A Dumpster

[OldNYJim]

A quick weekend build to practice my weathering…started out with a 3D printed dumpster by Blackbox STL, and some Crayola textured medium that my wife got me “because you might have a use for it, some day”:

Next, a couple of rust colors:

Then some salt, and a dark green artist’s acrykic thinned with a little Createx reducer:

Next, de-salt and add some decals:

Then add a lid and wheels and a bunch more pastels and washes to really grime it up…and tada:

Just a fun little Sunday project…I’m gonna use it on my desk at work to store paper clips ??

[bondo bill]

who knew trash could be so beautiful

[the goon]

Looks great.

Mark

[stitchdup]

nicely done, the weathering looks convinvinng but i bet this smells better

[LDO]

Go all out on the “dare to be different” idea.  Make it a street rod. 

[Rocketman455]

That is totally trash.....lol. If you didn't say, i would have believed it to be real. Phenomenal weathering job!!!!!

[Tcoat]

[David G.]

Fabulous work on the weathering, very convincing!

David G.

[TonyK]

Great looking! A simple kit that you made into something special.

[espo]

Great paint techniques. Does this scale too the Garbage Truck kit? 

[Hi-Po]

Spot on!  You captured the look of the real thing exactly.  Nice job.

[Jim B]

That looks great.  I can almost smell it from here. ?

[Tcoat]

52 minutes ago, Jim B said:

 I can almost smell it from here. ?

[Bill Eh?]

It looks too good to actually still be in service for Waste Management !  Great  job on the weathering.

[Tom Geiger]

Looks Great Jim!   Is it big enough to hold business cards?   Could come in handy!

[bobthehobbyguy]

What a great project.  Nice work on the weathering.

[Mike C]

IT looks so real that I must do this:

Edited April 11, 2023 by Mike C

[GLMFAA1]

Just one more detail for the fine job, On the rim in front of the lids they hand paint in yellow paint 'WIRES' with an arrow if there are over head utility line above the load zone. You need a front loader for that:

greg

 

[OldNYJim]

Wow, that’s a lot of replies for a dirty old dumpster - thanks everyone!!  

 

On 4/10/2023 at 10:55 AM, espo said:

Great paint techniques. Does this scale too the Garbage Truck kit? 

It probably SHOULD - it’s 1:25…but I haven’t picked up one of those yet.  It’s on my list!  Being 3D printed it’s an easy fix to scale it correctly if it isn’t…

On 4/10/2023 at 7:06 PM, Tom Geiger said:

Looks Great Jim!   Is it big enough to hold business cards?   Could come in handy!

Not quite - but it could be!  It’s currently employed on my desk at work housung what the French call ‘trombones’:

Three people at work noticed it already, and all three a) didn’t believe I made it and b) wanted their own.  I could start a profitable side-line making mini dumpsters it seems ?

9 hours ago, GLMFAA1 said:

Just one more detail for the fine job, On the rim in front of the lids they hand paint in yellow paint 'WIRES' with an arrow if there are over head utility line above the load zone. You need a front loader for that:

greg

 

I never knew (or noticed) that - good info, thank you!

 

Thanks again to everyone for all the nice comments - these little mini-projects are fun for a quick build!  I’ve got some VW bus mini-bikes to complete as a quicky build next…

[Tcoat]

8 hours ago, CabDriver said:

Wow, that’s a lot of replies for a dirty old dumpster - thanks everyone!!  
Thanks again to everyone for all the nice comments - these little mini-projects are fun for a quick build!  I’ve got some VW bus mini-bikes to complete as a quicky build next…

 

A work of art is a work of art regardless of the subject matter!

[MeatMan]

Very well done!

[PappyD340]

Looks fantastic!

[stavanzer]

Beautiful Job!

I'd sure put one on my desk.