Venturing into the Wasteland 2

Started by Terry37, 09 June 2017, 05:10:11 PM

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toxicpixie

Looks very cool! I'd go with roof lights 'cos if you're plastered in Main Force Patrol markings stealth hidden flashers are probably a bit redundant :D
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Ithoriel

Very nicely done!

I'd go with roof lights for the reasons toxicpixie gave.
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Terry37

Thanks for the thoughts about the light bar on the roof guys.

Yes it does seem right to have the light bar what with all the DBP and police markings. But then I have to consider the blower assembly on the hood. If I am making it a standard police cruiser would it have a blower?????

On that point, my thinking was the Interceptor in Mad Max, it was a police car, but souped up, but as far as I know it had no markings. Although I have seen one picture on line that showed the word INTERCEPTOR on the rear deck - but that may have been some rendition and not the real Interceptor. Thoughts???? With the markings and the light bar I am thinking no to the blower assembly.

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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Blower - no not on a standard vehicle.

Been meaning to post - poundland in Birkenhead now have a set of modern cars which are smaller than 15mm, but might fit for you.

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Terry37

Finished making the police lights and installing them on the roof and added the tail pipes out the rear. Gave it a primer coat to see any pits I missed and see a few, so will fix those today, touch up the primer and it should be ready for painting.



Again being mostly black should not take long to paint it...... once I decide on the scheme I want to use.

Terry
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toxicpixie

Cor, and that was a Landrover a week ago!
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Terry37

The pits have been filled, , the putty filed and the model re-sanded. I applied a new primer coat and tomorrow will start painting it.

I have also finally decided on a color scheme that will give me the traditional American "Black and White" of a police cruiser, but also one that seems to the vehicle.



I will have different markings on it, but  this will give you an idea of how it's going to sort-of look.

More to follow,

Terry
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ronan

Quote from: Terry37 on 20 June 2017, 04:27:43 PM
Finished making the police lights and installing them on the roof and added the tail pipes out the rear. Gave it a primer coat to see any pits I missed (...)

Wonderful job !
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Terry37

Moving on and have started the base coats. Would have posted earlier, but it rook 9 coats of white to cover before I could paint the black. I use very thin coats of paint and prefer doing multiple coats as it seems to help alleviate the brush strokes.



This will give you an idea of how it's going to look, but still some final squaring up and the detailing to do before it will be ready for the decals. I also had to wait until this point to order the decals because I wasn't sure what sizes I needed.

More to follow,

Terry
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d_Guy

Definitely an amazing transformation, Terry. Continue to be impressed with your patient and skillful work.
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

Wow Terry, it's going to look great.
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