LM 841 (weathering/Diorama commission work)

[tiking]

I was given this new LM 841 to weather for a friend of mine, Rickard Algotsson. I decided to give this 1:50 scale model a go. It's a beautiful model with great details. Surprisingly enough, it is not made completely out of metal but the body part is mostly plastic. The arm connectors and joints, and all the small details are made from metal. An amazing piece, I must say. The only addition in respect to details is the antenna.I painted the hydraulic coupling ends silver to give the appearance of actual couplings and painted the exhaust stack, silver as well. I weathered the folks using a combination of rust, smoke to make the forks look rusty, like most of the reference photos I saw. For the rest of the model I used the sponge technique, very carefully, all over the model.

As this was a 1:50 scale, I had to try and control my hand movements as this was a smaller scale compared to what I was used to. The results is what you see. I've posted the original model, before weathering, and photos after the weathering was completed. I think, with the great details the model has already, I've managed to enhance them, making them pop even more.

Before weathering:







After Weathering:






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[tiking]

Indoor Diorama photos:

[fafnir]

Incredible weathering!!

[ianc911]

Musem quality...

ianc

[tiking]

Thanks for looking guys.

[Johan_SWE]

An amazing build.
The weathering is just spot on. I guess you have had very good reference pictures of the loader.
For me personally this brings a smile to my face and childhood memories. This was the type of loader widely used in Sweden back in the 1970ies and early 80ies.
Most often I remember them being in a state like this one in the diorama.


Hat of for a build so well executed!


/Johan

[tiking]

Originally Posted by Johan_SWE

An amazing build.
The weathering is just spot on. I guess you have had very good reference pictures of the loader.
For me personally this brings a smile to my face and childhood memories. This was the type of loader widely used in Sweden back in the 1970ies and early 80ies.
Most often I remember them being in a state like this one in the diorama.


Hat of for a build so well executed!


/Johan

Tack för det Johan. Det känns jätte bra för att läsa din kommentar. Jag hat fått många kommentarer från från många om detta modellen. Mång barndoms minne så klart, precis lik dina minne. Känns kul för att veta att det uppskattas. Thank you.

[Kjenjak]

Outstanding! Converting the looks from almost toy like to more or less real life...

[tiking]

Thanks.

[Captain Mark]

Holy cow the weathering, the diorama, it's all amazing - I'm sure you're super proud of that one!!

[tiking]

Originally Posted by Captain Mark

Holy cow the weathering, the diorama, it's all amazing - I'm sure you're super proud of that one!!

Thank you. I'm most definitely am.

[360spider]

Wonderful!

[tiking]

Originally Posted by 360spider

Wonderful!

Thank you kindly.