worklog

ready to start the project, the sprues are really clean and look sharp 

my disappointment was that some of the thin pieces have become broken, for whatever reason, nothing some glue cannot fix, still something I would have preferred to avoid. 

In general, the instruction manual is well written, but it was clear some of the indications were a bit left to the imagination, and to be frank, some bit was a bit over-engineered. Dry fitting is a must in this project. 

as part of the project, I was very keen on trying out to wear out the tyres, a lengthy process but also very satisfying. 

I started with getting the engine block and the main shaft of the truck ready and glued together, it didn't make any sense to leave it unglued, as I wanted to reduce the amount of time spent spraying before assembly. 

Last problem before spraying was choosing the right colour. I ended up with C337 as probably the closest to what I could gather from some of the images I found online. 

First batch of pieces painted with C337 after a light grey primer. 

another view. I left out some of the pieces as I thought I was going to paint them in a different colour... not everything makes sense at the end. 

now the last small bits that would need paint. 

started weathering the exhaust, another lengthy process that requires some blind faith until everything is done. 

I ended up doing a first pass of basic chipping and scratching on the engine block 

After the chipping I ended up doing a second pass with "engine grime" enamel wash and brushed vertically to give a better overall used look. 

After the previous enamel wash, I added a much more controlled dark rust enamel wash. 

on some of the other pieces I ended up adding some dark brown to further enhance the rusting effect alongside the chipping. 

The final effect looks extremely promising. 

After putting the front wheels in, I wanted to see how the rear wheels would look like all together. I would still need more time without rear wheels to ensure I can finish the chipping and some additional work. 

some glamour shots without the mudguards 

 

 

started weathering the wheels 

added some glorious mud to the rear wheels, still more to be done there. 

I decide to dry fit the rear attachment to see how this would work, this is something I delayed in deciding if I wanted to have it or not and ultimately went for it. 

next was adding some chains, so I started drilling a place to get them attached on the rear end 

and started scratch build something I can attache the other end of the chain to. 

 

finalise 

and with the chains added 

I decided to split the chains in half to make it easier as it was *in situ* 

scratch built the battery cables 

getting there! 

rear end glued and finalised. needs some weathering 

did some magic to allow the bonnet to open a little bit, but I can assure this was not something it was possible out of the box.