weathered MPC 28 Lincoln Model L dealer shop rig conversion

[Andria H]

Basically, it is inspired by this, as well as with a buddy of mine's build of a pristine V16 Cadillac wrecker conversion off a JoHan gluebomb. A few details are different, owing to this being a '28 instead of a '23 as seen in the pic, aswell as to my signature style of aged finish.



Obtained from a local buddy's sale pile

[Andria H]

In primer, playing with tow boom designs. Some of these had an early hand cranked crane in the bed, others had a 2-wheeled tow dolly, others had no towing gear at all and had a body more like a fire engine.
 

[Andria H]

Fresh paintwork. Bed floor is not finalized. Paint isn't perfect, which is not a huge deal since I was just gonna rough it up with steel wool and drybrush it. See the next post for the end results.

 

[Andria H]

 Wheels are severely distressed, fitted with mismatched truck tires up front/WWII era "G.I. surplus" truck tires in back, original tires & whitewall inserts inside the truck tires to make a tube and a set of widowmaker-style split rims. 

The fenders have been banged up a bit and given a nice coat of faux rust, soft top is given a faux fabric effect and extreme deterioration/discoloration simulated on top of that, the color/texture of aging vulcanized rubber is drybrushed onto the floormat, the wood bed floor is made to look worn/aged and stained up, the Rajah central lubrication system reservoir/lines on the firewall are all made to look leaky and distressed, as is the steering column end casing. The Marine Blue body paint is drybrushed over with a realistic looking patina of surface rust and fade/oxidation with oil/gas seepage where it makes sense, the wood dashboard with nickel plated upper trim rail is detailed with the detailed instruments yet to go in & a detailed aged teak finish will go on the steering wheel with nickel finish hardware. All nickel plate is made to look rusty/pitted, and the engine will be made to look recently serviced to go with the aged short block & sump and such.

Safety markings are added to the back with a center mount stoplight and license plate plinth and places for 2 more taillights, a scratchbuilt "fabricated steel" front bumper is fitted to the front frame horns, engine block/transmission/final drive are in, front steering/all 4 wheels are static, and I will be fabricating a manual crank-operated tow boom from tow truck model kit/diecast parts and working on the remainder of the parts, including the hood and radiator/grille shell and lights & a smattering of accessories, maybe even a driver figure in a straw boater hat and some kind of historical outfit.

 

[Glassparman]

Nice work so far. I myself have also taken to doing an "aged finish" on many of my current builds.

[Andria H]

4 hours ago, Glassparman said:

Nice work so far. I myself have also taken to doing an "aged finish" on many of my current builds.

thank you!

[johnyrotten]

That rear tire being off the bead is a nice touch. Looking great so far

[Andria H]

2 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

That rear tire being off the bead is a nice touch. Looking great so far

thank you!

 

[Andria H]

Update on my 1/25 scale MPC 1928 Lincoln Model L dealership towing/service truck conversion. Patina paint is perfected, the hood will be set up as 2 movable/posable/demountable pieces & painted flat black or grey primer, along with the crankcase/sump and cylinder barrels (cylinder heads will be same color but not patinated), front glass is installed along with most of the tow crane, rear fenders have been bobbed and fronts made jagged/bent/crooked, driver is installed in the detailed, distressed interior and is made to look like a 1940s era "zoot suiter" in a 2-tone tan suit, brown face/hands and black hat/boots/tie/goatee/face & hand details.

I still have a lot to do on this before I can truly call it finished, including adding some plant growth and dead vegetation caught up in the frame/axles/etc, and more oil/gas/grease leakage & license plates, as well as the whole top-end engine. But that's the beauty of taking a highly detailed/complicated kit and making a junkyard jewel from it.

[BERT100]

Why that thing is a wreak- Perfict! 😁  Great job of conversion and platina-ing, etc.  So cool  

[Andria H]

5 hours ago, BERT100 said:

Why that thing is a wreak- Perfict! 😁  Great job of conversion and platina-ing, etc.  So cool  

thank you! 

[Bugatti Fan]

Creative conversion !

[Kingslug]

Awesome!

Put it in a field and it looks real.

[Andria H]

15 hours ago, Kingslug said:

Awesome!

Put it in a field and it looks real.

thanks Ira! Appreciate your comment too Noel. 

[Andria H]

Last progress note before "under glass". Due to breaking a few small parts and slightly gluebombing the engine, I glued the hood on.