Well finally some progress! Basic construction and base colors have been applied. I have placed some components just to give a better idea of the final look. All base colors have been made very light as the extensive weathering will darken things up quite a bit.




Next will be detail painting, bringing the wood to a more uniform and realistic look, and then I can begin the weathering! I hope you guys like it so far. I look forward to your feedback.

lain, I like it alot !!! What Paint Line and colors are you useing? Looking Real Nice so far. milvehfan

Looking better every step Iain I'm curious to see how you are going to approach the weathering of the wood.

Iain-- what is the type wood and size you used for the bed?
thanks
DJ

DJ,
This is the plastic molded wood that comes with the kit. I simply cut some away to add some dimension to the inside of the bed and reveal some of the frame work below. I thought about using bass wood or balsa but I do not care for the way it looks when weathered. I will post up some pics of the wood that comes with the kit later this evening. Dragon had done an excelent job of casting the grain.

Nice looking flatbed, so far. Do you plan on making this a shelf queen or adding an engine to it?

Matt, This one will most likely end up filled with debri and coupled to a flat car w/ Panzer III Ausf K.
These are a few pics of what is being done so far to bring the wood to life. I hope you like it!


Images show the application of a wash mixed from AK Interactive AK023 "Dark Mud" that has been thinned to use as both a wash and a filter to harmonise the woods base colors.
Hopefully, I will have made some more progress with this one today!

Iain-- your work on the floorbed is superb! Thanks for the response to my question. Great job.
DJ

Just a bit of progress today as work gets in the way.
These pics show how the portion of the boards closest to the edge of the flatbed have been damaged by standing water & mold.
In the first image, Humbrol White has been used to put down a base for water damage & mold.

The second image shows AK Interactive "Slimy Grime Dark" thinned and used to show some nasty green mold and mildew on the boards. Thinned mixture is transparent and gives a pleasing effect over the Humbrol white.

Third image shows AK Interactive "Winter Streaking Grime" being used straight from the bottle to darken up the very edge and add yet another shade of MUCK! Here you can see a bit of "Fuel Stains" to represent something leaking onto the wood.

So this is it so far. Let me know what you think of it as there is much more to do!

Some more small progress. These are the sliding doors from the inside of the railcar. The doors on the kit are molded in place so I removed them and cut these from sheet brass. This will enable me to have each one either open or closed as well as slightly bent and dinged up!




Each has been chipped using Vallejo's "Tank Brown" . Man these are small....tough on the eyes as there are 20 of them!!!

Wow, make sure you give your eyes frequent brakes! I can't believe the planks are the kit parts, they are turning out really nicely. The slimy grime is particularly impressive.