big_daddy_ray Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Wasn't quite sure where to put this one, but as it is a kit albeit a simple one I thought it would go in here(apologies if I'm wrong) Never really been into Airfix or any kind of kit building but thought I would have a go, start simple and go from there, so I treated my self to a couple of kits off Ebay and sat down for a go, it wasn't long before I thought this isn't such a great idea, anyway I plodded on and finally it was together, I decided to paint the cab and the wheels straight away and this is what it looked like. A lot of things were learnt while painting the kit,like a lot of the pieces needed painting before assembly but hay ho(it's not a mistake if you learn from it), once the kit was painted (where I could get anyway) I decided that it needed some heavy weathering and began with some warhammer citadel washes(black) which went on far to strong and made the weathering look really over the top here So to try and save the day I used a paint brush and some water but to no avail, so next on my list was some ipa and cotton buds and in my honest opinion has done the job a treat had to be careful of the acrylic paint underneath but worked really well. Have a look and see what you think, Comments are welcome but please remember this is my first kit(in earnest) Many thanks And Finished Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 23, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2010 Excellent job, I remember seeing a 'demobbed' one on a building site used for refueling the diggers and other plant. There is even a couple of MK's converted to road-rail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
angell328 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Hi, You have done a great job! Especially if this your first dip in the water of modeling. The pictures before you took most of the weathering off reminds me of how the TAC bowsers looked after a week in the field! Can't wait to see the next project. Like you I seem to learn something new with every kit I build, its half the fun Cheers Matt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_daddy_ray Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Hi, You have done a great job! Especially if this your first dip in the water of modeling. The pictures before you took most of the weathering off reminds me of how the TAC bowsers looked after a week in the field! Can't wait to see the next project. Like you I seem to learn something new with every kit I build, its half the fun Cheers Matt Coming from you that is quite a compliment I've seen some of the work that you've done, in love with the 75t crane at the mo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Nice work there. Just a couple of suggestions - mirrors on the doors and windscreen wiper cleared area on the windscreen. Cheers steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
angell328 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Hi, If you want to do clean wiper sweeps on vehicles and locos, the easiest way I've found is some tamiya masking tape and a set of compasses. If you set the compasses from the wiper arm pivot to the outside edge of the wiper blade then mark a half circle, this will give you the outer radius. Then set them from the pivot to the inner edge of the wiper blade, mark a half circle making sure you have the point in the same hole for marking the outer circle. This should give you two half circles one inside the other. Cut out and then cut in half, this will give you two masks, one for each wiper! Leave these on whilst you weather up and remove at the end. You will then have two nice clean sweeps on the windscreen. Hope this makes some kind of sense, if not I'm sure I could knock a couple up and take some pictures. For wing mirrors, scrap of plastic card or some off cut bits from the sprue the kit came on. The numbering tags are usefull as they are normally flat, just shave off the number and cut to size. (I save the numbers as the come in very usefull as cast number marks on tank hulls!) Use some wire for the arms, it gives some resilance to knocks! Plastic arms tend to snap as soon as you look at them! Silver paint or a small off cut from a swann morton scaple blade foil makes a convincing mirror. Just a few ideas based on suggestions, but as said before for your first try at plastic modeling you should be rightly proud! Keep at it. Matt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_daddy_ray Posted November 26, 2010 Author Share Posted November 26, 2010 Yeah going to have a go at that now, many thanks for the tips, I'll see what I can do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 26, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2010 Bernard Taylor who is on this site does an etched detail kit for this model. It includes grill and badge etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_daddy_ray Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi can't seem to find Bernard Taylor what other name or online name does he use, Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Taylor Plastic Models, what you need is here : http://www.tpmodels.co.uk/4mm%20detail_parts.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_daddy_ray Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Cool cheers for £1.50 I think I might just Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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