and suspensions in place: Notice the metal parts for reinforcement (green arrows) and the engine (red arrow). Ford DAF- belly view...The girl, with sandy shoes!!!Front bumperThe exhaust system (ICM spare part) and the camshafts (Dnepro and scratch) Now, it's time to scratch the rounded borders in the entrances of the seats rows...Gluing plastic rods...Done!!Other side..Fuel tank under the first row of seats...Italeri's Opel Blitz spare part...The Dnepro part is too beautiful to be so hidden,I'll save for future projects More details:rods for pedals and pedal throttleThe girl is getting very pretty ...Notice the jerrycan racksInternal detailsSpare wheel rackNotice the grid on top of the lockerMaking the canvas arcs...Cooper wireTesting the canvasPrimer vallejo white As I said before, my girl will be Afrika Korps. I like to drawing a guide for my markings: Afrika Korps, Weapons Repair Company - Engineers; North Africa, 1941. This picture, besides being the inspiration for the balloon tires, gave me the idea to make the white band of aerial reconnaissance on the engine hood.Notice the white band in the hood.Desert yellow - Notice the tapemasking the white band of aerial reconnaissanceon the engine hoodStarting the color caracterization......love this part...Notice the original Dutch green under the yellow cammo...Future, to prevent silvering...Jerry-cans, canvas doors and canvas top under painting... Decal time; Let's see the guide, again: New pics from my workbench:Canvas and jerry-cans in position...The spare-wheel is a good touch!! Final steps: The desert vehicles are usually overloaded with many stuff ...A good place for rollbeds and tarpaulins were the top of the fenders. But the fenders of the Ford are curved ... Time to improvise:Value Gear stuff: flat !! Let's round it... the tools:a curved surface, tweezers and boiling water...The rollbed in boiling water by 20 secs.Beware of too long time ... Take the rollbed in boiling water with tweezers and ...Compress the rollbed in the curve surface, forcing the ends down ...... And hold for 30 seconds!Then, cool the piece in cool waterThe rollbed curvedTesting...testing..The standard flat and curved Value Gear stuff,,,Uops...Curved too much. Hot water again and...Much better!!Cool!!Notice Value Gear crates on the rear rack...More details; canvas doors (Dnepro) in red arrowsand belts in the jerry-cans (green)More painting...Crates in the rear...Almost there!!!Windshield and their wipers...Stringed crates... Notice the shovel, on the left sideAn always useful roll of thick rope!Tail lights! And the girl was finished: Dutch Ford DAF- PAG trekker 01Y - 1940, captured by Germans and attached to Deutsches Afrika Korps, Weapons Repair Company - Engineers; North Africa, 1941.Ford DAF- PAG trekker 01Y - 1940 - Afrika Korps,Weapons Repair Company - EngineersNorth Africa, 1941.Ford DAF- PAG trekker 01Y - 1940 - Afrika Korps,Weapons Repair Company - EngineersNorth Africa, 1941.Ford DAF- PAG trekker 01Y with Kojak andRover, the dog.Two desert girls: Ford DAF- PAG trekker 01Y - 1940 withBritish Crusader Mk I, for size comparisonFord DAF- PAG trekker 01Y - 1940 withBritish Crusader Mk I, for size comparisonFord DAF- PAG trekker 01Y - 1940 - Afrika Korps,Weapons Repair Company - EngineersNorth Africa, 1941. I loved build this project. It was a vehicle that I wanted to build