The center hole in the wheels were again too big, so I filled them with epoxy and re-drilled for a tighter fit. There was a bunch of extra crud over one of the front viewing hatches, so after removing the excess, I drilled into the body and added an opened plate over the hatch. Early photos show lantern lights on either side and a searchlight center-mounted on the hood; later photos show headlights on either side. I opted to use the two smaller lantern lights and turned one of the headlights into the center searchlight. I also added a front bumper, again shown in many photos.




And a comparison photo:



L-R: Scheltrum Russo-Balt; Scheltrum White AC; Company B Austin-Putilov.


Chuck

[B.E.A.R]

Looks good how did that mess on the left side clean up?

[area23]

Nice!

[Schogun]

Lots of dremeling and sanding, but the mess was adequately removed.



Now I have to get around to painting it...and the Russo-Balt...and the 11 other unpainted WWI armored cars I have.

[B.E.A.R]

So I am guessing the resin was the harder type?

[Mancha]

Why are the wheels so beat up?  If a miniature had all that pitting we'd never accept it.