WW1 Palestine campaign trucks and figures

I am slow continuing to add to my WW1 Palestine campaign armies with the addition of some more Turkish units and a machine gun. My intention with adding units is to give myself the option to expand the forces involved on the tabletop to 8 units rather than just the 6 unit One-Hour Wargaming style games. 

In addition to units I want to represent a few trucks on the tabletop regardless of whether the rules require them. They can be there just as scenery. This is because supplies were a major feature of the Palestine campaign with the inhospitable terrain.

A scratch built truck makes an appearance on the tabletop.

The trucks are made from wood and cardboard. They are not trying to represent a particular type of truck and are very generic. Here is a brief overview of the steps involved...

The basic shape is cut out used. My schoolboy woodworking skills are proving to be useful again some 50 years later.

A piece of MDF is used for the cabin area.

Balsa wood is used for the front arches. I first cut out the shape in card, glue the card to the balsa wood and trim/sand to shape. Card is also used for the rear arches and tray area.

Surplus figures are trimmed and added to the cabin area. The wheels are made from thicker card and stuck on.

A number of trucks at different stages in the process. Green stuff is used for the head light and can be seen on the unfinished truck with wheels. The prototype gets a couple of coats of PVA before painting.

With most of my scratch build models I rely on roughly painting on areas of detail.

Another view of the finished truck. These photos are probably a tad to close, but they show the detail painted on which looks fine for me when wargaming.

A couple of Turkish units completed this week. They are Strelet's figures in tropical uniform, a change from HAT Industrie figures I have previously used.