Hi!


Picked ut this one at the LHS the other day, funny kit! Never built anything like this before and thought it would be fun for a change.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_001_redigerad.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_002_redigerad.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_003_redigerad.jpg

You even get a small box approx. 1 1/3 scale!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_007_redigerad.jpg

It looks really good, everything looks better then before. Neatly packed with everthing bagged separatly with the chrome trees wraped in paper for protection amongst themselfs in their bag.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_004_redigerad.jpg

The chrome looks better then ever!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_010_redigerad.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_013_redigerad.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_012_redigerad.jpg

First day of building, frame, engine and wood in their base colours. The tarp is almost finished, just a thin layer of the base colour again to tie everything up and tone it down a bit. Then I will add patches from the decal sheet and after that give it a light mist coat of some dirt and dust-colour.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Process_002_redigerad.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Locklyft_005_redigerad.jpg

Made new intaketrumpets from a scrapped antenna and springs from copper wire instead of the chunks in the box.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Process_008_redigerad.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Process_005_redigerad.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Process_006_redigerad.jpg

Also started on the woodgrain, tedious job so this is where I left off yesterday. Plenty more to do before it's finished.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/IMG_2060.jpg

Finally a quick mock-up to show where things are heading. I'd really like to have a small base with a cactus or two. Frame is now candy red and I think a quick rub will make it shine.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/Process_009_redigerad.jpg

Wouldn't it be nice with something like this beside it with a few rocks and gravels around!
http://www.triplertack.com/images/cactus2s.jpg


Well, that's about it for this time.
Niclas

cool kit, never saw this before.
keep it up

:rofl: :lol: :lol: :lol2: :lol2: :grinno: The model comes with a gun! :lol: :lol:

It looks like you are going to do it justice though. Nice work on the stacks and the springs!

YEEEEEHAAAAA..!!!!! Gitty-up-doggy..!!! Looks Great Man..I think it's cool to step out of the same old builds..With the kind of detail you have going on it's going to be quite a challenge..CAN'T wait to see more..!!!..I LIKE it!!

that's a pretty cool kit. interested to see how this turns out.

Got some more done on the 'Stogie.

All woodwork is done and I'm pretty satisfied with the result of it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/IMG_2111.jpg

Some decals found a home on the "car" too.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/IMG_2107.jpg

...and finally a little mock-up of how it's looking for the moment with all the patches put in place but still lacking the final weathering.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/proosen/Lil%20stogie/IMG_2103.jpg



Soo long!
Niclas

ha! love it Niclas :thumbsup:

That brought a smile to my face :lol:

What is that flat box art ????

Wow!

That's one cool model!
Great job on those wood panels, they look very realistic. :thumbsup:
Could you tell us more about how you did it?

I would probly never get this kit as it always seemed too toy-like to me, but leave it to you to bring out the beauty in it. Excellent skills at work here, great looking model.

ha! love it Niclas :thumbsup:

That brought a smile to my face :lol:

What is that flat box art ????


He he....:)

That box art is a sheet that apparently comes in all AMT reissues from now on. There is the same kind of box in all of them I've seen so far and it's about 1 1/3 scale of the big box.

I'll try to have this ready really soon, have some spare time for the moment since I'm out of employment for a while. Oh well, hope to get something to do real soon or I'll start climbing the walls.


Niclas

Wow!

That's one cool model!
Great job on those wood panels, they look very realistic. :thumbsup:
Could you tell us more about how you did it?


Thank you!


The wood panels is done as follows:

First there is a coat of Humbrol 71 that I let cure for a day or two.

Then I roughly painted the dark parts with a thin brush and Humbrol 9, let that cure for 15-20 minutes.

Then it's time for some light strokes with a flat brush slightly damp with white spirit. Best is to squeese out as much spirit as possible and let it rest while doing the #9 colour.
In a rather slobby and not to tidy way I sweep the wood lenghtwise to sort of blend the two colours together a bit. If the brush is to damp the effect will get lost as most of the paint will get rubbed out or away totaly.

When this is thoroughly dry I simply brushed on some Tamiya clear orange to give it the final finish I wanted.



...and that's about it!

Niclas