WIP - Weathered FD100

[KWT]

Getting some things ready for winter time projects, I decided to build another one of these... with a twist...

Not a bad start. I've got a couple going that I have to finish first, so it'll be a little bit before I get back to this one.

Stay tuned...

[slusher]

Nice start Jeremy!

[KWT]

Thanks Carl! Hope it turns out good

[espo]

The paint finish looks like an old Bell Telephone truck. I guess you would have to be old enough to remember dial phones and when the phone company would come to your house to install them to remember the color. 

[KWT]

I remember rotary phones and the phone company installing them... But we were always behind the times by a little bit lol

[slusher]

  On 10/16/2022 at 4:28 PM, espo said:

The paint finish looks like an old Bell Telephone truck. I guess you would have to be old enough to remember dial phones and when the phone company would come to your house to install them to remember the color. 

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Those old trucks and vans was pretty rough in Chicago…

[espo]

  On 10/16/2022 at 8:52 PM, slusher said:

Those old trucks and vans was pretty rough in Chicago…

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Many of my formative years were in the "burbs of Chicago. Arlington Heights, Wilmette, and Barrington. I remember the service bodies on the usually 1/2-ton short wheelbase trucks. They would move the old box to the new chassis withouty even repainting them. I think they used WWII Surplus Army OD paint. 

[Dragline]

Are you planning on hairspray or chipping fluid for this?

It looks to my eye like you bottom coat will look great poking through a top coat.

AK makes a superb chipping fluid. So does Vallejo. That is of course if you're using acrylic. If not, then it's the salt mines for this Ford.

[KWT]

  On 11/1/2022 at 3:00 AM, Dragline said:

Are you planning on hairspray or chipping fluid for this?

It looks to my eye like you bottom coat will look great poking through a top coat.

AK makes a superb chipping fluid. So does Vallejo. That is of course if you're using acrylic. If not, then it's the salt mines for this Ford.

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Actually paint wise, it's probably where it's going to be.. I'll be adding weathering powders and such to add the depth I'm looking for.

My weathering is usually subtle

[Dragline]

Im big on subtle myself. I was mostly thinking aloud.

It does look legit. Well done.

[Slotto]

Really cool! I prefer mild weathering to the rotted look