Continuing on with the Jumbo project I noticed after painting that I needed to add some details. The Tamiya kit is lacking in several details that if you can add will greatly add to the finished model. So with that in mind I will be adding weld beads, straps, hinges, brackets, and etc. The stuff I will be doing will fairly easy and cheap to do.
The mantlet on the jumbo is missing a weld bead so this is where we shall begin. The first thing I made groove with my saw to place my weld bead material. In this case I used solder wire.
Next I used super glue to attach the wire into the groove and then trimmed the excess wire.
To add the weld texture I used a sculpting tool to make small shallow impressions in the wire.
After going around the wire this is the result. A very easy thing to do that adds missing detail.
I will going across the model adding similar detail so stay tuned for further additions.
Questions and comments are welcome.
Terry B)
The mantlet on the jumbo is missing a weld bead so this is where we shall begin. The first thing I made groove with my saw to place my weld bead material. In this case I used solder wire.
Next I used super glue to attach the wire into the groove and then trimmed the excess wire.
To add the weld texture I used a sculpting tool to make small shallow impressions in the wire.
After going around the wire this is the result. A very easy thing to do that adds missing detail.
I will going across the model adding similar detail so stay tuned for further additions.
Questions and comments are welcome.
Terry B)
