Hi all, here is where I am. Left to do is to mount the tracks, a pry bar and install the drivers folding windsheild. Commets always welcome!

Looks very good John, I like the muddy wheels. Like a proper prototype being put through it's paces. Great job on the shading and weathering, now finish the tracks and post the pic's

Cheers
Henk

Thanks Henk, I should have it completed by the weekend!

Whow!those wheels are muddy!guess thats why they call you sticky??????looking good! :-)

Very nicely done! The rust, corrosion and discolorations are very realistic!

Tom

Thanks Guys!




LOL, actually Sticky comes from my then 3 year old son and his interesting way he would eat a PB&J - it really was a Stickymess!






Its done very easily by layering different shades of reds, browns and orange!

Again thanks all for the great comments!

Hey John:
Thats a great looking unit, I'm always impressed with your flawlesspaint jobs, no unwanted stuff ,(bumps/lumps etc). Your photos are great, and really show off this baby, whats your secret to a light source, or any other secrets you want to give us in that department. This is going to be a great looking model when completed.

Regards
Bruce

Secrets Revealed! News at 11:00

Thanks Slug - Here is the low down on what I use to take the photos.

3x 200w bulbs in adjustable spots
1 5 megapixle camera
2 tripods one mini for table top, one regular
1 blue background curved between the table top and the wall.

Basic camera setting are the highest quality and resolution, white balance is set to incandesant, I then shoot 3 brackets per shot, meaning I set the F stop to 8.0 or higher, and I adjust the shutter speed for 3 adjacent settings; 30th 60th 125th, generally, but modified as needed. I then resize the pics in Paint shop pro - generally to 25% then load them up to my FTP space. Thats it

Thanks John, I'll play with a few of my "never used" buttons on my camera, I'm reminded of the white balance setting, forgot about that. Not sure I know what you mean by 25% of the original size, Do you mean 25% of the pixels, cause the highest setting is alot of pixels. Sorry about taking this

Bruce

Slug most of the pics i take are for print, therefor they are very large in size. To make them web friendly, i need to reduce the size - which actually decreases the quality, but for most monitors you cannot tell. So in short, yes i reduce them in size to 25% of the original.

Here are a couple more pics:

This is some great work, John. Were you by chance inspired by the photo of Dr. Porsche & the evaluators fording the ditch? Any chance we'll see this beauty take its place as the centrepiece of such a dio?

Thank you very much Robert, Infact I had the kit in hand BEFORE I actually found those pics! But the build is definatly influeced by those pics! As for a dio, it will definatly be mounted on a base, with some ground work, and maybe one fig.