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We begin this next entry with some tiny and likely never to be seen detail pieces. The fuel tank booby-trap, and hold-out knife. The Aoshima kit comes with a pretty nicely detailed little fuse panel for the bobby-trap but does not have the knife and sheath that Max has affixed to the undercarriage next to it. Using the film I painted up the fuse to match as closely as I, then again using the film as reference and some cardstock I created the sheath and kitchen knife hold out weapon that Max has placed there for emergencies. Once painted up the cardstock looks pretty close. Now onto the weathering of the undercarriage. I weather using chalk pastels and hairspray. First I coat the undercarriage with a light coat of hairspray. I try and get the cheap basic stuff like Aquanet. Then using my Exacto I scrape the chalk into a powder mixing the colors to achieve the desired color. In this case I used brown, yellow ocher, sand, and red. Using an old brush I mix the powders thoroughly. All that is left now is to layer on the 'dirt'. I liberally brush on the chalk powder letting it settle naturally into the deep areas and lines. Next I tap or lightly blow off the excess powders then apply a mist of hairspray. And repeat the process until I've built up the desired amount of dirt. The same process is repeated for the chrome exhaust pipes and the wheels. On the exhaust pipes I brushed away some patches of dirt to let the chrome show through... there will be more weathering done on the pipes to match the film. I added a final coat of dullcote flat spray to the undercarriage and set the whole thing aside to dry. Next I assembled the dashboard. And gauges, I'll be doing a bit of detail painting to match up to the real dash of the Interceptor, I used the photo-etch light shelf from the Aoshema detail kit in place of the thicker plastic one, and added a cylinder thingy, I have no idea what it is, but it's on the original car so in it goes, for this I used a small piece of dowel and a cut off piece of pin. I'll be adding the little doll head later.
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AuthorHi there, I'm Chris and welcome to my workbench. I've been building models since i was 6 or 7 years old. I thought it would be fun to share some of my projects! Archives
May 2017
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