Mild Mill '32

Thanks Tom, Allan and Dennis, thanks for following along, and the enthusiasm too..

Well, as it wont have a front engine anymore, i made a flat floor for it today, also some drip rails too.
Painted the chassis black, also had to do another engine mock up with the plug leads and blower straps in place..

It is  huge Les, it's from the Scool Bus kit, and does seem way oversized, more like 1/22 scale, but is exactly what i needed for this build,
i have another scool bus kit just for these engines.. 

Thanks Mike, but this bit tested me, i had to come up with something for the scoop on the engine..... thinking-hard-smiley-emoticon
Not having anything like it, i made do with what i had, the scoop off the S'cool Bus kit, and proceeded to add plastic until it looked like it should. ( it took 6 beers last night )..
A bit mor finessing to go yet though.






Then one of the details i was not going to do, as i thought it was too hard to do, but i did, and i am glad i did. !!!

WOW this is turning out excellent !! can't believe how much it looks just like the Hot Wheels !!!
Very Cool and awesome work smileyCA9464IN_zpsd9ee499f

Now that's hot!! Pun intended!

If you have an art supplies store nearby, they have fine point acrylic paint pens that would do the job and they cover reasonably well. You just have to be careful for them spitting out globs of paint unless you have them pointing upwards. That and a cut out thick card stencil should make it easier for you than using a brush. Also the pens can take a few hours to dry and handling after might rub the paint off as they don't key to well to the paint

if you use card you can just flip it over for the other side mate

Custom decals would be the way I would approach this.

But the card, or tape would probably do the trick. I think tape would get you some nicer lines.
Maybe, if you do a drawing on a card, or say construction paper, then use that as a template to trace out on the tape, this way you have the card to "flip" like Les said for the other side tape.


PS - don't forget the roof / windshield visor bud!

Cheers boys.. , Tom, i did do the visor, just forgot to paint it.. forehead-slap-smiley-emoticon

It's done now though, Allan, i was hoping the flames would come out great, but a bit disappointed in them..
My pinstriping just ain't that good, but it will do.. If i wasn't trying to replicate something for a build off, i probably would not have done them.

Interior is ready to go in too. This should be the last update, as i hope to have it together in a day or so..








Actually, after seeing the pics, i'm not happy at all, it might get a bit of a respray over the weekend yet....   thinking-hard-smiley-emoticon

Thanks Les, i might need to find some of those, or work on cutting a mask somehow . It is already in undercoat again.......  

If you cant find them I can easily send you a few, I find them in the pound shops in packs of 8 assorted very small brushes and only use 2 or 3 of the brushes. They're cheap enough I don't even bother cleaning them after use, just bin em.


EDIT- if anyone wants some sets of the really small brushes I am happy to send them to you

OK, even having a good brush can be a pain, it took me 3 more attempts to come up with this..

AWESOME JOB!!!!
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I think your flames look better then the Hot Wheels
Way to go mate. never had a doubt you would nail them!!!

This is AWESOME! You've really nailed it Dale!