EVERYBODY’S SCALIN’ – MOPAR AND THE RUST!
Farm Truck 2 has aged quite a bit within the final 2 weeks. Whereas the cab of the truck was off for me to work on the motor, a gust of wind blew into the store knocking over a wall to the size store. The wall landed proper on the Dodge cab, cracking each pillars together with cracking the passenger door. I assume the size Gods wished to see the Dodge weathered up. As a result of after that occurred, I had no selection however to begin the venture.
Beginning out I did a black dry brushing on the cab. As soon as that dried, I took a rag and wiped some spots off for extra of a smear throughout the rig. Then I made the best errors you may make whereas weathering a rig. After I used to be performed with the rusting, I noticed I put an excessive amount of, creating what regarded like a blue noticed cow. After some pondering and speaking to a couple buddies I went again and sanded over the cab. Doing that made the cab look higher. Now blended colours and some spots of rust the weathering was taking form. Final step on the cab was a combination RC On a regular basis informed me about. By mixing some Elmer’s glue with some water you will get a pale paint look. It labored so nicely; I made 3 batches and love the impact it provides.
Whereas I used to be portray on the cab of the farm truck, I used to be additionally portray up the Dodge motor I obtained from MrCommaD, making interior fenders, runners for the door jams, and another small particulars. 1:10 Rod Store despatched over some cab markers to make the Farm Truck that a lot cooler! What began out as an enormous mistake turned out to be for the higher. Now that the Farm truck has a brand new facelift, the size store nonetheless has a number of other thing to wrap up earlier than this yr’s Final Scale Truck expo.
Have a fantastic weekend and hold Scalin!