Ko, looking good so far but I still have no idea what the rear view mirrors are for but I can't wait to be surprised.

Paul

Ko I am following with much interest, still not sure where you are going with this lol.

Pete

I think I finally worked out what to do with the fuel tank.....



What do you guys think, I need to clean the tyres up a bit but a good solution?

Paul

Robert, Paul, Pete - Thanks for the comments It's not going to be any big deal surprise The 'scrap material' will be mounted on top of the concrete slab and represent some sort of abandoned energy plant, or antenna array, or vapor core center, etc

Paul - great rust effect on that pick up. I don't see the fuel tank though.

Hi again.

Made a little progress.





First time trying out the hairspray method and it was a struggle, but I think I'm ok with the direction this is headed. I'm planing on rusting it up more from here. I'm planning on finishing it as a Pak40 in '46-'47 sitting in a scrapyard waiting to be made into razor blades.

It's not been the best kit in the world, but it is the best two dollar 38 yr old kit I've ever built.

Cheers

Jeff

That would be the idea.

Paul

Hi Paul wow you really take time to think about things before putting them into practice.......it was months ago you asked for help with ideas to hide the tank lol. But you came up with a good plan, the tyres look good there, chew them up a bit and weather them and it will look spot on.

Hi Jeff the PAK is coming along nicely, you plan on using pigments?

Pete

Yes well every other thing I tried just did not look right So I had to take a while to think about it. Then yesterday on opening the box for the first time in two months I saw all the tyres the kit had, swore loudly and came up with that idea. I also plan on using the 2nd bonnet( hood for the americans) as target practice, More to follow on that(and a bit more rust to boot). I sent a while today looking at pics of old tyres so I think I have a handle on the varying paint jobs on those.

Paul

Thanks for the compliment and again for letting me join the group build. Doing a little research on my lunch break at work to see how to best use pigments to rust this up more. This is new ground for me. On a whim I picked up one of those Tamiya weathering kits (the ones that look like woman's make up) and might try experimenting with that a bit too.

Cheers

Jeff

Hi again.

Little more progress. Painted the details and getting it ready for a wash tomorrow.



I'm hoping my high school French has held up. I thought that feraille = scrap in English. I also added a phoney baloney inventory stock number similar to what I saw in scrap yards in my youth.

Cheers,

Jeff

Some more pics now I have tested and undercoated the tyres....





The offending fuel tank...



With the tyres fitted in place now I just need to paint them all so many shades of grey to apply.......



So that's heading towards how it should look once finished.

Paul

Very nice Paul, and the tyres will do the trick. I would place them so they look like they have been thrown in, oh and tack the tread off them. Nobody throws good tyres away.
Pete

Jeff - nice detail touch with that 'inventory stock number'

Paul - yep, problem solved but Pete has a good point about the tread

Yeah I did try to remove the damn tread but it does not want to budge, not with a variety of files anyway.

I'm going to call this one done. I may make a base for it down the line, but right now I'm swamped.





A pretty fun little 2 week project and had a lot of fun experimenting with new techniques. I'm not crazy about it because I feel like I over weathered it, but I have to keep reminding myself it's supposed to be a piece of rusty scrap.

Cheers

Jeff

Also where is the gallery located for uploading a finished photo? I'm not seeing it in the campaign section of http://photos.kitmaker.net/

Link for gallery
http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/28800


Pete

Am late starting with this but am in with:

Pricklehead a nice looking kit, you can do loads with that.

Pete

a little more progress on dirt color and concrete slab weathering. Also the 'switch box' is glued into place.

I woke up this morning to find graffiti all over one side of the slab. I guess a bunch of guys came by last night and hit it up. Wonder who they are?

Nice work KoSprue

Where I am with my '41 Ford:

Hi my finished '41 Chevy (said Ford earlier!)

Really nice work Pricklehead, great result.

How did you do the rust effect through the topcoat, hairspray or something else?

Cheers, D

Hi Aussie

Just used salt effect. Thanks for the thumbs up.

Yes, that pick up looks rusted down realistically. Good job