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YellowJacket.. my current labor of love...
02/13/10 at 02:41:24

Well, most of you have all seen my Darkside model. If not, check this section of the forum and enjoy.

Here is the current progress of YellowJacket (still in it's early stages despite over 10 hours of just paintwork.)

Kit:
Model King Strip Fowl - '56 Ford Victoria 1:25
Dimensions:
7.5" L x 3.5" W x 2.5" H

KIT MOLDED IN WHITE PLASTIC!

Stage 1:
Paint Whole Vehicle In Rust Primer + Remove Molded In Trunk

Stage 2:
Paint taxi yellow base layer and start rust treatment. Start fabrication of door armor. Start painting chassis.

Stage 3:
2nd rust treatment. Addition of armor fasteners/reinforcement.

Stage 4: Current:
First application of Dulcote. Additional driver's door beam (still to be weathered). Interior painted (can even see the numbers on the speedo). Gas Can construction and paint. More rear axle assembly.

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Re: YellowJacket.. my current labor of love...
Reply #1 - 02/13/10 at 03:47:44

you are the fucking man..

I gotta ask.. how do you do the rusting/weathering? on my train layout, despite everything being older, I havent done anything besides whitewashing the old brick buildings.. all the cars and trains are in relatively 'good' shape

I wanna do some rusty train cars with graffiti on them as well as some beat up cars behind the chop shop. eventually, I wanna expand the layout onto another table and the first thing I wanna do is a junkyard (Zorko maybe??) with some shabbed out cars. and across the street, I wanna do a redneck trailer park.. with some rusty, tin trailers

again, amazing work. I cant wait to see a finished product

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Gamer85 Human – Fungus Hybrid Offline I Love Space Jam! Posts: 5	Re: YellowJacket.. my current labor of love... Reply #2 - 02/13/10 at 03:54:44 HOLY SHIT!!!!! Dude I hope you are making a living out of this.
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Reply #3 - 02/13/10 at 04:03:36

Gamer85 - If I could make a living from building models, I would quit my job tomorrow. Trust me on that one! LOL!

The Dizaster Child - Thanks for the compliments on this one as I've got a lot of work to do still. I've got almost 12 hours of painting on here already. I started with a bottom rust color (the primer in the first pics), then a layer of Aqua Net hairspray (yes hair spray) to protect the rust primer. Then layered 5 coats of taxi yellow I mixed up. Used a very very stiff short bristle brush to start scrubbing off the yellow top coat to reveal the rust primer. Once I got the main rust spots worn down, then instead of working DOWN through the paint, you start building UP, with different rust palette colors on top and throw in some pastel chalks drybrushed on a Dulcoat (flat finish clear coat). You put the Dulcoat over the pastel chalk dusts so they don't rub off each time you touch the body. I'm happy with it so far. You can also use hairspray and salt to get a nice rusty/chipping paint effect.

Trust me, it takes a lot of time and patience to "Rust" plastic. haha

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The Dizaster Child Tiger Woods' golf club (which is also his penis) Offline Your dream girl is my fuck buddy. Posts: 7567 The Catastrophe Factory Gender:	Re: YellowJacket.. my current labor of love... Reply #4 - 02/13/10 at 04:11:06 that is epic.. I figured the rust base came into play, but the base looked real reddish compared to whats underneath the yellow. thats why I asked.. the brush bristles are rather stiff, right?
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Reply #5 - 02/13/10 at 04:24:43

I took an old brush I had, and cut the bristles about 1/8th (.125 inch) away from the base of the handle, and use that and whatever you can take paint off with (water for acrylics / thinner for enamels). Dip the VERY short bristle brush into the "remover" and then scrub away, then wipe the residue off with a tissue or something, whatever you please.

I'll post pics of my brush tomorrow for you.

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Mr.SLaM The offspring of Tom Selleck’s and Burt Reynold’s Mustaches Offline I make videogames for a living or something Posts: 1036 PA Gender:	Re: YellowJacket.. my current labor of love... Reply #6 - 02/13/10 at 04:28:06 freackin awsome man!
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Reply #7 - 02/13/10 at 05:16:15

YJ318 wrote on 02/13/10 at 04:24:43:

I took an old brush I had, and cut the bristles about 1/8th (.125 inch) away from the base of the handle, and use that and whatever you can take paint off with (water for acrylics / thinner for enamels). Dip the VERY short bristle brush into the "remover" and then scrub away, then wipe the residue off with a tissue or something, whatever you please.

I'll post pics of my brush tomorrow for you.

thanks man, much appreciated

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Magnum Admin Offline What? Not now. I'm Masturbating. Posts: 6060 Who wants the undies? Come on! Gender:	Re: YellowJacket.. my current labor of love... Reply #8 - 02/13/10 at 13:46:04 Fuckin-A Dude. That is really impressive work so far. Looks really awesome. That's crazy how small them screws and bolts are, and the time to paint. DAYUMN!!!!!
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XIZOR Tiger Woods' golf club (which is also his penis) Offline Posts: 7985	Re: YellowJacket.. my current labor of love... Reply #11 - 02/14/10 at 18:01:57 Pretty awesome indeed. The icing on the cake would be to have a scale model of the actual drivers to go along with their awesome vehicles. Maybe even have it sitting in the car. I'm sure that would be even harder than trying to model the car itself though.
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Archminion Admin Offline I Love Space Jam! Posts: 2479 Sunderland, UK Gender:	Re: YellowJacket.. my current labor of love... Reply #12 - 02/14/10 at 20:19:06 once again mate, totally stunning. really can't say much more than that.
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Reply #13 - 02/14/10 at 22:19:11

XIZOR wrote on 02/14/10 at 18:01:57:

Pretty awesome indeed. The icing on the cake would be to have a scale model of the actual drivers to go along with their awesome vehicles. Maybe even have it sitting in the car. I'm sure that would be even harder than trying to model the car itself though.

you could seat the drivers in their cars before putting the body on.. once the interior is 100% finished

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YJ318 Ted Danson's Forehead Offline PSN ID - SVT2536 Posts: 1591 In Your Nightmares Gender:	Re: YellowJacket.. my current labor of love... Reply #14 - 02/15/10 at 01:05:20 If I was ever to make a Dollface figure, I'd have to have her outside the truck as the body is already cemented to the chassis and will not be separated. Maybe have her all huddled on the running board with her arms around her knees like in some of the promo photos.
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