Re: 'Play Dirty' movie truck
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:35 pm
After having sound on the Heng Long tanks, the lack of it on the trucks was disappointing, so I got the WPL v3 MFU with sound. The instructions are a little ambiguous, but there is guidance on Youtube. I was struggling for room for the board, but after I cut out some floor, it fits snugly on the underside of the modified passenger seat.
With the headlights now working, it needed some wartime headlight shrouds. The primer coat shows the dimples in the lenses will need filling. The uniform coating ties it together and I am a step closer to putting some paint on it.
And it works!
The wheels have also been painted and weathered as a trial run for the body paint – it’s normally my weakness so I have been studying hard. While I had them off, I also added wheel weights. I had originally bought WPL weights for the Fayee truck but they didn’t fit, so I figured if they are WPL, they will fit on the Q61 wheels that are identical to the B14/B16 ones. Wrong! They only fit on the B36. I have a roll of roofer’s lead sheeting I obtained for slot cars, so I cut and wound on strips of that. The WPL weights are 65 grams, but my home-made ones only come to 40 – it will do.
The paint is a Tamiya combination of dark yellow, buff and white. Weathering included chipping and a wash. Most of it is covered by pigment for the dusty effect, but I’m pretty happy. The two wheels on the left are the spares that I used for practice. They will be partially hidden in the back, but i will still do a tidy-up on the treads to match the others.
With the headlights now working, it needed some wartime headlight shrouds. The primer coat shows the dimples in the lenses will need filling. The uniform coating ties it together and I am a step closer to putting some paint on it.
And it works!
The wheels have also been painted and weathered as a trial run for the body paint – it’s normally my weakness so I have been studying hard. While I had them off, I also added wheel weights. I had originally bought WPL weights for the Fayee truck but they didn’t fit, so I figured if they are WPL, they will fit on the Q61 wheels that are identical to the B14/B16 ones. Wrong! They only fit on the B36. I have a roll of roofer’s lead sheeting I obtained for slot cars, so I cut and wound on strips of that. The WPL weights are 65 grams, but my home-made ones only come to 40 – it will do.
The paint is a Tamiya combination of dark yellow, buff and white. Weathering included chipping and a wash. Most of it is covered by pigment for the dusty effect, but I’m pretty happy. The two wheels on the left are the spares that I used for practice. They will be partially hidden in the back, but i will still do a tidy-up on the treads to match the others.