Pushin' Snow
kit decals supplemented with spares, Tamiya stickers and signs cut out from the driving manual!
So I have no orange but I have gloss red - whaddya think? 🙂
I may black out the chrome bumpers- or use steel bars instead..and add a quilted cover for the rad..the chrome is kind of lame- should be hollow!
The bed will be sprayed with textured spray paint - to mimic rhinoliner-it's a very salty environment!
The tank is salvaged from an old kenworth kit, the hose from a Revell Firefighter kit and some rails from an old AMT dirt racer
these details will be replicated in 1/24 scale 😛
A toolbox "something like this" will be added as well as some scratched tools and equipment...
Krylon's "Make it Stone!" textured paint - ideal for bedliner spray!
Hood, bed, cab rear and tailgate gettting textured
Pretty convincing as far as I'm concerned.. 😛
the hood liner gets the treatment as well - common in cold, salty areas
It applies strangely due to the higher pressure..two coats will be needed!~patience, grasshopper!
The best use for junk mail!
The jerrycan seems more at home in a Playmobil set..refinements needed! :/
Second coat to be topped off with good ol' flat black...
random decoration foam - for quilted rad cover
after some black, the rhinoliner look is pretty convincing...
some bits post clean up ..lotsa flash!
coat #1
low rider accessory fits well here!
an old window pane makes a great headache rack, a safety requirement these days..
various spare bits n bobs...
road signs glued to my old business cards, ha ha
CB radio froim the old 'Cop Out' kit...
the tank will receive refined strapping...
...as well as this filter and on/off lever.
Test fitting elements and planning layout.
Flammable Material!
Krylon's superlative gloss "apple" red
I have no white primer and grey/brown/black is not feasible so several thin coats of paint, wet sanded and dry sanded and buffed in layers...this will slow down the build! The rear cab wall is separate as well, which means joining, sanding, and touch up..
As is often the case, the co-pilot will have a Traffic Control Certificate, so here is his "stop/slow" paddle...
Leftover New Year's bubbly bottle supplied the hooks, the chain is jewellry chain - $1.50 for a metre at the dollar store 😛
tailgate and cab rear undergoing first coat
The gas hose has been started - a Revell firehose, old Italeri muffler and a ballpoint pen spring 🙂
Tamiya stickers from an old magazine serve as WHMIS placards
the sidewalls are seperate pices in this kit..interesting!
that's it for paint today, I don't want to stress the layers...
completed headache rack prior to weathering
more paint layers
...gotta keep it light...
new custom bumper elements
prelim interior, Testors dark green...
awkward sink holes covered with reinforcenment flanges...lol
wheel block/levelling block
..with screw holes and battering 🙂
the headache/roll bar was epxied in
quilted rad cover with block heater plug
dozer blade in orange
starting the bumper
the engine was pretty rough, it had to be epoxied
7th coat...Krylon takes foever to dry as well!
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1 January 2015, 02:15
M.Julian MarlesThanks 🙂 so far fit is ok considering the age of the kit. The biggest problem I see is the grill doesn't sit properly on the front. I will be priming the cab today for paintwork - Krylon racing red.😉 in the meantime the chassis and engine can go together, and I am rebuilding the front bumper into something more manly, lol. Thanks for the comment! 🙂
3 January 2015, 20:45
Fabian D.Playmobil... THAT thing to have during my childhood. 😄
The black surface spray is for a rusty look afterwards? Please tell me more about how it works...😉
4 January 2015, 23:58
M.Julian MarlesOops, I forgot I live in "The Great White North"! The textured black look will remain as is, it is intended to replicate spray-on truck bed liner, which is a permanent spray treatment to protect the bed, underchassis, etc. "Rhinoliner" is probably the best known brand. Unlike traditional "drop in" bedliners that can retain water underneath this spray is a permanent bond with the truck..the favoured option in cold or wet/salty environments.. 🙂 I opted for Krylon's textured spray paint which is kind of a miniature version - it's intended to make a surface appear "stone"...but I thought it looks great as a bedliner spray in 1/24 scale 😛
5 January 2015, 00:07
M.Julian Marles@Fabian - yah, Playmobil - I first got interested when I was a kid in the UK, where they were called "Play People " or "L'il People", I have been collecting them for about 36 years, they are actually quite valuable because they are discontinued every few months😉
..of course the German versions are highly sought after here, as Playmo has a Canadian line, with appropriate colours and stickers..;P
5 January 2015, 00:13
M.Julian MarlesA few more details to look for in the spares bin....a Kenworth air horn I just remembered I have..somewhere..😢 and I need to fashion some Evergreen rods as width indicators which will double as warning flags for other motorists, another safety requirement in the "modern age" 🙂
5 January 2015, 00:42
Fabian D.ok, thanks for the explanation. Not a pickup coutry here😉
Yeah, some older Playmobil stuff can get quite rare, sepecially as some 5 year olds like to play with it.... But I think I grew up when they made the best stuff. Castles, Fire engines, Pirate ships, a submairne (both working in the bathtub), not that stupid SciFi-Super-Agent stuff 😄😉
5 January 2015, 11:10
M.Julian MarlesLol, yes I just saw your country, not too many F 350's I imagine. We'll see what this little truck looks like when it's finished!😉 Yes, my fave playmobils were the pirates, construction and the film crew guys! 🙂 Have you ever been to the Yukon in Canada? Lots of Germans visit Whitehorse for hunting tours, skiing, snowmobiling, dogsledding, etc. Many even live there and own businesses...lots of German shop signs! 🙂
5 January 2015, 21:03
Fabian D.The finish of that cargobay looks pretty cool. But I think it would look overscale in 1:35... too bad.
I haven´t been to the Yukon, respectively to any country on the american continent so far, it´s a bit to far for a student with no excuse (gap year, eg...).😉 And I´m still busy with the rest of Europe...
7 January 2015, 23:13
M.Julian MarlesI was considering a similar spray for anti-slip coating, but you are right - way too big for 1/35!
7 January 2015, 23:23
Fabian D.That was what I had in mind, but it dosen´t quite wort out. I´ve achived good results with flour in 1:72, but haven´t tried anything in 1:35... anyway most of what I build is too old for anti slip anyway 😉
Thanks, so far I have to consider me quite lucky, I think I´ve seen more of the world as a few of my mates combined. And of course done quite some shit aswell (positively of course)., Bathed in the Irish rain, walked drunk through Barecleona at night, ate Spam with Nessi.... stories not everybody can tell 😄
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7 January 2015, 23:52
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The venerable classic Revell GMC in the guise of a snowplow. I have always loved the lines of this truck (I've owned three Suburbans!) and have never done one in miniature. A little "panzered out" so will start this with some minor scratchbuilding and refining. Some tools and such will have to be made from scrap n/ styrene, as well the toylike jerrycan will need new handle,caps and holder. I am going to add a refueling tank salvaged from a tragic AMT Kenworth kit. The hose is from the Revell Fire Accessories kit. I may adda "job box" or sidewall toolboxes and MAYBE a tailgate salt dispenser. A few signs and decals from the spare box to supplement the kit ones and a small length of jewellry chain from the dollar store, and IF I can fit a winch I will do that too! Seems appropriate - it doesn't snow out here much but it's damn cold! 😛
