spitte311 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 So I was in the middle of building a 1/32 F-14 and I bought a little RC Toyota Hilux truck for my 3 1/2 year old boy. The kit has the snappy title of WPL C24 which gives no hint as to what it will actually resemble. It arrived and I assembled it in a couple of hours and thought it looked a good scale model.....just very plasticy. What it really needed was a quick paint job! I decided that as easy as a pristine truck would be to achieve it really needed to have a well used and abused appearance. And so I set about painting a very rusty battered looking 70's Hilux in period race truck colours. A base of rust was applied using various shades of brown. This was sealed with Klear and then a layer of the cheapest 99p hairspray I could find was applied. Acrylic paint was then applied and as soon as it was touch dry I started to chip away at the paint by softening it with water and then using a stiff bristle brush and cocktail stick. Once happy, the layer was sealed with Klear and the process repeated for subsequent coloured layers. I then made some decals to add a bit more interest. My mate 3D printed off a TOYOTA badge for the tail gate which really finished it off well. I left the head lights, indicators and tail light transparencies off as I thought it suited the appearance. Finally I weathered the chassis and applied a layer of dust to complete the look. The 'quick' paint job was very thereaputic but took 10 days doing a bit each evening. And what did my boy think?..........Meh. He just likes driving it round the house! Now back to the Tomcat..... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 That's a good weathering job, it looks superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitte311 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Thanks john. Hair spray technique is suprisingly easy and achieves good scale results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 That is very cool! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Love that - see a few battered ones in my time! Edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitte311 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Hahaa yeah i think they left the show rooms battered. You never saw a clean one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 That's a great looking paint job, very suitable for the Hilux 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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