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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25497

Jonny, this is outstanding work!
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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25532

Finished the lamp + the coolant pipework:






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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25581

I've finished the painting, I still need to find some "mains cable" & make a plug for it, but it's basically done - I'm quite pleased with how it turned out :)


Top half is XF-21 Sky (sky? :huh: ?), bottom half is a mixture of XF-18 Medium Blue & XF-16 Flat Aluminum.

Details are X-11 Chrome Silver, XF-56 Metallic Grey, XF-16 Flat Aluminum, XF-69 NATO Black, X-31 Titanium Gold, X-32 Titanium Silver, X-14 Sky blue, XF-85 Rubber Black, XF-9 Hull Red, X-7 Red and X-28 Park Green.

Weathering is strategic use of watered down X-19 Smoke.

Decals were hand drawn in Paint Shop Pro, printed on clear transfer paper & sealed with X-22 Clear before being wetted & applied.



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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25583

Crazy amazing Jonny :woohoo: Where will this end up? scale workshop :)
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate :)

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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25584

Crazy amazing Jonny :woohoo: Where will this end up? scale workshop :)


I've been thinking about that for a while, a basic 3-sided (+ base) shed/garage ... it would need to be oversized so I could use it as a photo backdrop - and also be demountable because I don't have anywhere to store something that big.

Scale brickwork or blockwork would be nice, but TBH I'm thinking more in terms of scale 8' x 4' sheets of plywood :S :)

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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25585

It would need to be oversized so I could use it as a photo backdrop - and also be demountable because I don't have anywhere to store something that big.


Install a pulley system so you can drop a diorama set from the ceiling :laugh:
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate :)

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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25594

:blink: :silly: YYour are really crazy jonny it is so pretty :y:

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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25598

Absolutely to job!
I had to look twice to check if you had popped in a picture of the real deal...
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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25625

truely inspiring work Jonny, never stop posting please!

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Scratch building scale accessories, + weathering 10 years 5 months ago #25651

I've been looking at other people's garage dioramas, the ones that are most successful as scale backdrops (i.e. you can get a photo that shows nothing but car & diorama) are pretty big - twice the length, width & height of the car in them :blink:

I'm going to rule out getting a clod in one, the question is whether I do one at Bruiser scale, or "merely" Scorcher scale ... either way it's for the future, but in the meantime I had a go at a bench grinder:


Start was to turn down some of my DIY square styrene bar to round ...





... then machine steps & tapers, + make the grinding discs & cover outers:





... then spacers & end caps. I also drilled & tapped the ends of the body, they won't be staying screwed together, but I thought if all the outer bits already had holes in them as an artefact of how I made them, I might as well take advantage of that for alignment purposes:





All the bits so far assembled, + thin strips to complete the covers:





Starting on the base:





Base nearly done ...





Buttons & clear covers ... I need to find some shorter screws ...





Paint & transfer done, + m2 x 4mm screws :)

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