Pushin' Snow View: Slideshow Mosaic List 1 January 1, 2015
kit decals supplemented with spares, Tamiya stickers and signs cut out from the driving manual!
2 January 1, 2015
So I have no orange but I have gloss red - whaddya think? 🙂
3 January 1, 2015
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!
4 January 1, 2015
The bed will be sprayed with textured spray paint - to mimic rhinoliner-it's a very salty environment!
5 6 January 1, 2015
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
7 8 January 1, 2015
these details will be replicated in 1/24 scale 😛
9 January 1, 2015
A toolbox "something like this" will be added as well as some scratched tools and equipment...
10 January 2, 2015
Krylon's "Make it Stone!" textured paint - ideal for bedliner spray!
11 January 2, 2015
Hood, bed, cab rear and tailgate gettting textured
12 January 2, 2015
Pretty convincing as far as I'm concerned.. 😛
13 January 2, 2015
the hood liner gets the treatment as well - common in cold, salty areas
14 January 2, 2015
It applies strangely due to the higher pressure..two coats will be needed!~patience, grasshopper!
15 January 2, 2015
The best use for junk mail!
16 January 2, 2015
The jerrycan seems more at home in a Playmobil set..refinements needed! :/
17 January 2, 2015
Second coat to be topped off with good ol' flat black...
18 January 2, 2015
random decoration foam - for quilted rad cover
19 20 January 3, 2015
after some black, the rhinoliner look is pretty convincing...
21 January 3, 2015
some bits post clean up ..lotsa flash!
22 23 January 3, 2015
low rider accessory fits well here!
24 January 3, 2015
an old window pane makes a great headache rack, a safety requirement these days..
25 January 3, 2015
various spare bits n bobs...
26 January 3, 2015
road signs glued to my old business cards, ha ha
27 January 3, 2015
CB radio froim the old 'Cop Out' kit...
28 January 3, 2015
the tank will receive refined strapping...
29 January 3, 2015
...as well as this filter and on/off lever.
30 January 3, 2015
Test fitting elements and planning layout.
31 January 4, 2015
Flammable Material!
32 33 January 4, 2015
Krylon's superlative gloss "apple" red
34 January 4, 2015
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..
35 January 5, 2015
As is often the case, the co-pilot will have a Traffic Control Certificate, so here is his "stop/slow" paddle...
36 January 5, 2015
Leftover New Year's bubbly bottle supplied the hooks, the chain is jewellry chain - $1.50 for a metre at the dollar store 😛
37 January 5, 2015
tailgate and cab rear undergoing first coat
38 January 5, 2015
The gas hose has been started - a Revell firehose, old Italeri muffler and a ballpoint pen spring 🙂
39 January 5, 2015
Tamiya stickers from an old magazine serve as WHMIS placards
40 January 5, 2015
the sidewalls are seperate pices in this kit..interesting!
41 42 January 5, 2015
that's it for paint today, I don't want to stress the layers...
43 January 5, 2015
completed headache rack prior to weathering
44 January 5, 2015
more paint layers
45 January 5, 2015
...gotta keep it light...
46 January 6, 2015
new custom bumper elements
47 January 6, 2015
prelim interior, Testors dark green...
48 January 6, 2015
awkward sink holes covered with reinforcenment flanges...lol
49 50 January 7, 2015
wheel block/levelling block
51 January 7, 2015
..with screw holes and battering 🙂
52 January 7, 2015
the headache/roll bar was epxied in
53 January 7, 2015
quilted rad cover with block heater plug
54 55 January 7, 2015
dozer blade in orange
56 January 7, 2015
starting the bumper
57 January 7, 2015
the engine was pretty rough, it had to be epoxied
58 59 January 7, 2015
7th coat...Krylon takes foever to dry as well!
60 61 62 63 64 Comments 27 November 2024, 06:33 -
Album info 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! 😛
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