1/24 Toyota Hilux 4wd Double Cab Truck

[wrosado]

Here's my entry for the contest. I'm a fan of the Toyotas.

My first task is to strip all the chrome from the drivetrain. ;D

 

[scaledale]

Here's my entry for the contest. I'm a fan of the Toyotas.

My first task is to strip all the chrome from the drivetrain. ;D

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ScaleDale

 

[wrosado]

images should be working now. Never had that issue with flickr before.

Will

 

[TRM]

Hi will...welcome!! Yup, the pics are working now!! Nice choice for the BSC...good luck!!

 

[Junkie]

Nice kit.

 

[Cave_Dweller]

Nice truck, are you gonna mud it up? How is your chrome stripping going and what are you using?

 

[The Model Dude]

A nice looking truck!

 

[wrosado]

Nice truck, are you gonna mud it up? How is your chrome stripping going and what are you using?

Thanks guys.

Yes it will be mudded up and stuff. I might play around and make some custom bumpers like a stinger bumper and some rock sliders... the kit comes with lots of option parts like roll bars and axles housings and skid plates and lights. Needless to say, there's a lot of directions i can go with this kit.

I stripped the chrome with bleach gel. I expected to have to leave it over night but it stripped the chrome within seconds. I didn't take before or after pics but I did make a video of the unboxing and might grab pics of the chrome pieces. All the drivetrain, wheels, bumper, wipers were chromed out. Not really into that much chrome in those areas.

I'll probably stick to factory colors for the '92 toyotas but i'll see once i get to the body.

 

[adampolo13]

Nice ride you got there!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Great stuff! ;D

 

[Grendels]

Nice looking model.

 

[LrdSatyr8]

Nice looking model... can't wait to see some progress pics!

 

[wrosado]

Hey

So had a chance to work on the kit a bit this week. The kit comes with option parts but seems the parts are for giving the truck a stockheight appearance with the super swamper tires. I chose to go with the lifted look and the stock yota rear axle.

I'm using Vallejo Model air primer and paints on the kit. I'm also using the Vallejo Chipping medium. Don't know if I like it. Seems to leave the area that is wet and chipped with a gloss finish after the "chipping" is done. hopefully when It will even out when I flat coat the kit and add some weathering.















Rust coat





Here's the result of using the vallejo chipping medium. sprayed on kinda orange peely and left a glossy "stain"... doesn't matter since i'll be weathering with pigments as well.

 

[TRM]

Great job!!

 

[Grendels]

I think the orange peel actually adds to the part. But I would be worried about it somewhere else. Nice work!

 

[wrosado]

Thanks! yeah i'm not too worried about the axle. it's going to get some dry pigments weathering at the end so should be good.

The chipping medium is waterbased so next time i'll cut it with a few drops of water and see if it shoots smoother thru the airbrush.

btw - all those parts(except the chassis) were all chromed and stripped really well.

 

[wrosado]

some updates... Let me know if the images show up for you guys...

Tried something new with the exhaust by painting it burnt. Started with black then vallejo model air steel and over that I used tamiya clear blue/yellow/orange for the burn marks. I then used Tamiya smoke color to blend all the tones together.





Here are the wheels. they were chrome plated out of the box. I stripped the chrome and used Alclad 2 polished aluminum over the Alclad black gloss primer.
















Working on the body now. need to do some putty work on the flares(gaps between flares and wheel wells)...I hope to be done by the deadline.

Thanks

Will

 

[Bizarre]

Very nice exhaust, I like the discoloration.

 

[Grendels]

Nice update!