'41 Chevy Pickup, scale 1:25

[JohnTolcher]

Hi everyone

After finishing the Mini, and having AK Interactives Extreme Weathering Vehicles book in hand, I had to take things further with this amazing theme.

This is a kit from revel, and pretty good for the most part. The biggest problem was the grill, which was a solid block of chromed plastic with no openings. I dechromed it with bleach and cut most of it away, replacing the slats with strips of aluminium.



I won't bore you with the basics, but move onto the paint which is again a test bed for some experimental tomfoolery.

More soon. 

[JohnTolcher]

After washed and dried, everything was primed with Tamiya surface primer from a rattle can. Tamiya acrylics/lacquer paints were used to paint everything dark brown.

Then various rusty shades of Vallejo acrylic paints, were sponged on.


While the paint was wet, rust coloured pigments were sprinkled on.

[JohnTolcher]

When dry the excess pigments were brushed off.


After curing for a few hours this was given a couple of good coats of Testors Matt Lacquer Spray (Dullcote).

[JohnTolcher]

This is the kind of finish I'm after, an interesting mix of colours and effects:


I hope to continue uploading images in a few hours, see you then.

[Chuck Doan]

I'm glad to see more details on this. Superbly done John. I may borrow that rust idea!

[finescalerr]

I am really glad to see you back at the workbench. Satisfactory work at this stage. -- Russ

[JohnTolcher]

Thanks guys, here's some more in progress shots.

For the cab I just sprayed the roof with hairspray. It's taken me a little practice with the can to get a good feel for how much to spray, even now I add too much sometimes.


All paints were Tamiya acrylics here, thinned with Tamiya Lacquer thinner. Just thin coats, only just opaque, purple brown on the roof, orange yellow on the sides.

[JohnTolcher]

Next a shade of blue green was sprayed on the sides, again not too thick.


Then I carefully added some scuffs and scratches with a fine sanding stick. Fortunately, sponging the Vallejo paint makes it quite thick and less likely to be cut through.

[lab-dad]

EXCELLENT!
I have been wanting to do a truck ever since Marc posted his.
Looking forward to your grill efforts, actually the whole project!

-Marty

[JohnTolcher]

Hi Marty, thanks for following.

Now I mixed equal parts of windex and water, and used a paint brush just damp with this liquid and stared to brush down the blue-green to removed some of it. In some areas I worked longer to eat the paint away down to the rust.
Also I used a wet paint brush to chip the roof, just water.


With the sides of the vehicle and fenders, I tried something a little different again. Firstly the rust using Vallejo paint and pigments like before, and the Testors Spray Lacquer. Then the hairspray, but just a single thin layer. It was important here that it be just a thin layer of HS.

Then the purple brown, oversprayed with the yellow, oversprayed with the blue green. The sanding stick was used again, then the windex/water solution was used on a fine paint brush to carefully add fading and chipping. The windex/water slowly eats away the Tamiya paint, exposing lower layers as you continue to work on them . The effect is a soft one like fading. When it gets down to the hairspray, the solution starts to dissolve it leaving hard edged chips. The windex is more powerful at dissolving the hairspray then just water, that's why you need to keep the HS thin when you apply it.

[JohnTolcher]

With the parts of the kit which came already chromed, I sprayed a quick burst of the Testors Matt Lacquer to age the finish. With The grill, I airbrushed a few coats of Mr Color Metallic Silver. Not a mirror finish but good enough I think for something old and rusty, and which will be dirtied up. The wiper was made from two pieces of the finest brass wire I had, soldered together, and a new side mirror was scratch built.


Next I used oil paints to add streaks, rust stains, and shadows. Then pigments were added to the wheels and various areas, fixed with Mig Productions pigment fixer. A tarp was made from teabag paper painted with a heavy coat of Vallejo paint, which went kind of rubbery when just dry. It was then positioned until it cured in a few hours, and had highlights and shadows painted.

The hungry boards were made of extra large match sticks, cut down and distressed with a scalpel and wire brush, then sanded. They were paint light grey using acrylics, then had several washes with black and grey/green oil paints thinned with white spirit.

[JohnTolcher]

So this is the result! Thanks Marc and Chuck, and others for the inspiration and instruction.

[JohnTolcher]

[Design-HSB]

Hello John, simply terrific car have come to life so right.

[eTraxx]

Great work. I have a 1949 Ford car that I'm going to start working on and this pickup gives me 'path' to follow. Excellent and thanks.