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1/48 Scale Gaz ground work

JSteinman

Master at Arms
I did this little Gaz awhile back
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and I plan to bring it to AMPS so it needs a base.

I started with a plain wood disk from JoAnn's Fabrics, sanded and sealed with a one step stain finish product from Minwax. Over this I have added MagicSculpt pressing in tire and track detail and a Tamiya 55 gallon drum. I started the Mud coloring with water soluble oil paints.
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To begin the rusting process I use the Life color rust and dust set. I start with the lightest color rust and give the drum a couple of complete coats.
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I then use fine sponge and apply the next darker color.
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I do this for all the colors in the series, building them up over top of each other. I then apply a brown wash, then two rust color washes one light and one dark.
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Masking is applied, again with a sponge.
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First color is then applied to the drum.
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Then masked and the 2nd color applied.
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The masking removed.
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And a couple of rust washes applied.
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More to come stay tuned!
 
Great looking drum there... why must it be so good to compete with the GAZ?
:pp

Regards,
 
masterly work of a true master! i really love all your works john!

when looking at the first step of your rust work, i had some doubts but i should have known better since the outcome is stellar!
 
Thanks!

Laura, I know, the ugly duckling stage can be hard to get past, but you have to keep the faith and keep going!
 
That's totally backwards of what I would think to paint the thing, but it makes sense. Thanks John, looking great so far!
 
I just got home and saw the rest of the images. I have fiber optics at home and the images took longer than I expected until I saw the actual size! Thanks for providing us publication sizes, I am saving them for myself.

For the sake of others, can I scale them down to 1024 for you?

Regards,
 
This is just too cool. Will have to try it and see. I could see a cool burn barrel coming out of this.
James
 
I'm with Saul...normally by this time of year snow would not be a welcome sight...but yours is OK ;)
 
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