Crossing Scales For Extra Detail

[oldcarfan]

I guess this counts as a tip! When I go to a hobby shop I check out the 1/35th stuff for military upgrade sets like this. Tamiya makes several different sets for different countries and time periods and they are pretty cheap.

I like to put extra details in my cars or trucks and these little kits give you some good options. The gas cans work well as smaller water cans in the back of your Jeep or SUV, and the ammo cans look good stacked in the back of a truck. My favorite though are the backpacks. Since civilian backpacks come in all sizes, a full-size 1/35 one works just as well tossed into the seat of a 1/24th car or truck. Just paint it a bright color and you're ready to go. I even used a pair of the binoculars as the small ones people use to watch baseball games. 

Anyway, it's worth a try to add a little extra detail.

[Dragline]

I found some used PE sheets for armor in a box of parts I bought. I used the various pieces for brackets and throttle. In fact, I used an entire sheet on my 66 Chevelle for various thin brackets and even pedals. Your imagination is the only bar to what you can make of these kinds of things. 1/35 can work in may instances as you clearly showed.

[Mattblack]

I've done the same with model railway barrels and crates.