Andy T's Italeri 1/24 "Australian Truck"

[The Smythe Meister]

Blimey that looks nice Andy !!

[Jim R]

That's looking very good indeed Andy.
How did you go about tinting the 'glass'?

[Andy T]

Thanks guys.

I used Mr Color smoke grey Jim, similar to tamiya smoke.

There's a little visor / bug deflector that fits on the front of the bonnet. I was tinting that and thought I may as well add a couple of very thin coats to the windows

[Ian M]

That blue is well nice.

[Andy T]

That blue is well nice.

It's something I had left over from work after painting some plastics for a Yamaha R1 track bike.

Im currently working on a maclaren 720s in orange and a sparkly black. Hopefully I'll find a kit I can use the leftovers on as I love the colours.

[Mickc1440]

Really coming together nicely mate, great work

[Ian M]

Im currently working on a maclaren 720s in orange and a sparkly black. Hopefully I'll find a kit I can use the leftovers on as I love the colours

Sounds like a slammed VW bus to me

[Guest]

Love those tinted windows, look really good . Nice build Andy .

[Andy T]

Thanks Mick & John. I got a bit more done this afternoon but I'll not spam any more pictures today :smiling5:

Should be a decent bit of progress over the next few days as I'm not working until Wednesday.

Nice idea Ian, I may just take you up on that.

[Andy T]

Had a go at the cables / airlines and I'm reasonably happy. At least it's covered the paint blob :smiling5:

Found some coloured wire from an old phone extension cable and wrapped it around a skewer to make it coil



With not many reference photos to go at I did a simulation of the susie bracket. I must have been watching too many videos by Steve Jones as I embellished it with a few rivets



I also made a place to dock the cables when they weren't in use.

After a coat of Alclad chrome they were fitted and the coils attached. The coils are a bit stiff really and don't sit too naturally but I was working with what I had.

[Jack L]

Those coils are exceptional Andy!!!

[Andy T]

Thanks Jack .

Im going to have a go at rewinding them as they've sprung out quite a lot, would have preferred them tighter, but better than nothing :smiling3:

[Guest]

Pity if they have opened up Andy they looked spot on in photos.
That body work paint finish , wow ! :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:.

[Mickc1440]

Great work on the Susie's Andy, I'm surprised how they are missing from 1/24 kits as they are quite an integral part of the truck.

[Andy T]

Thanks John & Mick.

Thankfully they aren't glued into place, just a push fit, so I can have a go at winding them around something tighter to allow for the spring back. I may even try the hot/cold water trick to allow the rather thick insulation to relax a bit.