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Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:44 pm
by ColemanCollector
Love it! In yellow it looked like a kid's toy. In green, a scale model! That will look most excellent hauling a Callenger around town.
I'll second HDPs comment that the paint looks quite nice. I'm having good luck spraying acrylics using windshield washer fluid (-30C type) as thinner. Not sure of the methanol : water ratio of that temp rating but so far so good. Not flashing off, but also not taking forever to dry and forgiving for runs. Still learning so I'm a bit spray happy at times.
Mike.
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:32 pm
by BarrelEnvy
ColemanCollector wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:44 pm
Love it! In yellow it looked like a kid's toy. In green, a scale model! That will look most excellent hauling a Callenger around town.
I'll second HDPs comment that the paint looks quite nice. I'm having good luck spraying acrylics using windshield washer fluid (-30C type) as thinner. Not sure of the methanol : water ratio of that temp rating but so far so good. Not flashing off, but also not taking forever to dry and forgiving for runs. Still learning so I'm a bit spray happy at times.
Mike.
Yeah, i'm on a learning curve with airbrushing too.
I just got a bottle of PG in yesterday. Diluted some @20%'ish with water. Added it to the acrylic paint, and I had no issues with dry nozzle tip. But, I was only doing a wee bit of spraying that I had left on the rear plastics of the tractor unit bed.
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:17 pm
by tankme
BTW, they do make flat top 5mm round LEDs. I use them for round headlights all the time.
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:53 am
by BarrelEnvy
tankme wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:17 pm
BTW, they do make flat top 5mm round LEDs. I use them for round headlights all the time.
Yeah, those two forms were ones that showed up first in the AliExpress buy X items and save £1.50/£2.00 lol.
Infact i've got flat top form ones in the garage somewhere. Bought them a looooong time ago for dash display lights... but they'll be 12v
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 11:19 am
by Jofaur86
Hello, would it not be wise to move this subject to the post "construction journals" and "wheeled and semi-tracked vehicles" simple subject!!! Thanks in advance.
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:52 pm
by BarrelEnvy
It started off as a general question... but i'm rambling too much with updates.
It may, as you suggest, need moved.
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:14 pm
by Jofaur86
no worries, no reproaches, just what I think would be better!! if you create a specific post, because you are going to continue your work? that we are going to continue to follow, with attention...so risk of hiding questions from other members? (personal opinion) have a good end of the week
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 9:20 pm
by Exhibitedbrute
The widening of the rear mudguards is indeed where the plasticard comes in handy, as for the light. In particular the headlights as it already has the lenses and given the truck years of manufacture I would use 3 or 5 mm flat rounds in warm white as super bright white where not really popular in that brand of truck till the mk3 in 2020
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:32 am
by BarrelEnvy
I have fitted the roofbar and rear illumination lights.
Just retouching some paint... and bits of body I missed with the top colour.
I faffed about getting the video <3mb, but it won't upload(MP4).
Aaaaaaanywhoo...
Need to make a sturdier cab-chassis mount (going to play around with bending some plexiglass/perspex sheet).
Then gear up for widening the rear wheel covers, and lengthening/widening the trailer.
Re: Bruder cab & B36-3.
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:00 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
BarrelEnvy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:32 am
I faffed about getting the video <3mb, but it won't upload(MP4).
You have to first upload videos to a video hosting platform like YouTube. Then place the video link on the forum between the video posting brackets. After clicking the arrowed button.
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BarrelEnvy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:52 pm
It started off as a general question... but i'm rambling too much with updates.
It may, as you suggest, need moved.
We can sort that
