post apocalyptic community build

[Dr. Cranky]

Wow, you are adapting your own technique there. The texture on the sides of the body is excellent. You should consider using some pastel powders on those tracks to really dirty them up. Good work and progress, buddy. It's looking mean and deadly! Keep it going!

[Jantrix]

I think using a green pad (abrasive) on the painted-on-salt under some warm water, might help out. For one, it might loosen up a lot of the salt, two it will cut down on that gloss. Salt works best with larger crystals (kosher salt or ice cream salt, you can always crush it finer if you want to) and then cover it up with flat paints. I use simple Krylon flats (with their great new nozzles). I get good coverage and the salt particles still come off okay. After that I scrub with a soft toothbrush and then scrub again with a little 91% alcohol which will feather out the paint where the salt was and it will help reveal more of your rust colors underneath. Grab a junk body and give it another try.

[Dr. Cranky]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dr. Cranky]

How about some progress, some eye candy before the brain is eaten up by the Super Bowl tomorrow?

[Railfreak78]

Cranky I hate to say it... I have No progress... My daughter turned 16 and her party was postponed to today she has everyone over and its funny cause my kid has no interests in cars but her and her friends play "zombies" at parks every weekend. They have to to change sides human and zombie on different rounds. Now my daughter HAD to show her friends ( as a parent I'm not allowed to hang out) my truck. They LOVE it!!!! I'm so happy.

[Dr. Cranky]

Cool, man. Yeah, enjoy the kids soon they leave to go away to school or work . . .

[Dr. Cranky]

How about a Saints inspired post-apocalyptic vehicle?

[Railfreak78]

<~~~~~~~~ NOT TOUCHING THAT ONE WITH THE CANNON ON MY SUBURBAN!!!

[charlzrocks]

Nightingales Corpse Removal is done!

I haven't the experience or patience to do the aging process as well as the crank, but here it is, an Ill fitting Polar Lights ECTO-1 Snap Tite kit I might add! I just completely ran out of patience with this one!

Features: The black hoses on the side lead from the "Blood Vaccume" on the roof to a longer hose housed in the back of the vehicle for sucking up excess blood. The Brass tubing near the broken ladder on the side leads from the fuel tank to the flame thrower fuel tank mounted on the roof. Flame thrower is for cremating mass amounts of bodies and fighting off hordes of attacking zombies. It has the obligatory siren and lights, bullet holes, cracked windshield, some rust and greyed out white walls.

Comments..........

[Dr. Cranky]

Perfect vehicle for the caravan!!! Love it . . . you did a great job working in all the weathering and the details the kit has. Those decals are just right. Congrats!!!

[Railfreak78]

That is one bad to the bone death ride! I love the blood all over the door handles and down the sides. Love the rust on the bumpers too! How the heck you get your own decals?? I need to do that for my pool care truck on the workbench. Nice car man and I'm glad you joined the build with us. This has been so fun I may just have to make a car for the Zombie side

Edited February 8, 2010 by Railfreak78

[Jantrix]

Okay I've got the kit in hand, should be starting soon. Looking forward to this one.

[charlzrocks]

That is one bad (censored) death ride! I love the blood all over the door handles and down the sides. Love the rust on the bumpers too! How the heck you get your own decals?? I need to do that for my pool care truck on the workbench. Nice car man and I'm glad you joined the build with us. This has been so fun I may just have to make a car for the Zombie side

Thanks Guys! The decals I made using MS Paint and Ink Jet Decal paper made by www.Papilio.com After you print the decals on the paper, you just spray coat the paper with Krylon Clear (gloss, or FLAT like mine), cut them out and Voila!

I guess the inspiration was from the old "Max Headroom" tv series. They actually had a place on the series called "Nightingales Body Bank". I really wish I had the patience to do the weathering better, but using enamel rattle cans don't work too well with the salting technique. Best to use airbrush acrylics per Cranky. But it has been fun, I learned a lot!!

[Blake Rogers]

I'm ready to start. Got the kit, and all the accessories ready.

I'm thinking gun truck.....................

In desert camo.

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sounds sweet cant wait

[Blake Rogers]

I think I want in on this, if its not to late, M My comp at home does not work so no pics but Im thinking of a truck, maybe with a minni gun

no problem dude ur in

[Blake Rogers]

Heres the camaro as of now.

I was watching mad max

teh subaru is a no go,i got a bad kit.

its to bad about the subaru the cammmy looks wicked

[Blake Rogers]

Here's another one from my collection:

This one is called SANDBUG CRAWLER:

Cranky THEY ARE AMAZING i love ur work welcome back

[Blake Rogers]

Here's a bit more battle damage:

And a bit of color to draw attention to the front . . .

and the rear . . .

Stay tuned in for more progress . . .

hey man i cant see your pics u put up???

[Blake Rogers]

Great builds so far everyone! Cranky I'm newer here so from what I see welcome back too! Wow you make our work cut out for us May I ask everyone what is a decent grate material? Like for head lights, grills, windshield areas? I see some of you have some cool resources. Thanks.. Happy Hobby'n Here is my beginning..

great work buddy

[Blake Rogers]

Ok fellow survivors of the apocalypse....here is a preliminary photo of my build!

I will be playing "Clean-up" with this vehicle that will be called "Nightingales Corpse Removal".

This is a first shot of paint and I am trying to avoid the "Flat Black/War Camo/Derelict" paint scheme that will be prevelant with a lot of the cars that I will be picking up the bodies after.

Although, I would appreciate any suggestions on the paint scheme!!

From the looks of the vehicles I've seen, this is gonna be an awesome community build!

looks great so far

[Blake Rogers]

So wow since this build off is bringing some really and I mean really cool ideas and creativity I kinda changed my idea. Its still going to be my first Suburban kitbash but I'm going to put an old war flare to it and make it a Half Track style truck. I started with 3 truck kits and a Tamiya Tank and here is my 24 hour progress from the 3 trucks (including dunk tank time). Comments welcome as always

loooks sick buddy i love it

[Blake Rogers]

What's in a name?

i love it cranky i really do

[Blake Rogers]

Ok here is today's progress after figuring out PhotoBucket woohooo!!!! So lots more body work was done and I'm soon to hit primer stage so I started some weapons that I wan to primer also. The body is not perfect and I had to tell myself this is for post apac build not a show truck so I want it imperfect. Today I added a hatch and the beginning of window armor as well as protective roof mount windows for the tail gunner and a navigator up front. The passenger side windshield will be all armor as well. Enjoy!

nice WORK it looks sick

[Guest Mustang3.8]

Great work, guys. I can't wait to get started on mine. Still need some more ideas.

[Blake Rogers]

hey everyone iam back i love the work u guys have done on ur builds keep it up ok ? can wait to see more