Robert,

What colors do I have to paint the bridges. My resin kit has no color guide. What material is on top?
Thanks in advance.

RJ

This may be one of those "art versus reality" questions...

Those bridges were factory-made stock equipment items. I would expect that they came fully-painted without any naked wood showing - they almost certainly came painted in the prevailing regulation base color of the issue year (blah. I LIKE the wood look!).

So... I would suggest painting them thusly - with your vehicle base-color. BUT, as these were made of wood with metal fittings, a used bridge could have both chipping and metal-exposure on those parts AND gouged up wood on those areas!

Also, IF you are doing the track up with a camo scheme, which likely was applied by the crew or a small front-area shop team, you might consider whether your "paint crew" removed the bridges before painting on the camo, or whether they simply sprayed over everything. You could plausibly have bridges in base color while the track is camo'd.

Just my opinion and suggestions, of course!

Bob

Hi all,
Wood and metal. So they had to fix that together. Bolts, means weak spots on the wooden parts. when running over such a 'bridge' with tracks, there will be no paint left I think.
All kind of weathering to be done.
I've decided to make the wood out very thin bamboe grass (Asia shop placemat). Easy to cut and has some fine grain too.
Later on I will post some pics on the work I've done today.

Cheers,

RJ

next question (sorry)... the "cab" part of the 251 - would that be painted the base exterior colour in the same way as the main crew compartment? am assuming so....

photos later but progress has begun - have the bottom & suspension built up. Plan is to do the upper & lower interior as individual parts, paint and weather, then put it together and do the exterior once all that is together