Ford F-1 by Revell

[Megazord_man]

Hi all,

First post and first time I've painted a model car (I've done tanks and figures before mind you). I thought I would shall the progress and get some exprt feedback. The resin conversion parts are from Dark World Creations (I understand these parts are going to be on their website soon - I picked them up from a show).

Any feedback would be warmly received.

Oh, it's great to be here

[Megazord_man]

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[Megazord_man]

[geordie]

Mighty fine !!!

[1930fordpickup]

I like it !

[11hamlin]

I love it, awesome colors.

[bryan_m]

neat!

bryan

[Megazord_man]

Thanks all

[Pumba]

what mini's did you do??

[Megazord_man]

Ah sorry - my bad. Not mini's as in the car but minis as in 28mm fantasy figures. For example -

[Pumba]

nice!!! sorry. reason for me asking is i have just started back as well, from miniatures also

and the ford looks awesome!!!

Edited October 10, 2012 by Pumba

[Megazord_man]

Cheers, any examples of your work around?

[BluePopsicle]

Ford looks great!

[Jantrix]

Wow. Wait until Virgil sees this. Fantastic work.

[frozono]

love it. love the color and the fire power...........very nice........

[Megazord_man]

Thanks guys, it's good to know that I'm headed in the right direction I've been wondering how I could paint some dead flies and muck on the front but haven't come up with a good plan yet - any ideas how to simulate that?

So rather than more weathering I've been working on the wooden flat bed and a resin box from Dark World Creations.

[BluePopsicle]

Amazing paint work!

[Austin T]

Great job so far.What methods did you use to weather this truck?It looks really nice and grungy.

[Megazord_man]

I'm still progressing with it, I need to (somehow - don't know how yet) add some dead flies stuck to the front and mud splatters up the side (which I can eaily do).

With regard to the weathering; I've build up lots of very thin transparent layers of dirty or muddy coloured paint ( using a brush). You have to make sure each layer is dry before doing the next one otherwise its quite a straight forward technique once you've got the paint to the right consistency. The to finish I used a tamiya weathering kit (the one with white, black and rust)

The rust spots were applied using a sponge with very dark brown paint. I then picked out the lower edge of these random spots with a light blue colour to make it look 3d.

Hope this gives to an idea.

[Austin T]

Thank you for the tips,I have never heard of that method before.Thanks again.

[David G.]

Awesome detail and weathering work!

David G.

[Sixx]

Awesome detail and weathering work!

David G.

Man, I agree with you!!!!!! That is AWESOME!!!!!

[crazyrichard]

thats soo impressive !!!

absolutly love this build and paint !!!!!

[Megazord_man]

Many thanks for all your kind comments.

Regarding the method I've used to weather it, in miniature figure circles it's called glazing or sometimes people say its like applying a filter. I guess before the end I'll be adding some weathering powders too, just to give it that dusty look.

[Tom Geiger]

Your model is pretty cool! Not a criticism, but a tip on a detail. Look at the hood (bonnet) side trim. Note that the two horizontal bars are seperate, the round piece in your photo is a bit of the tool sprue. Also, between the two bars up front, the FORD plate is a seperate piece so put a bit of body color paint between the pieces. See the above photo for that detail. Cheers!