1/35 coal burning truck

[Guest]

How about wounded troops Alex? I'd have though some stretchers made from stretched sprue & PVA'd tissue paper can't be hard to make if you have a few old figures knocking about or just some heads & maybe arms?

I see bloodstained wood!

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

I love the idea of stretchers! I've never done any scratch building so that would be fun.

I don't have any figures apart from my Maultier driver and co-driver and the'll be needed for that build. Maybe I'll show my truck abandoned....it's a shame there wasn't an option to have the doors open. I'll have a think. Thanks for the stretcher idea though, I think that's definite goer.

[Guest]

Great work going on Alex on this truck,looking forward to the paint job....keep it up mate.

[Guest]

I made stretchers out of short lengths of bell wire painted brown for the poles and then folded small pieces of fabric cut from some old Camo trousers over for a M*A*S*H diorama (that i still have to complete)

they look quite good really

anyway, just another idea you can mess around with

[Guest]

Thanks for the comments, Ray and Colin. I'll definitely have a go at stretcher making.

And here's another update. I primed the truck once and found some imperfections, so wet and dried it down and repainted. I have two damaged airbrushes (both caused by my inexperience, so lucky they're cheapies), but I still just about managed a nice clean coverage of primer



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[Guest]

That'll be a good base for painting on Alex. Incidentally, I've an old Badger 200 that I don't use, perfect condition though no box.

Cheers

Patrick

[papa 695]

Looking good Alex

[Guest]

Here's where I am now.

I've finally added the base coat of dark yellow.

I'm normally an 'accuracy nutter', but must be growing a little less intense with old age as I've done something totally 'out there', for me anyway....I very craftily added a few drops of olive to my mix (and admit felt guilty for a while), so as to add some interest. It's not so obvious in these photo but is in the real thing.

Talk about living life on the edge!!! lol

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[Ian M]

That is looking good Alex.

Have you decided what it will be, you talked about a Red Cross truck before but I can't recall if that was the final choice.

Ian M

[Guest]

Thank you, Ian. Yes, I'm going with the Red Cross theme as everyone seemed to like the idea as much as I did. The crosses will be on the sides, rear, and on the roof.

[Guest]

A little progress with this build but a long way to go yet.

With this build I want to experiment with some advanced weathering techniques so will be trying a standard filter and also some dot filters (think this is the correct term) using oils. I'm a total newbie to this so you'll have to bear with me (note - I broke the mirror off, so that will be added later).

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Excuse the poor quality photo. Just couldn't get the lighting right. Here's my truck as she stands now. the roof is completely white with a red cross.

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And here's my chassis. I've done some weathering using the hairspray method; you can see I weathered through to bare plastic in some places so will have some touching up to do (ooo-er mrs!). I'm quite happy with the way it looks, but still have a lot more to do, especially on the engine (which won't even be seen!) Sadly there wasn't an option to have the bonnet or doors open, and I didn't have the guts to attempt opening them up and ruining the model; something for the future I think

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And finally here's a photo of the red cross emblem applied. I chose to use squares for the white b/g as it was easier to mask. I found references to show some German vehicles (not may) did indeed use a square instead of a circle background. There was some bleed from the red but I'll clean that up later. The brightness will of course be dulled down by the weathering process .... well, that's the plan anyway.

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More soon.....

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[Guest]

ajay its awesome so far, the rust and bits on it truly inspired work

mobear

[Guest]

Thanks, Mobear! I normally spend 98% of my time researching thus my slow progress. I should learn a hell of a lot when this build is finished, all of which I intend to hopefully share with other less-experienced builders just like myself.

I should have tried some colour modulation while I was at it, but not sure my airbrush or my skills are quite up to it. I must admit, I'm loving modelling since getting back into it.

[papa 695]

Looking very good so far Alex and i will watch with interest the weathering techniques

[geegad]

looking good so far the rust and chipping effect and the chassis looks quality keep on trucking

geegad