SimonT - 4x4 1/24 Esci Range Rover

[SimonT]

Jim - ta very much

Fernando - thanks. The rusty bits should be fun

Steve / Paul - ta. AK Worn effects on standby.....

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tap and 15mm supply pipe

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shelf for the shed

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old paint tin for the shelf

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both together - yes, shelf is a bit low down before some clever clogs says so

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dashboard installed after filling and sanding all the sink marks

steering wheel removed and splined shaft added

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rainwater drain pipe added - this runs down the C pillar and seems to exit through the bottom of the wing

a bunch of wires and a bracket added to the left of the filler cap

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I also made this tank and pipework that sits inside the OSR wing - my best guess is that it is the water tank for the rear screen wash system

Anyway, with the car stripped as I have depicted it would have been removed so I needed one to sit on the base as if stripped out

Also added some wiring hanging out of the speaker hole in the passenger side door card - can't really see them though

Thanks for looking in

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
You're in your element now. Love the water tap and the splines of the steering wheel boss.
Jim

[Graeme C.]

Hi Simon, quite scary looking rust, a bit like a mates Range Rover, he ended up cutting the back end off it!
Looking good though. A couple of photos of rather lees rusty Range Rovers.

[scottie3158]

Simon,

Love all the details and the ground work keep it up.

[SimonT]

Jim - I am having fun :smiling:

Graeme - a lot of rust but based on a 1:1 restoration

Scottie - thanks

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steering linkages added

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primed the building with foam friendly primer then gave the whole thing a coat of Tamiya black xf-1

Took two of their stupid little bottles - the old large bottles were much more useful!

[papa 695]

Just caught up on this one Simon, some very nice work going on. Really liking the tap on the outside.

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
Building looks great.

Took two of their stupid little bottles - the old large bottles were much more useful!

Shame that Tamiya and others don't make bigger bottles of common colours.
Jim

[Fernando N]

Shed looks better and better with all the add-ons Simon, love the water tap too.:thumb2:

[SimonT]

Ian / Fernando - thanks both. The tap is based on one I saw somewhere - brass tap piped up with blue plastic pipe rather than copper. It will give a nice splash of colour

Jim - thanks, I'm quite chuffed with how it is going so far but it would have been better if I had come up with a method of making the roof removable for painting! The 10ml Tamiya pots are far too small - the old 23ml ones were a much better size from the modellers perspective. I suppose from Tamiyas side it means they sell a lot more small ones :thinking:

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sneaked half an hour when I got home from work to make a start on the roof - splotchy spray of brown followed by the brown mixed with red followed by some rusty pigment mixed with X20a thinner

It will get a few more rust shades of pigment then a coat of AK worn effects. The galvanised steel top coat will be light grey/white splotchy. Once that is done the fun part can be carried out - scratching it off again

I will have to be careful though as the corrugated roof is only made from thin cardboard so won't take too much punishment

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test fitted the wheels and tyres - by swapping them around between axles I found a permutation that allows all four to sit on the ground :thumb2:

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I also made a two way consumer unit with incoming cable and outgoing conduit to a two gang switched metalclad socket outlet - may have to redo them as they look a bit shabby. 2/10 must try harder

[SimonT]

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not much time again so only managed to waft a bit of rusty pigment at the roof

[minitnkr]

Great stuff. It's good to see your mojo flag flying. You seem really stoked with this effort. PaulE

[scottie3158]

Simon,
Great work on the consumer unit and roof.

[rtfoe]

Great stuff. It's good to see your mojo flag flying. You seem really stoked with this effort. PaulE

Oooh Paul, careful now...he'll get so stoked that he might just start on another project or build. I'm happy that this is seeing the light. :smiling6::tears-of-joy:

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
Roof is looking very good. Love your scratched electrical stuff.
Jim

[SimonT]

Paul - yes, I have been enjoying this one

Scottie - ta. Consumer unit and socket could be better - they seem to be a bit on the wonky side looking at them now

Richard - there are always plenty of other builds waiting to start.......

Jim - thanks. Not convinced by the leccy stuff so may redo

Managed not to fall asleep so did some more on the roof

Sprayed a good coat of AK Worn Effects then when that had dried a blotchy coat of Tamiya medium grey with an overspray of the lighter JA Grey

Wetting the surface to activate the peeling process caused the roof panels to start lifting, bending and generally going a bit wonky

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as I suspected from previous use the AK fluid has removed all tonal variation from the base coat

I had various shades of red brown and orange brown at the start but now it all looks pretty much a uniform dark brown

Nevermind, it will get some more pigments which will hopefully lift the rust shades and make it less uniform