A Schwimmwagen named "ilsa"

[cyberdyne systems 101]

Great progress again, its going to be super strong
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56' Oval
71' Westy

[54bugn]

Thank you cyberdyne systems 101 it’s coming together well I think. I am still away at work, but had some time to raid the local dump to find some pieces that I could convert to useable parts.

The pieces I was trying to make is a rear machine gun support while driving which folds up and down into a clip when not needed. In the following photo of an original and my piece you can see where it mounts:

A close up of my pieces:

I will install and paint them when home.

Thanks for following
Mike
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54 European Sedan deluxe
Build thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=414940

[54bugn]

Hello all, another small update. I managed to make some time to clean up my welds on the driver side framework, and paint all the new frameworks currently installed. I then mounted a reproduction WW2 German gas mask container to the first frame (looks like it’s hanging but is screwed solid to the frame). It now contains a small fire extinguisher for safety sake and is almost completely hidden in the gas mask container.

I also managed to mount the rear machine gun support clamp I made to the first frame on the passenger side as well as mounting the hinged support I made to the horizontal frame. I got them primed will try to paint them later this week.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Cheers,
Mike
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"Schwing wrote:
You either have to be too cheap to hire a pro or determined to do it yourself, but it helps to be both!"

54 European Sedan deluxe
Build thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=414940

[54bugn]

Hello all, another quick update.

I got the machine gun rear support and the steel support underneath on the passenger side painted today.

I took the pictures when the paint was still wet thus the colour difference. Second picture is a comparison to an original schwimmwagen side by side.

Next time continue on the passenger side steel work and then the seat mounts.

Stay tuned,
Mike
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"Schwing wrote:
You either have to be too cheap to hire a pro or determined to do it yourself, but it helps to be both!"

54 European Sedan deluxe
Build thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=414940

[cyberdyne systems 101]

Looking good there
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56' Oval
71' Westy

[Two Glove Boxes]

Awesome keep it up!
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