This is my entry for this wonderfull campaign. Was a very enjoyable build. All comments welcome and thanks to all that helped...John







Hope it's not to many photos.

I think the vehicle came out very nice!

The groundwork is a bit distracting, however. It looks like it's parked on green shag carpet. Also, the tall grass on the driver's side must be at least 10-12 scale feet tall! Is that thing on the other side supposed to be a stump? If so, it needs to be blended to the ground a bit better -- right now it looks like some sort of modern sculpture sitting on the green carpet.

I'm not trying to be mean, John, just giving my opinion.

looks real good John. I agree that the clump of grass needs to be shorter and it also looks like you can still see the mold line on the spare tyres.

Other then that a superb job.

Cliff

Wow! The sand color came out much better than I thought! The grass looks good to me, this kind of stuff grows near swamps and small lakes. I have to agree with the others about the stump and the mold lines on the spares. This is the stuff that's easy to fix.

Replies are always welcome! Never will I take offense to a constructive comment. I agree with the tree stump critique.. it has caused me fits. What the heck to make it look right?...The tires are rubber and I went through a lot to sand down the seam..What do most folks do to deal with that? I can only improve with comments. :-)

1. Put them in the freezer for a day, then sand with very fine sandpaper, helps keeps the fuzzie's down.
2. A NEW single edge, or better yet, a double edge razor blade. Double edges blades are thinner and more flexible then single edge, I just put a few layers of tape over one edge, gently and slowly shave off the seam.
3. A hot knife, on a medium temp, I use an old dimmer switch and outlet set up as my temp controller/speed controller, I have a genuine hot knife, but usually just use my 15/30 watt soldering iron. Lightly run the side of the hot knife blade around the seam, not too hot or too much pressure, or you will melt your tire. You should see the seam melting back into the tire before you actually touch the tire.

At home I usually use the hot knife/ soldering iron, but at work, I usually use the freezer/razor blade.


Oh, the name of the place is Chevy's.... rt 10 and 202

Thanks for the tips Dave. Tuesday anytime in the afternoon is good..name a time

Ciao PvtParts,
I really like the model. It came out extremely well. The stump is an easy fix. All you have to do is paint dark, fine lines to separate the bark and inner wood and then gradually lighten to the center of the broken trunk. It will give the illusion of the tree. I can tell it's a stump (now, that you said it was.) It just needs the paint job to suggest that it's a trunk. Hope it helps.
Ciao for now
Rob

I like it! Very neat build!

Other than whats already said that u need to fix, the model looks GREAT, good work, continue it!!!

I'm off Tuesday, so how about a late lunch, about 2 PM is fine with me, Don't know if you are working, then any time after work is fine, Like I said I'm off Tuesday,

Overall this is a fine model. Its quite eye-catching actually. As I said in one of the earlier threads, Im gonna buy this the next time I see it. I really like your finish and weathering. No point going into the same points mentioned above .. the only other thing I could see was the stabilisers at the back .... the left one is not totally horizontal. See pics 4 and 5.
Something else I said earlier also, was the inclusion of a driver/figure would have added some life to the model and give it that extra edge! The model has the perfect place at either side for him! Just my €0.02!
Best of luck.

Thanks all for your replies I will try to fix up what has been mentioned and post an update.

It came out very nice. The finish is done beautifully and I think that you did just enough weathering. I like the simple base. Bravo

Why thankyou Dave