Semi of Doom!

[Captain Canada]

For such a dirty POS the O/O sure keeps the inside tidy !



Nice work, Black-o.....your weathering is superb ! Some more detail into your method would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers !

[DropBear]

Love the weathering effect. Good job. Keep on truckin.   

[nev]

that's some awesome weathering on the outside  but like Todd sez, the inside could use some wear and tear.

[BlackOps]

I made some progress today. I'm going to try to explain my weathering for those who asked.
 
1. I use Model Masters Acrylics. First I paint a flat black base coat.


2. For the first wash I use about a half paintbrush of paint to about five paintbrush's full of water mixed in a tin. (earth red)


3. Put on first wash wet and sloppy   Don't worry about it being perfect, it's goint to pool in some areas, let it. It will dry a lot lighter than you think.
Here it is wet.

Here it is dry.

Another trick I use is to speed up the drying time with a blow dryer. You can also use the blow dryer to send streaks in a certain direction.

4. Wash number two, pretty much the same as wash one except I used Radome tan. Here it is wet.

Once again don't be afraid to be messy. Here it is dry.


5. At this point I repeat wash one and then you can do some detailing if you like. Once I get all the paintwork done I'm going to go back and hit it with some pastel chalk to add more detail but that's not pictured yet.

I hope this helps, you can see how the final wash looks in the following pics.

And now onto todays progress.

I got the screen in the windows, and yep they block out most of the view of the interior.


I got the frame for the flatbed built, I changed directions on what I had originally planned. Originally I was going to build a big box on the back.

Flat bed in progress.


Here is the front plow, made up of sheet styrene and plastruct I beams and other goodies.


Some of the detailing on the plow was created using a rough grit sandpaper. I also grunged up the cab a bit. I will do more later when I get to the Pastels stage but I still have some construction to do first.

[B777LR]

 

[Brian da Basher]

That's stunning, Black Ops! I love the details with the weathering and the grills on the windows. I'm really looking forward to seeing more!

Brian da Basher

[Sisko]

Lookin good I do love that honkin big plow

What did you use for the window grills?

Just one thing. You might have to add some vents or something so that the radiator gets air otherwise that puppy is going to get a few miles down the road and over heat.

[BlackOps]

DOH! Hadn't thought about air flow, I'll have to do some thinkin' 

The window grills are some wire mesh I picked up at my local Michael's Craft store.

[John Howling Mouse]

What the---?!   

How'd you---?!     

I'm completely flabbergasted, man!  You pull this out like it was nothing...

I swear that's not painted plastic.  That's genuine aged metal.  HAS to be.  Now, cut it out, already!!   

[BlackOps]

Progress! We've got some progress here!

Still have some things to do to but this but this is where I'm at right now.





Oh, did I mention there's a new addition? 

[BlackOps]

A couple more:

[Ed S]

Great work.  Very realistic weathering. 

Ed

[Brian da Basher]

Looks like it drove right off the set of a "Mad Max" flick. Great work. Jeff!

Brian da Basher

[John Howling Mouse]

Oh wow, a JEEP too-----love the bumpers on the JEEP.  Fantastic workmanship.  So believably real.
   

[BlackOps]

Thanks guys, here's a few more.

Test fitting the tire ramps in the down position.


Test fitting the side armor for the rear wheels and tire ramps in stowed position also provide protection for the jeep.


Still have to work on the attachment points so the armor is removable. Then more painting