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Managed to get some primer on the body parts ... interior is in the process of getting 2-3 coats of basic colours on before detail painting, I can't remember the reason why I completely glued it together but I hope it was a very compelling one because getting a paintbrush in all the nooks and crannies is a right pain







I've also been thinking my next build, it was going to be the Morris Quad Riot wagon - and although the ability to perform driveby squirtings has some appeal, I decided I'd rather do something with my 1:10 scale skip (having planned to sell it, then changed my mind).

It'd have to be a late 70s/very early 80s flat fronted & angular UK (or at least Euro) truck, & TBH I feel I still both 2D plans and a 3D version to work from.

I found what looked to be a nice example of a 1977 Matchbox "Superkings" Bedford TM skip truck on eBay, but it turned out the "good" label was a optimistic & it must have taken a heck of a good photo, because it was dirty & had inexplicable glue additions & damage. It cleaned up OK, but still

I couldn't find any plans for the truck cab (only a poor quality one of I guess an earlier, curvier version) so tried something new (for me): drawing my own up. A cutting mat with its graduated lines on it came in handy to get camera & truck positions for identically scaled front & side elevations.

No doubt newer & better drawing programs are available, but I'm still using Paint Shop Pro 5.01 because it came free with something ... I think it was a printer, but it was some time ago, the copyright date in it is 1998 Anyway - add in a new layer with white background/black foreground, fade to about 35%, then draw in all the edges with straight & bezier line tools + circles & rectangles, & a bit of text so when you fade the photo layer right out you have a blueprint

Jonny wrote:

Managed to get some primer on the body parts ... interior is in the process of getting 2-3 coats of basic colours on before detail painting, I can't remember the reason why I completely glued it together but I hope it was a very compelling one because getting a paintbrush in all the nooks and crannies is a right pain

Oh the fun

Clever work using Photoshop!

I can't wait to see how you solve what has to be a very complex painting job on the Unimog Tanker.

andyaus wrote:

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Oh the fun

Well if this was a prototype & there was going to be a production run I could just use it for dimensions & design out all the jobs that need a double jointed spider monkey to perform

Thinking about it there was a certain logic to gluing it all before painting - I had to glue the driver to the seat because taping/clamping/bluetac'ing just wasn't working & he had to be fixed to get the seat position right because it also dictated the gap to the other seat & the size & position of that; and the dashboard again had to be glued because temporary fixing wasn't working on that & it really needed to be so I could work out the size/position for the speaker soundboard ... I'm rambling but lets just say I can see why so many cars have lexan bodies with dark windows & no interior

same the tamiya trucks have basic interior compared to yours

larbut wrote:

Clever work using Photoshop!

I can't wait to see how you solve what has to be a very complex painting job on the Unimog Tanker.

I did have a license for Photoshop a long while back when someone else was paying for it, but TBH I found it intimidating & never did any more than resizing & watermarking images in it.
PSP 5 (as used here) is a lot more accessible



Can't say I'm too worried about the painting, It'll be me first time with an airbrush but I'll really only be using it as a spraygun, no complicated stuff

Interior bit painted; I also painted the upright part of the centre console body colour (as it should be) but it looked stupid (false floor too close?) so I overpainted it black.







edit: I think I'm going to go back & add clock faces (speedo, tacho etc) in transfer form.

Looks Excellent JR

Instrument faces hand drawn in PaintShopPro...






... printed on white transfer paper & clearcoated ...





... & fitted. Extreme closeup is not a friend to the level of accuracy I can achieve

I've given the wheels some attention, sprayed matt black all over, fake nuts painted "Aluminium" & thinned down Humbrol #113 "Rust" & a wash with flat black, wheels also got a thin wash with "rust", flat black & heavily thinned mixed clear & semi gloss clear ... also fitted black lock nuts & painted the exposed end of the shafts.

All that & it looks like I barely did anything at all







Body & tank got a light rub down & a bit of filling - some of the gaps on the tank (esp. where the oval meets the upright "feet" were so big I resorted to Milliput, the cabwas less dramatic (other side similar but without any rectification being needed on the A-pillar or roof).

Both have been reprimed & rubbed down, ready for paint