Jakko
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It's really starting to look like a car now 
German / Italian Topolino 2025-01
First coat
tank you very much, slow but sure... I think 
locomotive
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Loving this build. Something different from the usual. Crack on!
Ha, "and now, for something completely different"
We join little mouse as her paint dries, waiting for next coat. A few good fellows have come out to audition for a spot on the shelf with Topo, and the Blackshirt has broken into song!
...not that kind of audition!
2nd casting call:
"We know that Bronco cast you as DAK sitting completely in the car...show me you really want to get out!".
We've had to move your leg and give you a new head. We'll Italianize your uniform a bit and probably have to trim your butt as well to make room for the steering wheel in your lap.
With his masked buddy standing in the back looking anxiously into the distance, I'm hoping that they add a bit of movement and drama to an otherwise static scene. The 'wild rag' dust mask puts these guys outside of Tripoli, in a colonist's car that may have been pushed into service and repainted.
Just when I thought that I was almost done!
"We know that Bronco cast you as DAK sitting completely in the car...show me you really want to get out!".
We've had to move your leg and give you a new head. We'll Italianize your uniform a bit and probably have to trim your butt as well to make room for the steering wheel in your lap.
With his masked buddy standing in the back looking anxiously into the distance, I'm hoping that they add a bit of movement and drama to an otherwise static scene. The 'wild rag' dust mask puts these guys outside of Tripoli, in a colonist's car that may have been pushed into service and repainted.
Just when I thought that I was almost done!
Most of an afternoon!
Rice paper, brass rod, copper tape, a bit of the cutout roof, frisket ovals glued to each other through the opening...
Test fit:
Rice paper, brass rod, copper tape, a bit of the cutout roof, frisket ovals glued to each other through the opening...
Test fit:
Jakko
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That's a seriously hardcore folding roof
Ha, it's so tempting when working with brass, copper and 'white' metal, not to paint them!
Test fit: I'm calling the mechanism work good enough, especially since the roof cloth will be covering a lot of it!
Now to paint, and fold in the roof!
Now to paint, and fold in the roof!
Impressive!
Thanks, but just like DIY renovations around the house, I know how much better it could be!
I ended up having to use wire pins instead of the too delicate resin rivets. And I realized that brass grows... got longer as I bent and shaped it!
kevin
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That is some really nice scratch building. I like it
Thanks! I had the itch...
Agreed
... wasn't happy with the front roof support, so adjusted to actually fit if it was closed.
Tweaked the rear ones as well, and including a pict to document (for my files) that the mechanism actually functions and can be in opened position too, so sharing that here before I paint it.
Added styrene roof hasps which I will trim back to the edge.
And just for fun, what the unpainted roof might look like in closed position (lying loose, unattached on roof and struts)
Cheers!
Tweaked the rear ones as well, and including a pict to document (for my files) that the mechanism actually functions and can be in opened position too, so sharing that here before I paint it.
Added styrene roof hasps which I will trim back to the edge.
And just for fun, what the unpainted roof might look like in closed position (lying loose, unattached on roof and struts)
Cheers!
Edbert
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I usually ridicule the psychotherapy-majors, but in this case, they might just have a point.
The inside roof has two cream colored fabric strips which will be visible when the roof in folded open, in previous photos, these were the copper ribbons
Have to let first coat of paint dry on all the mechanism hardware... they will be same colour as dash, and rear trim visible in photo..
Have to let first coat of paint dry on all the mechanism hardware... they will be same colour as dash, and rear trim visible in photo..
Jakko
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Right, so the whole thing completely works … You're crazier than I thought
He's not crazy, just detail oriented...like all of usRight, so the whole thing completely works … You're crazier than I thought
Haha, if I'd been able to fine super thin yet supple and accepts paint and doesn't crease and is glue-able material, yes I could open and close the roof, just like the real one... maybe if I use the Teflon layer from my GoreTex jacket... ya, that's the ticket!
Quick, Marty, get my pocket discombobulator!
After third coat of 'Dark Sand',
rubber black for window edges,
second coat of Mr Hobby 'Sandy Brown' for roof mechanism,
touch ups with all the above and Mr Hobby 'Pale Brown' interior (what I'm saying was the orginal color of Topo with gloss black fenders),
then a wash for baby in AK 'Light Brown for Desert Yellow.'
Next up: pin wash to punch up details.
Then weathering and highlights.
Then attach roof material.
rubber black for window edges,
second coat of Mr Hobby 'Sandy Brown' for roof mechanism,
touch ups with all the above and Mr Hobby 'Pale Brown' interior (what I'm saying was the orginal color of Topo with gloss black fenders),
then a wash for baby in AK 'Light Brown for Desert Yellow.'
Next up: pin wash to punch up details.
Then weathering and highlights.
Then attach roof material.
And assembled roof...
Gotta give the AK washes time to dry...
Cheers!
Some weathering, some chipping ( especially where they painted over chrome), some sand inside and out...
...getting anxious to put on the roof, running it through my mind as I fall asleep for days now!
Cheers, and goodnight.
...getting anxious to put on the roof, running it through my mind as I fall asleep for days now!
Cheers, and goodnight.
Soòoo...
Needs some touch ups...
May try to work the folds a bit...
At point of diminishing returns, if I don't like it, better to start over than risk making it worse!
But I think we're there. Time to start on the figures I think.
Needs some touch ups...
May try to work the folds a bit...
At point of diminishing returns, if I don't like it, better to start over than risk making it worse!
But I think we're there. Time to start on the figures I think.
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Some reconstructive surgery, needs more work.
As this guy will be getting out in a hurry, I'm thinking he's grabbed his rifle which he probably had lying between the front seats... may need to adjust the angle of his right arm.
And have to take steering wheel into account too.
As this guy will be getting out in a hurry, I'm thinking he's grabbed his rifle which he probably had lying between the front seats... may need to adjust the angle of his right arm.
And have to take steering wheel into account too.
