Subhuman1
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Ok, well I already have a "build" going on in the now finished Apocalypse GB, but that is proving more work than I first planned for, that project hasn't been given up on by any means, but it is at a point where the list of to do's is longer then the list of done's 
so as little break from that: i decided to pull something out of my stash and have some fun and actually model instead of being mired in planning and designing.
With that I present my current work in progress Tamiya's 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor. This is to be my first completed kit in nearly 20 years or so, so I am a bit rusty and dusty, but just need to actually get 'er done! And like the SMA motto, "completion not perfection" so this time I am going to try for the completion part and just have some fun....
So I skipped any pictures of the sprues or basic assembly, and present the approximately 95% completed construction of the kit here ...
.. at this point only the glass needs to be mounted along with the driver and steering wheel. I still want to add a couple more details, but nothing big. Mainly a little attention to the door hinges, and the straps holding the canvas roof down. ( I may take a quick look on line, and see what I can find for tractors with external storage). So far the only extra details have been to remove the molded in grab handles on the cabs roof hatch (even for a 40 year old kit, they couldn't be allowed to stay) and replaced them with copper wire. And cut the steering arm apart and repositioned the front wheels and arm ( I didn't make it perfect - I went for plausible, not possible )
Second shot, the three major assemblies of the kit, in the first stages of painting...
The body has been given a work over with My Paasche Talon, and had pre shading done to it in black. This is the first time for using this brush other than on a bit of paper to test drive it. A step up from my nearly 30 year old Paasche H and almost as old VL (the H still holds a special spot in my heart - that sucker has flung a lot of paint and still has a lot more gallons left in it)
Third shot..
This is the interior of the cab (yes thank you captain obvious!) not going to do much other than brush up on my brush work skills with this, once the clear parts are in place most of it won't be very visible anyways, so no point going nuts.
Fourth shot...
This is the chassis with the running gear, motor etc installed.
Now this bring a question for anyone seeing this who uses Valljeo (spelling?) paints, I panted the interior and the frame with a mix of Val Dark Yellow, and Black mixed about 10 yellow to 1.5 black, diluted with rubbing alcohol, I got, the light green on the chassis, and at about 1:3 maybe 4, I got the very dark green on the interior.
Are my eyes playing tricks on my or is Vallejo's take on Dark Yellow, closer to an olive green? Either that or there is a good amount of blue in the bottle of black I manged to get. Either way, my first time with Vallejo paints (when I last painted anything, the available paints where Testors, Humbrol and Tamiya - go away a few years and there is new stuff all over the place _ I just can't find the Model Technologies stuff any more though )
so as little break from that: i decided to pull something out of my stash and have some fun and actually model instead of being mired in planning and designing. With that I present my current work in progress Tamiya's 1/35 Quad Gun Tractor. This is to be my first completed kit in nearly 20 years or so, so I am a bit rusty and dusty, but just need to actually get 'er done! And like the SMA motto, "completion not perfection"
so this time I am going to try for the completion part and just have some fun....So I skipped any pictures of the sprues or basic assembly, and present the approximately 95% completed construction of the kit here ...
.. at this point only the glass needs to be mounted along with the driver and steering wheel. I still want to add a couple more details, but nothing big. Mainly a little attention to the door hinges, and the straps holding the canvas roof down. ( I may take a quick look on line, and see what I can find for tractors with external storage). So far the only extra details have been to remove the molded in grab handles on the cabs roof hatch (even for a 40 year old kit, they couldn't be allowed to stay) and replaced them with copper wire. And cut the steering arm apart and repositioned the front wheels and arm ( I didn't make it perfect - I went for plausible, not possible
)Second shot, the three major assemblies of the kit, in the first stages of painting...
The body has been given a work over with My Paasche Talon, and had pre shading done to it in black. This is the first time for using this brush other than on a bit of paper to test drive it. A step up from my nearly 30 year old Paasche H and almost as old VL
(the H still holds a special spot in my heart - that sucker has flung a lot of paint and still has a lot more gallons left in it)Third shot..
This is the interior of the cab (yes thank you captain obvious!) not going to do much other than brush up on my brush work skills with this, once the clear parts are in place most of it won't be very visible anyways, so no point going nuts.
Fourth shot...
This is the chassis with the running gear, motor etc installed.
Now this bring a question for anyone seeing this who uses Valljeo (spelling?) paints, I panted the interior and the frame with a mix of Val Dark Yellow, and Black mixed about 10 yellow to 1.5 black, diluted with rubbing alcohol, I got, the light green on the chassis, and at about 1:3 maybe 4, I got the very dark green on the interior.
Are my eyes playing tricks on my or is Vallejo's take on Dark Yellow, closer to an olive green? Either that or there is a good amount of blue in the bottle of black I manged to get. Either way, my first time with Vallejo paints (when I last painted anything, the available paints where Testors, Humbrol and Tamiya - go away a few years and there is new stuff all over the place _ I just can't find the Model Technologies stuff any more though
)
