Dodge WC52

Yes, this is a WC52, as Koen Mous pointed out, not a WC51 as I thought. The difference is subtle, though, as it´s main difference is the winch and the related gearing on the underside.

This Dodge truck is my favourite. I liked it´s powerful looks from the beginning, but I really fell in love with it, when I´d seen one of these parked in front of Frankfurt´s "Tiffanys", behind it a Porsche, the other side a Ferrari. Yes, size does matter. It dwarfed them. It looked simply superior, in a violent manner.

Okay, so I liked it, had two 1/35 scale "Italieri" model kits, and an Electric Image car-contest came up. I always wanted to model a car, I wanted to try the EI-Modeler 1.0, I had spare time. Nowadays I know all is not well, but hey, it´s a 200 MB ACIS file, so I´m a little proud. It was done in 2000 with Electric Image 2.9 (I think), on an iMac/333 with 160 MB RAM.

This model is a WC52-variant of what later became the Dodge "Power Wagon". WC is for Weapons Carrier, and it usually carried Machineguns or a 3,7mm antitank gun.

Sample 1:

Thanks to Juggernaut for providing the backplate.

Sample 2:

Yeah, I know. The fractals are kinda dull. But back then, I had no idea whatsoever as how to texture something. That´s also why I chose a military vehicle. The symbols really helped a bit.

Sample 3:

Yes, fractals again. But please note the dirt in the wheelcase. My personal premiere of Camera Projection Mapping. And I only did it for the feature "map visible surfaces only"...