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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 5 - A Mad Dash To Improve The Dashboard | Mar 26, 2004 |
#1. shows the back of the kit's dashboard. I have removed a small plastic detail so as to be able to sand the plastic thinner. The reason for this is so I can add dial detail from behind.
#2. shows the thinning down process using wet/dry sandpaper with water and sanding on a flat surface.
#3. shows the various dial faces drilled out. The top of the dash area has been carefully attached to ensure proper alighnment.
To add detail, I used some generic dial decals from the spares box (airplane models are good for something). These where placed onto a thin piece of Evergreen plastic card. I lined the placement of the dials by making a mark through the holes drilled through the thinned dashboard with a sharp pencil. This was cemmented to the back of the dashboard. Later, the dial recesses received a drop of Future clear acrylic from a tiny brush after all painting was completed. And as a final tweak the dial rims were drybrushed with a minimal application of steel colour. |
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