crazyrichard

so cool !!!

insane ... thats gorgeous ... you are just such a great builder love your stuff ... and this bug > awsome

nice .. and those wheels > whow

nice !!

nice , nice i dig it ... whooooowwww get ya some of that

nice !!!

oooh nice !!! love the stance !

sweet !

thnx kerry !

insanely cool !!

yes when i feel like it still have some build bluess.. ps this is not that thread btw this is my old garage

thnx guys!!! and jason , like i said start with the basics , that is damage if you imagine some damage or holes in the body , dents .. do so in the styrene fase ... when you are statisfied with the look .. then put on some primer .. dont sand it after that dryed .. already gived you a nice flat but not smooth surface .. then the easyest way is to buy some acrylic paint and buy the burnt sienna color ...also buy pigment rust powder (i have vallejo old rust).. then section by section paint on the acrylic burtn sierra with a brush and whet i find works nice is to smoothen it with a soft brush .. then sprinkle the pigment powder in/on the wet acrylic paint layer .... i advise to do this above a piece of a4 paper so the excess falls on the paper .. when its on tap the body so the excess pigment powder falls of on the a4 paper .... after like 5 minutes you take a very soft brush and mildly brush over the body .. now you dont want to press but barely go over it .. now again a tiny bit of pigment powder comes of .. when you did the whole body (and i said do it in sections because otherwise the acrylic is dry before you can get it smooth or sprinkled with powder).. so when you did the whole body set it aside ... the a4 paper i mentioned was to catch the pigment poweder falling off ... fold the middle and you can put it back in the container and re-use it .. if you let it just fall on the bench or table top you can never get it back in the container .. you just smudge it all over so now you have a matt rusted body .....not smooth and thats perfect ....the next day you should be able to hold it without the pigment coming off ... now making tones .. i have a small set of crayons or better said chalks .. ranging from red like rust to brown (different tones) now the chalks are perfect to ghet some different tones on earea's ... i hold a chalk above the spot i want to do and rug something along the chalk now just like the pigment rust powder ... powder chals stuff fals on the body .. and after that using a soft bround brush you can playaround with that and go over it ... basicly thats how you maintain a really matte finish and get several tones ... instead of using chalks you can also but different colors of pigment poweders off course also cool > you could but a more yellow powder and only do a door yellow and the rest rust color ... ounce you have the base its just a matter of palying around with tones and effects .. just try stuff i'd say oh and in the case when you handle the body some pigment powder and acrylic have come off and you think it looks weird or you see the primer .. you just put on a bit of acrylic and sprinkle powder again and its fixed .. so easy and of course there are more cool techniques .. you can also try the salt methode when you want a more worn paint look this is a abandones , rusted vehicle i did on my service / gasstation dio >> and that was done when i was still trying out rust making and not really knew how to go about > its actually a mercedes from heller lol busted the front window , made holes and glued the pieces together and used yellow .. all the other parts are also done with pigment powder again when i was still trying it out for the first time .. works great and the cool swtuff is when you see it outside with full light it really pops

thnx guys and bob its a thin strip of aluminium i drilled the holes and then with a bigger drill bit drilled in a tiny bit so the concave shape was there ... its a case of not pressing the drill bit against the material but let the tip ofthe drillbit go over thematerial ... it also makes it look thinner (the edge of the visor) and kerry at this point i need material to make a cool chassis .. maybe the front chassis will get holes in it , thicker tubing with a pipe in there ....maybe instead of a z shape a round shape , saw something like this and that was soo cool

hi and thnx al .. i must say this was my previous build the one i am building now i think is somemuch more .. like a step up from this one

thnx guys and the diorama is here in the dio section what i like most about the 32 body is the sunvisor really got the stanced hole look and the thickness of this alu is spot on also used more tones especially on the scallops to blend them in more made taillight lenses using clear red sprue and by putting it in a drill machine turning round lenses and then polishing them m some clear for extra shine ... also redid the louvres they where covered in layers , so made them bare again and redid the rust , now also used black pigment powder on the trunk lid and louvres

thnx guys , thnx !! and bill i feel you .. i would love to work there myself .. we need a shrinkray !!!!!

thnx rob and no problem

awsome coming together awsome

sweeet !! and no rust isnt bad .. i think you should balance the rust > shine builds .. like me (i think) you also like both right ??

nice nice .. same kit i build i love these mercs !! maybe a cool idea for the hood ? > its really simple but a great effect > cut out the cross section between the headlights > glue that to the hood bondo after sanding it really looks killer and instantly gives the more clean and lead sled / custom look and here it is with some primer

painted steelies .. in fact that black looks great .. love it !

cool !!

looks great !!

whouw !!

thnx ken .. still having a break from the dio ..just needed to stop for a short while ... when i feel like it again i will finish the last details and start on the outside of the garage .. that will also get a nice finish