Current project: Teardrop Trailer , complete scratch building (!!Long thread!!)

[bobby28384]

Wow!! Great job!! People are going to have a hard time beating your obvious superiority!

EMAXX: pfft...you don't like VW!! Is Subaru better?!! (j/k)

[deedlit]

Hi all,

thanks for your comments and support.

Last w-e I was in a show so I had a lot of time to spend. So I painted all the blue parts of the seats and doorpanels.

I made step-by-step pics to explain on another forum my technique of oil paints. I always paint my interiors with oil paints , like Winsor&Newton, to give it a used or leather look.
I'll also explain you. :-)

1° Preparing the parts
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I've put all the parts on handles to easily hold them. The panels are visible in the previous pics, they were held on a card with bluetac.


2° Preparing the paint-mix
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With oil paints, more you mix paints more your paint will be mat (hoop you understand).
Here are the 4 colours I used.


Here is my stock of oil tubes.


And here is the mix I did. I added just a small part of red and 'crimson' to keep my colour blue.


3° Painting the first coat
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With a soft brush, paint all the primered parts. The part MUST be painted with a coloured mat coat first. This first coat will 'hold' the oil on the parts. Here, all my parts were primered with Valejo acrylics (airbrushed).



There are still some brushmarks in the paint, but don't worry, those will be removed in the next steps.

Let the parts to 'dry' for +/- 20 minutes. This delay will help the oil to 'attach' the base coat.

4° Removing the excess paint
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With another large/flat/soft brush, carefully pass it on the fresh paint. Each time, wipe your brush on paper to remove the paint from your brush. Repeat this operation as long as the paint is not clean. The base coat will also appear through your oil paint.
I hoop you can see it in the pics.




And the paper after all the wiping.


5° Lights
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Take a new soft/large/flat/clean ( ) brush , take some white oil paint with this brush and wipe it on paper. Like if you did a drybrush. Remove all the paint from your brush, even if you think there is no more paint in it there is always enough to make your drybrush.

Slowly pass this brush on all the edges, perpendiculary to the parts to avoid putting white in the hollows. The blue is still 'fresh' so the white will mix with the blue and lighten the edges.



6° Shadows
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Mix some black oil with your paint. Take a fine brush and put some dark mix in the hollows. Take a flat brush and 'push' the dark in the hollow. It will automatically mix the dark with the blue.

Thats all for the basic steps. I hope you're not too bored.

The oil paint takes 3 days to dry so you can still make lights and shadows the day after.

Now, I only have to paint the fine line of the seats with white, and put some BMf on the panels accesories. And the interior will be finished.

I also bought some accesories during this show.
Some hinges, basicaly for RC boats but they will be placed on my beetle's door.




And some brass profiles.


If you have any questions or if I forgot something, don't hesitate.

Xav

[EMAXX]

Originally Posted by bobby28384

EMAXX: pfft...you don't like VW!! Is Subaru better?!! (j/k)

I never really liked VW. Thats just me. I personally think Subaru is better, but there are a lot of people that would argue that. My favorite car company is Barvarian Motor Works (BMW). Thats just me. Someone else's favorite car may be the Volkswagon Bettle. I'm not knocking VW, just voicingmy opinion.


Dang that looks good. I just don't have the patience to paint like that. lol

[86_SR5]

I agree....looks real good deedlit. But I do have a slight question for you. Why a beetle and not the VW van, or something like that?

[deedlit]

In a van you can sleep in it and not in a beetle (you can do it but it won't be very comfortable).
So, it's why I added my caravan behind the beetle.

[supramike420]

wow thats different......and very good nice job that rocks

[willimo]

I adore this project. It's got that great blend of skill, talent, inspiration, uniqueness; it's a beauty! I cannot wait to see this little model done. It's gonna rock.

Man, there are some really great builders around here. The only thing that disappoints is that they update their projects so infrequently... it's almost like they're bulding slowly and taking their time to make a superior model....






Oh.

[deedlit]

Thanks all for your comments

To Willimo:
I know, I'm very slow. I don't have time at home to build so I only do it during our club meetings and during shows.
But you are right, why hurry up? The best way to make great models is to take the time. A modeler must be patient. If not , stop modeling.

Take a look at this french thread about my teardrops:Here
Look at the first post: 6 september 2002
More than a year and it's still not finished.

I'll finish with these wise words:
The most important is quality not quantity.

[bigfrit]

Fabulous! another update!

and what sort of update, man deedlit, you're up there with the pro-model-builders!

Love the explanation of painting with the oil-painting, and luckily I know a friend who likes to do real paintings, so I could atleast try it !
No sure if I could get the same good results, mais bon!


Merci for keeping the thread and project alive, mate!

ciao et a+

Oli

[MythosGR]

One of the projects that really deserves a long time build!!!
The scratchbuild trailer is out of this world wit quality better than if it was an original kit...

As for the oil paints 'trick' reminds me back in the dieacst days that I used same water based mixed paints over the original paint to get a great/mat/worn leather look it's almost the same thing but oil paints mix better and are far more 'durable'

Just one small question...the hinges can be bought from a store online???

[deedlit]

Thanks for all your comments guys.

To Mythos GR:
It must certainly be found online. In my pics you have all the informations needed: brand, reference, size, ... and the price.
9.80 is in €. Try a search on the RC kits websites.

xav

[deedlit]

Hi all,

as you can see in my sig, this project should be 'on hold' BUT modeling is like a drug. You never really stop modeling .

So I played a bit with some BMF and did all the door-accesories.




I passed some compound and polish (both Tamiya) on the passenger door and also chromed the parts with BMF.


I had painted the body with arctic white (automotive paint) and after masking the sides I painted the body baby blue (automotive paints too).
I have already begun the compound and polish stage but I have still lots of areas to do.
I have all the chrome parts to do with BMf and also have to apply black chrome BMF on the arches joints.



And here is how looks the interior right now. The thin line around the seats still needs to be painted white.



That's all for now.

Hope you still appreciate my work.

Xav

[Honoturtle]

Nice to see some progress, good too!

[labandabonnot]

After "Nike, juste fais-le!", there will be "Nice, just Deedlit!"...
But it's not new, apparently your work is appreciated in many places!... (n'est-ce pas?...)
Take your time, guy, all the time you want: pleasure is better when longer! For you and for us!

Thank you for sharing such a great work! It's really worth the time spent!

[deedlit]

Thanks Bonnot (sorry I don't know your real name).

You have certainly seen my thread on flat4ever.com and it's very appreciated there.
Flat4ever and Af are my favorite forums, I like to share my work with other people to hear their advices, comments or critics. Also during shows, master modelers from other clubs come to see my work and I'm kissing their feet when they say they like it. For me it's not so beatiful, I have probably another look at my work.
It's my first scratch model, so there are probably some mistakes but next one will be better.
All I need now to finish this project is a bit of time and a lot of motivation and courage because I'm in a kind of modeling block and haven't touched a brush for 3 months.

Xav