Land Rover Defender LWB - Italeri 1/24

[cyberkid]

Fantastic weathering skills mate...
Wish I had the guts to do that... I keep on thinking I'll over-do it...
And you got a pm ^^~

[AmazonSprite]

Originally Posted by mrgixxer

Land Rovers bodies we're made of aluminium...so No rust....

Whilst most of the outer panels are indeed aluminium, they can still suffer badly from electrolytic corrosion where the ally turns to a white dust. I believe that this is due to the substructure being steel - the bulkhead is definitely steel & rusts like a fisherman's bucket.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by mrgixxer

Land Rovers bodies we're made of aluminum...so No rust....

Sshh! Don't tell anyone

Originally Posted by AmazonSprite

Whilst most of the outer panels are indeed aluminium, they can still suffer badly from electrolytic corrosion where the ally turns to a white dust. I believe that this is due to the substructure being steel - the bulkhead is definitely steel & rusts like a fisherman's bucket.

Thanks for that, Paul - good stuff to know. Actually, the weathering on the back drop down door has come out pretty much how you describe there was some kind of reaction between the medium and the paint which resulted in a white deposit/stain.

[AmazonSprite]

What you've done looks pretty accurate to me, especially on the sills - very impressed! If you're wanting to be ultra realistic, a favourite rot spot is the top door hinge area on the bulkhead.

A few useful links that I've just found:

http://rivertonrovers.com/images/alb...y_bulkhead.JPG

http://land-rover-rebuild.blogspot.com/

http://www.britpics.co.uk/LWBrst/

http://www.eastcoastrover.com/117.html

http://www.jojas.co.uk/defender_buyers_guide.htm

http://www.eastcoastrover.com/87.html

Really looking forward to seeing more progress

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by AmazonSprite

What you've done looks pretty accurate to me, especially on the sills - very impressed! If you're wanting to be ultra realistic, a favourite rot spot is the top door hinge area on the bulkhead.

A few useful links that I've just found:

http://rivertonrovers.com/images/alb...y_bulkhead.JPG

http://land-rover-rebuild.blogspot.com/

http://www.britpics.co.uk/LWBrst/

http://www.eastcoastrover.com/117.html

http://www.jojas.co.uk/defender_buyers_guide.htm

http://www.eastcoastrover.com/87.html

Really looking forward to seeing more progress

Many thanks!
Great materials and just what I needed.

[voyageur]

Hi Steven,

why is it that I must always lough out loud when I read your WIP threads?
Really funny how you experiment with unusual materials all the time, make a mess and still turn it into awesome dioramas. Mucho respect for that!

The Landy looks convincing - in a way. mrgixxer is right with his statement about the rust. Sorry about that, but even our 1964 (never rebuilt) move-the-bloody-oxygen-cylinders-to-the-diving-boat-beach-beater in South Africa didn't have such subtantial rust on the body. Hey - do not ask about the frame and axles, that's a (w)hole different story

Anyway. Weathering technique wise you definitely have some superb skills!

Keep it up, I'll be opcorn: opcorn: opcorn:

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by voyageur

Hi Steven,

why is it that I must always lough out loud when I read your WIP threads?
Really funny how you experiment with unusual materials all the time, make a mess and still turn it into awesome dioramas. Mucho respect for that!

The Landy looks convincing - in a way. mrgixxer is right with his statement about the rust. Sorry about that, but even our 1964 (never rebuilt) move-the-bloody-oxygen-cylinders-to-the-diving-boat-beach-beater in South Africa didn't have such subtantial rust on the body. Hey - do not ask about the frame and axles, that's a (w)hole different story

Anyway. Weathering technique wise you definitely have some superb skills!

Keep it up, I'll be opcorn: opcorn: opcorn:

Thanks Seb

You really would have laughed if you had seen my first attempt at the waterfall
I put too much color in the gel and it ended up looking like a river of sh*t running down the mountain I had to rip it out and start over again. This time I will be using something else for the water effect.

I can only agree about the rust. My bad.
However, I hope that when you see the finished model you will feel that I have tried to get mostly the rust where it should be and not too much where it shouldn't be

[klutz_100]

This is how the finished weathering is looking on the Landy




Following some very helpful remarks on what does and what doesn’t rust on a Land Rover, I have tried to limit my inclination to make everything rusty








Bird’s eye view. The “climbing” rope in the back is a piece of elastic smeared with MIG pigment dust.




The revised waterfall. I scrapped the first idea and instead, I used transparent bathroom silicon caulking. When the silicon has fully cured, I shall see about maybe colouring it and/or glazing it with gloss gel. If necessary.






The two put together for a test drive.






Thanks for looking

[jano11]

The rusted aluminum weathering looks great!
However the waterfall looks frozen. I'm sure you'll find a way to improve it.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Looks great! Nice weathering.

Waterfall needs color...otherwise it looks an awful lot like...uh...hair gel...

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

Waterfall needs color...otherwise it looks an awful lot like...uh...hair gel...

Oh! Tintin Diaz..




What can I say? First a river of brown stuff and now a quiff of hair gel.....

I'm working on it but I have to admit it would look very much at home in a frozen scene.

I appreciate the open feed back guys

[jano11]

Why don't you try with some slightly blue-greenish tinted transparent resin. Try out a few different consistencies that you let flow on a piece of cardboard or Styrofoam inclined. You'll just have to let it flow on using different angles and see which one gives you the right look.

I know it's easier to say than to actually do it!

[mrawl]

Love the truck, it looks fabulous. You should do some military, those guys are completely over the top, you'd be right at home I've seen a few steep streams, usually done with very dark background and just a thin glaze over the top for effect, it looks very realistic, however the waterfall is different if you're going to show falling water, it's a tough ask, we're betting on you though!

[cyberkid]

Originally Posted by mrawl

Love the truck, it looks fabulous. You should do some military, those guys are completely over the top, you'd be right at home

My thoughts exactly!

[LeeABC]

Brilliant work as usual! Makes my weathering look crap!

I will be watching this one closely.