Junkyard Dog

[Rick Lowe]

Ooh, that's good to know - hopefully they may become more readily available.
Well, I can dream...

[kerick]

I ordered directly from True North website. A local shop has it but not the color I needed.

[kerick]

We are going away for the weekend plus appointments through Wednesday so maybe the paint will arrive and I can try some more painting by Thursday. I'm going to try a little weathering by spraying a dust coat of light grey or sand or the upper surfaces and something darker on the lower parts. Any suggestions in that regard are appreciated.

[Old Wombat]

For very light weathering/fading I use either Tamiya XF-57 Buff or XF-78 Wooden Deck Tan, extremely dilute , using either isopropyl alcohol or methylated spirits (white spirit) ... Like half a drop of paint in the cup of my airbrush full of IPA/metho.

Apply it as randomly as possible over the top of the build, keeping the airbrush moving constantly (don't stop unless you've already stopped the paint flow).

[kerick]

For very light weathering/fading I use either Tamiya XF-57 Buff or XF-78 Wooden Deck Tan, extremely dilute , using either isopropyl alcohol or methylated spirits (white spirit) ... Like half a drop of paint in the cup of my airbrush full of IPA/metho.

Apply it as randomly as possible over the top of the build, keeping the airbrush moving constantly (don't stop unless you've already stopped the paint flow).

Sounds good. All I'm looking for is to tone it down and give it some dusty areas. I'll try turning the pressure down and use the smallest needle. I've used the middle sized needle and 20 psi for general painting. I also had a problem with the airbrush pulsing as I painted. I tightened the nozzle holder as much as I dared and it was much better.

[kerick]

Some more paint. A little flat black for the MERDC pattern. Needless to say I've had to improvise a bit but I'm following the M60 pattern as best I can. So, on to the pics!









It was soooo tempting to try and paint in the black with a brush. You may notice I tried it with olive drab in a couple spots and you could see the brush marks. Got out the silly putty after that and sprayed it on. Brushing would have been quicker but I think the spray turned out much better. I think the difference between the light and dark green stands out much more now. BTW, silly putty has worked out well on this build. Maybe it just gets along better with enamels than acrylics. Hard to say without a degree in chemical engineering. I also managed to mask around a couple of boo boos and covered them up. Next is the True North Interior Green that has not arrived in the mail yet. Soon I hope. I've been working on the tracks and I have one side in place. I hope the CA glue holds. I should add a couple of loops of thread just to be sure. It will be hidden by the skirts anyway. The RWS is just stuck on for now just for the pics. This thing will look so much different with all the fiddly bits attached!

[buzzbomb]

Yowza !!  this is looking great 

[kerick]

I got both tracks on! Progress without much swearing! I had some very thin steel wire I closed the joint with. That won't come off ever. At least it's hidden by the skirts. Some of the paint flaked off but not too much. They look like rubber band tracks but I don't think we'll ever see replacements.

[Old Wombat]

Damn! That's looking really good!

[Wardukw]

Beautiful work Ken ..Junkyard Dog is gonna is gonna have to change it's name me thinks 🤔 😅

[NARSES2]

Damn! That's looking really good!

Couldn't of puuting it better 

I'd be tempted to leave it looking clean like that rather than weathered and used, and simply say it was cleaned up especially for a Presidential inspection 

[kerick]

Thanks everyone!
I wasn't going to weather it much at all. It's not something I'm used to doing on my models. We'll see what happens.

[Wardukw]

Thanks everyone!
I wasn't going to weather it much at all. It's not something I'm used to doing on my models. We'll see what happens.

Ya know weathering can be a massive can of worms mate and sometimes not worth opening and in this case I'd keep it sealed...for this mate she's perfect as a display at a military expo or something like that 👍
Chris is dead right ..she's a beaut bud   
Myself all I'd do is give it a pin wash but I've been to a couple of expos and those machines are as spotless as they can get em so you could get away with not even doing that   

[kerick]

Thanks everyone!
I wasn't going to weather it much at all. It's not something I'm used to doing on my models. We'll see what happens.

Ya know weathering can be a massive can of worms mate and sometimes not worth opening and in this case I'd keep it sealed...for this mate she's perfect as a display at a military expo or something like that 👍
Chris is dead right ..she's a beaut bud   
Myself all I'd do is give it a pin wash but I've been to a couple of expos and those machines are as spotless as they can get em so you could get away with not even doing that   

A little diorama with some generals standing around and display boards describing it.

[kerick]

Here's a pic or two of the tracks. Since this was taken I added a rod that passed through the hull and pushed the top run of track down to increase the tension. Looks better that way. I still need to tone down the silver and make the rust look a bit more believable.





I was attempting some touch up painting with a brush. Some turned out great and some has a different sheen that makes it obvious. The worst is on the skirts and that can be resprayed.