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Modeller Build Logs
Willys Jeep |
| By James Tainton | | Started: | Mar 17, 2004 | | Updated: | May 4, 2004 |
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Earlier this past summer ('03) I ventured away from my usual arena of absorption. Researching and building WW II German panzers and such is how I spend most of my valuable "hobby" time here on earth. However, sometimes just for a change of pace I will wander off into the Allied side of things. Well one of these roamings is to be the subject of this blog. A first attempt at building the newer Tamiya release of the venerable Willys Jeep of W.W. II. I have not used any photo-etch in the 1/35th scale replica but I have added a few scratch built tweaks and some stowage to add interest. For reference I searched the internet and a used an articles from Tamiya Modelling Magazine #65. |
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| Chapter 11 - Getting Interesting | Apr 27, 2004 |
Now I have added the clear plastic headlight parts. The inside of the green plastic shell was painted silver. I wanted them on before more dust was applied. They would get dirty on the real vehicle which is what I want to portray.
I've kept the wheels off to avoid coating them with an inappropriate dirt colour. I try to paint these to depict dirt accumulating from the outside in, so they will be weathered separately and added later. I try to apply the weathering colours as if the vehicle was driving down some dusty road. The dirt would accumulate from the bottom up and the upper surfaces receive the minimal amount of dusting. |
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