The wiggly van is now finished. The two parts were primed with Halfords plastic primer (after they had had a good wash). The brick base was then painted all over with a cement shade and the bricks then picked out with a mixture of enamel paints to represent blue engineering bricks for the actual base and red bricks for the steps (notice that the bricks are moulded in different sizes). Finally, dirty black thinners were allowed to run between the bricks to tone down the pointing.
The van body was painted with a matt black rattle can (Plasticoat) and Model Town rust dust sprinkled on while the paint was still tacky. The whole thing was then sprayed with vinegar (via an old basic airbrush) to activate the rust and left out over night. When I looked at it first thing this morning, the rust was a bit OTT, so I gave the body a quick waft over with Tamiya matt black via the airbrush. Final job was to pick out the padlock with Tamiya rust colour.
All I have to do now is to find out where it's going to live on the railway.
The van body was painted with a matt black rattle can (Plasticoat) and Model Town rust dust sprinkled on while the paint was still tacky. The whole thing was then sprayed with vinegar (via an old basic airbrush) to activate the rust and left out over night. When I looked at it first thing this morning, the rust was a bit OTT, so I gave the body a quick waft over with Tamiya matt black via the airbrush. Final job was to pick out the padlock with Tamiya rust colour.
All I have to do now is to find out where it's going to live on the railway.
