BRBO 2021 Ford LN8000 Racecar Hauler (extended version)

[Toys4Don2]

I am very late to this party, but man what a neat concept for modifying the hauler. Will definitely be following this one to the end!

[Bills72sj]

1 hour ago, Toys4Don2 said:

I am very late to this party, but man what a neat concept for modifying the hauler. Will definitely be following this one to the end!

Don, Thanks. I will be getting back to this one after lunch.

[Bills72sj]

I did not realize that it has been 8 months since I reported any progress. The delay has been I have  been procrastinating masking my ambitious paint scheme. I finally pushed myself to finish it and got it in paint today. I knew I wanted dark metallic blue for the primary color. I checked my inventory and did not want to use any of the rattle cans I have. I decided to be brave and try something new. I took two different Testors bottled metallic enamels and mixed them together. I added some lacquer thinner to them in a 1:1 ratio. I fed my airbrush and shot a plastic spoon. I liked the resulting color and loved the gloss. I shot the hood, cab, and sleeper. Then, while painting the box, I ran out of paint 80% of the way through, BUMMER! I had to search ebay to find a vendor that had both colors in stock. Now that Testors line of paints have been terminated, I decided to grab a few more colors. I ended up ordering 17 bottles for $51.12 including shipping. At $3 a bottle to get exactly what I want, I am not complaining. Hopefully the new remix will match in color.

[Mopar - D]

Nice color blue Bill. I hope you are able too match your color when you get your new paint order. 

[Bills72sj]

8 hours ago, Mopar - D said:

Nice color blue Bill. I hope you are able too match your color when you get your new paint order. 

I hope so too. Though I did buy enough to shoot everything all over again.

[Bills72sj]

Been plugging away at this "learning experience". Had to do a lot of little touch ups. Got the red stripe painted on as well. Used 90% of a new sheet of BMF due to all the diamond plate that needed covered.

[Bills72sj]

Ooops

Edited June 8, 2022 by Bills72sj

[Bills72sj]

Here are some pics of wide swaths of BMF going over the diamond plate decks.

[Mopar - D]

Looks great Bill I’ve done small sections of Diamond plate and it’s very time consuming looking forward to seeing it all done. 

[Dutzie]

Very nice paint work! 

[Bills72sj]

I was contemplating what livery and/or contingency decals to put on it to "decorate" this cake.

I came up with the idea of most the products and vendors I have used in the past.

So I spent some time and made all the decals from scratch.

 

This is my artwork files dropped on a scanned pic of the hauler.

 

This is the layout as planned.

 

 

This is the actual layout after experimenting with the decals as printed.

Edited June 12, 2022 by Bills72sj
Grammar

[Mopar - D]

I like it Bill! Looks awesome with the model suppliers logos. There’s one more old suppler you could add JoHan if you want to. 

[Bills72sj]

15 hours ago, Mopar - D said:

I like it Bill! Looks awesome with the model suppliers logos. There’s one more old suppler you could add JoHan if you want to. 

Ooops, I forgot about them! I just cleared both sides so it is too late now.

[Bills72sj]

I got my Warn winch assembled and installed. I used a brush technique to get a hammertone finish and faked the decals with some ultra fine point Sharpies.

[Bills72sj]

Finally finished detailing and clear coating all the various body parts. The photoetched grille turned out nice. Final assembly coming soon.

[Bills72sj]

For those of you following, it is finally done.