Mick's Scania S770 4x2 Italeri 1/24.

[Ian M]

It is definitely a solid chunk now that I've got everything nice and secure. I am certainly going ahead with the box colour, not sure how easy it will be but who needs easy when you can have a challenge.

I decanted the tamiya spray and air brushed it. Thinned with self levelling thinners. Lots of thin coats
Although not a transparent paint the base coat does have some effect on the final colour. Recommended to test spray on a light, medium and dark primer.

[Mickc1440]

I decanted the tamiya spray and air brushed it. Thinned with self levelling thinners. Lots of thin coats
Although not a transparent paint the base coat does have some effect on the final colour. Recommended to test spray on a light, medium and dark primer.

I saw your experiments with this colour so will have to try a few combinations

[langy71]

Looking awesome Mick,

[Mickc1440]

Looking awesome Mick,

Thanks Chris

[Mickc1440]

With the chassis virtually complete it’s time to start on the cab. Undercoat on and the seat areas sprayed black. Two shades of grey for the rest of it, there are basically three colours inside, dark grey, lighter grey and black. The seats are next up for paint, just got to decide which colour from the Scania brochure. They are nicely detailed with arm rests, seat controls, seat belts and the V8 logo. I’m replacing the PE seatbelts with ribbon ones as they look much better and I’ll attach the PE fittings to them.

[Jim R]

Well done Mick. Getting that chassis to look as good as it does has taken a lot of skill and patience, not to mention a fair sprinkling of bad language.

[Mickc1440]

Well done Mick. Getting that chassis to look as good as it does has taken a lot of skill and patience, not to mention a fair sprinkling of bad language.

Cheers Jim, I’ve certainly used some very specialist language on it. Just need to get the painting order sorted in my head

[outrunner]

Coming along nicely Mick.

Andy.

[boatman]

Cheers Jim, I’ve certainly used some very specialist language on it. Just need to get the painting order sorted in my head

YES Ditto Mick ive also uesd some

specialist language on on my tiger so we are in the same boat or lorry but yours is lookin good as ive built a AMT white freight liner an boy did that come awkward an i cleaned up the chrome parts where they are gluded but they just dropped off loads of times an i did mine in bright red with a reffer van on the back so you keep on ploddin on when you pick up the boss lol

chrisb

[Mickc1440]

Coming along nicely Mick.

Andy.

Thanks Andy, at least a little progress is still progress

YES Ditto Mick ive also uesd some

chrisb

I’m not surprised Chris, that ship of yours would make the pope swear

[Mickc1440]

Another quick update before work spoils play again. The interior cab sections are coming together and I’ve started fixing the seatbelts in. I went with black leather look for the seats. The dashboard is also coming along nicely too, needs tidying up then it can go in. There should be a remote control unit that sits on the rear wall, that looks like a bit of scratching will be required.

[Fernando N]

Clean finish on the Scania so far Mick :thumb2:

[Jim R]

That dashboard is looking very fine indeed.

[Ian M]

That's a nice tidy dash.

[peterairfix]

That's a nice tidy dash.

I will second that