1/87 scale wrecker

[chester]

This is one of the Jordan Products kits. The Ford Model AA with a scratch built bed and tow unit.

[finescalerr]

That turned out nice. -- Russ

[DaKra]

Agreed, very nice.  Seamless modification, and I like the lightly rusted weathering.  How did you do it? 

Dave

[Malachi Constant]

Chester --

Nice work, as usual!  I've been collecting photos of similar trucks for an eventual 1/35 build and just added your shots to the collection ... REALLY like the truck bed that you've built there.  The curved sides really compliment the overall style of the truck ... and that delicate little rail on the sides is a great touch. 

Ditto what Dave said on the weathering and another request for more info there ...

Cheers,
Dallas

[chester]

Thanks all. I can't take credit for the bed design. I had a request from an editor at the Spanish model train magazine "Maquatren" to do a walk through of a build and he sent me the photo below to work from.
  I feel kind of funny giving weathering tips to this crowd but here goes. I put an acrylic base coat of dark brown on everything. Then when I air brush the finish green color, I barely mist the model, just enough to get the color on (color modulation??). The black fenders are hand brushed with dirty brush thinner with a bit of black mixed in and then blown with the air brush (no paint) while still wet. The rest is an acrylic wash of burnt umber, light dullcoat and then another wash of raw sienna. Finished it all up with a dusting of yellow ochre, some light gray in spots and a little touching here and there with black in a stump brush. The bright work on the rad, headlights and bumper are done with a soft graphite pencil.

[Malachi Constant]

Thanks for the proto photo -- again, really neat bed design for this type of truck ... and well modeled.  You've done a nice job of "scaling" the weathering techniques to the subject.  -- Dallas

[Mobilgas]

Chester,     Very nice job on the Tow Truck I like the weathering and paint.  The picture of the old Tow Truck in the building is great.

[Ray Dunakin]

Very nice!

[Junior]

Excellent conversion again Chester! All those buildings featured on your blog, boat house, barn etc. are they part of something larger or are they small individual scenes ? Would be interesting to see how they were created.

Anders

[lab-dad]

Very KOOL!
Would be a great conversion for those O scale model "T's" that are coming...........hmmmmmmm.....
-Marty

[Chuck Doan]

One of my favorites of yours!

[PuckHog]

Hello Chester,   Great job on this!!!!!!   Might be stealing some ideas

   Thanks  for posting this,   


    Randy

[JohnP]

Nice little model, good to see the smaller scales represented. The finish is nice and blended, important in 1:87.

So it seems you blow around tinted thinner with the airflow of the airbrush? What type of thinner/brush cleaner is that? What happens when the air hits it?

Thanks, John

[chester]

Thank you John (and all) I use just an odor free turpentine for cleaning my brushes. The thinner has quite a bit of color in it so when it is blown, a hint of the base color under shows through in certain areas. I would call it more thinned paint (and crud from the dirty brushes) than tinted thinner.

[marc_reusser]

Chester,

That is a sweet little build. I really like the colors, and the weathering.


Marc