I went to the local hobby shop and bought this!
One set with UV-resin and lamp and one bottle that is the counterpart to Mod Podge.
Both will be useful when glueing glass parts and maybe making clear instrument dials and headlights.
Just a quick update. Now I’ve finally got some clear cote on.
I’ll let it dry for about 24h and then lightly sand it with fine sand paper, and then apply a new cote of gloss varnish.
After checking the net and also after finding this on the body.
I decided to let it be a GTX 69-ish instead.
I also decided to to some different with the tail lights to make them look a bit more like the 69 tail lights.
I just need to clean things up a bit. Then my idea is to paint the entire tail light area with chrome, let that dry and then paint with clear read and probably black between the rims.
The underside is finished with wheels in place and all. Note to self – glue the rims in the tires first, before trying to put them on the axels.
I also decided to paint paint black on the wheels.
Once the tail lights are sorted, I can put a new cote of primer on.
While checking the body again I noticed something was a bit off. So I cut loose the tail lights and tried to put them in place. They didn’t fit very well.
There’s quite a gap in both the top and the bottom. Turns out, after checking the net, that the body I have is for a 1969 Plymoth and the tail lights is for a 1968 one.
I added some plastic sheet to the inside and a few strips on the top and bottom as well.
I looks better but maybe not perfect!
I glued together the engine room, added the engine and radiator.
I also continued with the underside of the chassie.
In order to have those intakes I had to cut open the hood, which I so carefully had filled on the underside.
Test fit of the body and hood on the chassie.
Next I’ll go over the body with a new layer of primer and if it checks out okey I’ll start painting the body.
The engine was built.
The engine, muffler and radiator was painted with stainless steel, and the frame and a few others parts was painted black.
This is just a short update. I’ve taken care of some ejector pin marks that might not be seen in the end, but anyway! 🙂
I also painted a few parts like the seats, tires and rear transmission.
Time to finish the assembly of the chassie.
I got this kit from a friend at an build weekend some time ago.
Then last sunday I was at a build meeting with a few other friends. Just a few hours of building and no means to airbrush. So I had to build what I could without painting.
This is the first time I’m building a Roden kit. The first thing that I built was the frame and then the engine and a few other parts. I think it was a bit of unneccessary breakdown of the frame which made it very wobbly and a bit warped.
I finished assembling the engine. Soon time to paint before further assembly.
This is a continuation from the build meeting post!
I applied primer on the body, chassie and a few other parts.
Suspension and exhaust system was painted with Kaleido Stainless steel. The instrument panel was coated with semi gloss varnish and a few other parts was painted as well.
The interior was assembled and the intrument panel put in place.
The exhaust pipes turned out looking real nice! And the steering wheel was painted black and got chrome spokes.
The radiator wall and the bottom side of the chassie was painted yellow.
Then I masked and painted parts of the chassie black.
I had to correct som spots by hand later. Quite happy with the look!
Last weekend, starting on thursday and ended on sunday, I was away on a nearly 2 hour trip to Partille, outside of Gothenburg. Getting together with some of my model building friends, spending time building, chatting, eating and sleeping. Drinking a few beers also was part of the fun!
I brought some models, colours and tools, and after unpacking I could start building. I brought both kits and Warhammer soldiers to paint. I decided to start with my Kawasaki Ninja in 1/12 from Tamiya. As most Tamiya kits it’s fairly easy to build.
The engine requires some prepping and painting before assembly and that goes for the rest of the bike as well. Here’s the only pic I managed to take on the build while there.
After painting the frame and building the parts for the suspension, I was supposed to screw it together with a tiny screw. I managed to drop that screw never to find it again.
I have to solve that somehow, but I decided to put it back in the box until later.
I took a picture when I got home to show how much I had done.
I had brought a few colours (alclad mainly) to a friend and he had a model kit for me.
It was a Citroën 19DS in 1/16 from Heller. The kit was started, but I thought I’d have a look.
The work that was done looked fairly okey, so I decided to give the kit a go.
As I needed to clean up the mold lines in preparation for primer, I decided to cut the excess plastic in the window and in the space for the open doors. What I didn’t think of was that there was no frame between the front and the rest of the body. So it became very woobly and I managed to break the window frame.
I decided to deal with that later, so I picked up a third kit, a Plymoth Roadrunner 68 in 1/24 from AMT.
Also a bit of work to do before assembly and then painting all the parts.First the engine got some orange paint.
Engine progress.
Finished engine.
Some parts in progress.
I got primer on some parts and the interior got some paint.
Some details painted and the seats got semi gloss on some parts to simulate different materials.
As with the Kawasaki I had to take a pic at home to show my progress.
So quite a lot done on those two kits. I didn’t paint any figures at all even though I had planned to do that.
My plan is to continue with the Plymoth and then try to remedy the missing screw somehow. I also plan to get some carbon fiber decal film for the front cowling.
I started making bases for my Warband. I decided that my marksmen should have some kind of wooden floors. So I cut plastic stripes and glued on.
For the first one I tried to fit the stripes around his shoes, but that was quite complicated, so for the other three I carefully removed the figures before glueing the stripes.
Here the three first ones got paint on the boards.
The floor for the fourth one took a while longer. Quite happy with how they turned out.
I also started making some kind of stones or bricks with 2k putty.
I also made bricks from cut pieces of cardboard. The rest of the figures got grey paint.
I added some dirt, tufts and grass on a few.
For those with grey bases, I used a fine brush to paint black, forming bricks. Then I used light grey to make some highlights.
After a while I considered my warband that I called Reichwalds Fiffiga Filurer (Clever tricksters).
Now I just need to finish the rest of my militia figures.
Time for some paint! I used Speed Paint for all the basic colours. Mainly focusing on the warband.
Adding colours for bows and other weapons.
Building up layers with Citadel colours.
The archers also got a little more colours.
Not much left to do and I feel it’s hard to see any differences between the pictures.
Soon time to add bricks to their bases.
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