The masking film is scraped off haphazardly with a finger nail in spots to provide a rusty look. I did wind up dabbing on some light bits of Clear Orange again with my thumb and rubbing it around to get a little more variety to the colour.
The wheel on the left has been distressed with a rough grade file. It adds a nice dusty and worn look that will look even better once some brake dust is added and they get some dirt on them.
Some paint tests for the cloth part of the seats. After sorting through a bunch of colours, the sequence on the left has won out. Olive Drab, Khaki, Buff, and Deck Tan for the stitching.
Hope this works. The cloth portion has been painted over with XF-57 Buff, being the lightest of the three weaves. When it's dry I will mask off some stripes and start with the next tone.
The stripes are pretty close in tone to the originals, if not to perfect scale. There's some bleeding through under the tape here but it got cleaned up afterward.
Using a knife to paint the embroidery and stitching, and coating the vinyl areas with MicroFlat to give them a different sheen from the cloth inset. Not perfect, but after 4 hours it's close enough.
Trying to match the carpet colour I wanted, a base of Khaki with some Gold drybrushed in and a thumb-grimed brushing of Olive Drab/Flat Brown mix over top.
The interior has taken me more time than all the rest of the work so far. The dashboard is going to be a tough one to paint as well. Lots of fine details.
Double-coat of drybrush to highlight those raised speedometer numbers. First a brush of white, followed by clear green. And of course it will never be seen once installed.
The radiator was a bid fiddly to get into place. Trying to secure the hoses enough to hold in place while being loose enough to angle into position was frustrating until it all came together.
It doesn't look like much from the outside at this point but the interior came out nicely. There's an entire outer shell that fits over this interior cabin.
The underbody on this kit feels remarkably more complex after so many NASCAR builds. A little tricky getting some of it to line up well with age and warping, but it pulled together.
Base coats have been applied but will need some sanding and polish as well as touching up in spots. The handles and hinges will also need painting before moving on.
Once the cab goes on, it's harder to see the details inside. Isn't that always the way? Doesn't matter, I know it's there. The outer cab wasn't quite sitting right when I took this photo, which is why the windows look off.
I only installed the front windshield. It went in nice and clean, but I wasn't convinced that the hand-cut side windows would do the Woody any favours. They'd get in the way of combat, too.
The frame has some significant warping due to age. The CA glue is really earning its keep here. With a little weight applied, I should be able to get all four wheels on the ground together.
Not my best interior, but it's a really old kit and still a work in progress. Still have to install the front seats and the roll bar and permanently affix that steering column.
The orange peel is pretty visible in this shot. It doesn't seem so noticeable in person, but again, the weathering will mask some of this so I can continue practicing before I try a "show car".
Not my best work. I need to work on my painting window trim. The hood wouldn't quite stay closed either so I had to glue it shut. But it will be a nice addition to the Chassis and Crossbows project.
Looks better without the top. Overall pretty pleased with the end results. Will be a shame to damage it up for the Chassis & Crossbows set.
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A collection of vehicles for a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It's also a throwback to my childhood. Growing up with Mad Max and The Road Warrior we used to add battle damage to the model kits we built. I will likely add a fair amount of scratch-built armaments out of the scraps left over from previous builds.