The Playland Penny Arcade

[nk]

You can't beat oil piant for giving subtle effects  a wash. It's really coming together nicely Ken.

[lab-dad]

KOOL!
Seat looks muchbetter!
Could you give me a little info on the seat modifications and color(s) used for the duct tape?
Also did you do anything special to get the crackle on the white or is it a happy accident?
-Marty

[Chuck Doan]

Shouldn't be taking this long to empty those little beer cans....

[pwranta193]

Great duct tape... and that seat makes me think of rides in similar vehicles abroad - that towel and the decrepit foam make me want to shower 

[Ken Hamilton]

Lunch break:

[nk]

Waxed paper fro a sandwich...I haven't seen that since school. You have a great eye Ken.

[artizen]

If my kids get their lunches made by their mother, it is still waxed paper. Good stuff - keeps the contents fresher longer. Would love to know where the sandwich actually came from (ie what is it made from).

Obviously this model is from a time before fast food!

[Ken Hamilton]

Thanks, guys.
The seat was done by thinning the plastic from below until it was paper-thin, then picking
away at the top with a blade until it looked like a torn seat cover. The cushion is a worm
section of a fingernail-sanding-pad:



The tape is real masking tape brush-painted with Metallizer "Magneisum" and touched up
with chalks; the sandwich is sanded and painted sheet styrene.  All you really need to do is
add a thin wash of light brown for the "bread" color, and darken the edge for the crust.
Then add cardstock lunch meat and paper bag lettuce........

[finescalerr]

Product Warning: Do not eat painted styrene sandwiches. They contain dangerous chemicals and may cause cancer. They also have caused test animals to burp. -- ssuR

[Ken Hamilton]

With so many big, basic components of the diorama unfinished or not even started,
let's focus on the little details............

Here's tonight's progress.  A shot-out back window....



....a dirty rug...



...and some dash & windshield details:

[michael mott]

Hi Ken, I am still catching up as time permits. I just went through the whole thread, enjoyed looking at the progress, the security gate is a gem, and the inside of the truck is very interesting. I think that the hula girl is great but a little too clean, unless of course it was just put there.

Wonderful work overall.

Michael

[finescalerr]

Don't just tantalize us with those details; please explain how you created them! -- Russ

[TRAINS1941]

Ken

Some excellent details.  Just how did you do the bullet holes???

Jerry

[Malachi Constant]

Your work is a mess!  Oops, I meant:  the truck is a mess.    -- Dallas

[danpickard]

Hi Ken,
Just great attention to detail, with a nice pine fresh smell to the whole thing
This truck is only going to waste more of the viewers time when they see this completed diorama  .  Such a cool little story going on in the cab of a truck, before then moving on to check out the rest of the scene with the various doorways and windows to read into.  Clever...I really like.  Glad to see the imagination back at work on this one, as its shaping up superbly.

Cheers,
Dan