Greatings all,
I have started to bring this project to life with some paint base coats and would like to share the progress as it moves along.

I have started with the frame work. This has been painted with a mix of Vallejo Model Air paints to get a bare steel color.



The next images show some scratch built sliding doors. Although the quality of this kit is outstanding, I felt that the doos supplied in the kit are bit thick. Also, I would like to show doors that have taken a beating from shifting cargo and thin brass sheet enabled me to bend the doors up a bit!


Shown here are the steel wheels. My first instinct was to use a ACLAD II paint to get the colors correct. Instead I experimented with Vallejo Model Air colors and I am excited about the results!

The inside of the flat bed will be littered with rolled track and debri. These are vinyl Tiger I tracks from Dragon. These have been painted with a mix of Vallejo browns, Reds, and Grey. The pins were brush painted silver and washes with a thinned AK Interactive " Streaking Grime"


If you guys are interested in this one, I will post more pics as it developes.

Nice I like the S hooks where are they from?

Michael

Heck Yes ! There are a couple of other 1/35th R.R. builders who post here and those are some of my favorites ! Thanks for sharing ! Tom

Very nice pictures! I'm interested in where you got the S hooks too.

TJ

Guys, thank you for the feedback. In 1 day or so this framework should be base coated and rusted. I will post up some pics of the process.
The "S" hooks came from the spares box. They are most likely from a Dragon or Tamiya armor kit. They were molded with the tool clamps. The tool clamps were sanded out to leave just the "S" hook. These were painted with a mix of Vallejo "Cavalry Brown" and red. The chipping was done in a mix that most resembled cast iron.

This is awesome, keep the informative posts coming as you move along. I may give this a shot myself.

hi iain for more information about gutterwagons go to this site , it is in german but google can translate , plenty of line drawings and markings etc cheers ian
http://www.hs-merseburg.de/~nosske/EpocheII/fg/e2f_gwkb.html

Outstanding, so far, I like the paint finish here. I too would like to know where you found those S hooks. I'll be following this build also. milvehfan

Yes please keep the progress coming. It's making me think I might want to finally start the SSys i have

I really like what you did with the tracks and will likely, and politely, "borrow" that idea A question about the chain though. Whenever I see a twisted link chain like that I think of a raid on the jewelry box. Where there chains with that type of link used by the Germans, or anyone else, back then?