dc10oiller

The body paint is on. I still have to polish up the good side and remove the paint ridge, but it's coming along.

Work continues. I spent time today detailing up the engine with various lines, wires, and dips sticks. Now I need to weather the one side to show it's age.

Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. I sprayed the blue on today. North of the 49th parallel it's hard to get proper car colour model paints like MCW paints, so I went with looked closest to Larkspur Blue. I layered the paint on a bit thinner this time and didn't wait as long to start working at it. This time the paint chipping went better. I'll let the thing sit for a day or two in order to make sure the paint is cured and then I'll move on to the other side. Oh, and I've come up with a name for her; Eve.

My first attempt at the hairspray method was pretty much a disaster. Luckily it was all cleaned up with a cloth dampened in Windex and it was back to square 1. I asked a friend for advice, then we tested on a spare hull (which is what I should have done in the first place ), and here' the results. Step one, hairspray. I know most of you will probably cringe at the thought, but I sprayed the stuff directly from the can, but this time I tested first to see what kind of spray pattern I would get. It seemed to work. Then came the Tamiya paint thinned with automotive grade lacquer thinner. I either left the paint too long, put on too much paint, or more likely both, but it took a bit of work to get the paint to "chip" off. I think it looks like a good start for more future weathering.

Can't wait so see more. The weathering and shading of the engine is great.

Looks good Dirk. I like all the small details (PE badges, wiring, etc). They add more pop to an otherwise OOB build.

Wow, you guys are amazing. To say you're going to build a model in 3 days, do it, and come up with such great outcomes.... Fantastic.

That's some mind blowing work. It blows me away at how guys like yourself can seamlessly bash together parts from different kits/cars. As for paint, go with a metalic; red, green, orange, something eye catching from across the room.

Wow! That's amazing. The body work and paint are stunning.

I don't like the way chrome is reproduced in model kits. Generally the chrome looks too white and lacks depth. To further complicate matters, the sprue attachment points are almost always in spots that are excruciating visible; side pipes on a heavy truck come to mind. I thus strip the kit parts and repaint them using Alclad. Castrol Super Clean does a find job of striping chrome, and it won't harm the plastic. In fact, you're left with very smooth parts afterwards. After I primed all the parts with MM gloss black, I textured the bumpers where I wanted to show rust bubbling up from underneath. The end result looks a lot more convincing than what came in the box, the photos notwithstanding. And the textured bumpers will look better once they've received a bit of colour. Cheers

Hot rods are all great and such, but it's hard to beat a working man's truck. Outstanding.

That's all in one year? Bloody amazing. I've got that Tamiya Lotus as well. Can't wait to give it a go.

I'm not laughin', I'm admiring. Brilliant work.

Cool build. Love the way you've blended in the new parts.

Holy snappin' arses! This is going to be brilliant.