Model kit builders?

[Bone_Ranger]

Reversed the old "Chevrolet in a Ford" trope here...

 

[bilbo]

Reversed the old "Chevrolet in a Ford" trope here...
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I like the patina you add to your models. All I've ever done is spotless paint jobs. I'd like to learn some of the techniques to add dirt, rust, dents, etc.

 

[RobbieD]

I'd like to learn some of the techniques to add dirt, rust, dents, etc.

Just buy it new, and drive it for 30 years.


I have to agree, though. @Bone_Ranger nails it with the weathering, rust and patina. I enjoy looking at these well-done models.

 

[Curious Hound]

Just buy it new, and drive it for 30 years.


I have to agree, though. @Bone_Ranger nails it with the weathering, rust and patina. I enjoy looking at these well-done models.

The model train guys really get into that. They call it “weathering”. They even have paint colors with names like “grime” and “rust “and “mud”.

 

[Bone_Ranger]

 

[Bone_Ranger]

Boss 429 powered '49 F-3 Rat Wrecker. Because why the hell not

 

[Bone_Ranger]

 

[Bone_Ranger]

 

[Bone_Ranger]

The trailer was wrapped up yesterday, but the F-150 and Ranger are older projects.

 

[Bone_Ranger]

Just did a pair of '63 trucks in memory of a deceased modeler.

'63 F100 with '95 Cobra power

'63 M100 with '97 Cobra power

Added a ladder rack to a '63 I finished a while back

And built a rundown ex show truck based on one I used to see running around locally

 

[KaHOnas]

I used to build models, mostly 1:48 scale airplanes, when I was younger. I stopped doing it around 13 or 14 years old. I still have a bunch of kits that I never built but I have no idea what to do with them. I'd prefer they go to someone who would actually build them. I will not throw them away or donate them. Not that I have any problem with donation but I'm afraid they would get abused and broken or pieces lost.

I've still got a Testors YF-22 model kit. You know you're old when the models you built as a kid of prototype aircraft are soon to be retired.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I used to build models, mostly 1:48 scale airplanes, when I was younger. I stopped doing it around 13 or 14 years old. I still have a bunch of kits that I never built but I have no idea what to do with them. I'd prefer they go to someone who would actually build them. I will not throw them away or donate them. Not that I have any problem with donation but I'm afraid they would get abused and broken or pieces lost.

I've still got a Testors YF-22 model kit. You know you're old when the models you built as a kid of prototype aircraft are soon to be retired.

I still have a number of kits sitting around too, but I’m fully intending on building them, I just currently don’t have space to really set anything up to work. I keep looking at them in my closet and I’d really like to put them together and display them somewhere.

 

[Bone_Ranger]

Just wrapped up the Moebius wrecker. I changed it to a '70 and added some stuff from my spare parts pile.

 

[Bone_Ranger]

Here's that wrecker kit chassis with a plow, a scratch built bed, a '60 cab, and a 7.3 Powerstroke.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Here's that wrecker kit chassis with a plow, a scratch built bed, a '60 cab, and a 7.3 Powerstroke.
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You do some really nice work!