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Komatsu G40 bulldozer - go figure
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wds
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Komatsu G40 bulldozer
So …, yes, this is well underway.
Assembly was straight forward, and everything fit very nicely as you would expect from Tamiya.
It was mostly assembled, but left it in components for ease of painting and weathering.
I primered it with rattlecan primer (whuch has worked great in the past) with terrible results. I don’t know if it was the brand of paint, temperture, humidity, or what, but it came out looking like it had been sprayed with fireproof insulation. (It seems like it is always something…). So off to the garage sink for some tooth brush work with enamel thinner. It cleaned up nicely and was re-primed with some valleo dark brown thinner with lacquer thinner.
Stay warm and dry or cool and wet (depending on which hemisphere you are in).
Thanks for looking,
Bill
So …, yes, this is well underway.
Assembly was straight forward, and everything fit very nicely as you would expect from Tamiya.
It was mostly assembled, but left it in components for ease of painting and weathering.
I primered it with rattlecan primer (whuch has worked great in the past) with terrible results. I don’t know if it was the brand of paint, temperture, humidity, or what, but it came out looking like it had been sprayed with fireproof insulation. (It seems like it is always something…). So off to the garage sink for some tooth brush work with enamel thinner. It cleaned up nicely and was re-primed with some valleo dark brown thinner with lacquer thinner.
Stay warm and dry or cool and wet (depending on which hemisphere you are in).
Thanks for looking,
Bill
Komatsu G40 bulldozer
Alright Bill
Alright Bill
wds
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Komatsu G40 bulldozer
Thanks James!
Thanks, Bob!
Thanks Swordsman!
Thanks Ed!
Thanks Luiz! I hope to see one too. It's in sharp focus HD in my head. :laugh:
Grinding along. Tamiya Olive green. Some metalic grey was sprayed on the blade, then "hairsprayed" before being dusted with black, and then "hairsprayed" again before getting the green. Tracks were dry brushed with silver enamel. I was influenced by a tractor that I saw this fall that had its tracks all shiny-ed up from recent use.
Model is still in its component form (not glued up yet) for further fading and weathering. It snapped together nicely for photos.
Thanks for looking!
Cheers,
Bill
Thanks James!
Thanks, Bob!
Thanks Swordsman!
Thanks Ed!
Thanks Luiz! I hope to see one too. It's in sharp focus HD in my head. :laugh:
Grinding along. Tamiya Olive green. Some metalic grey was sprayed on the blade, then "hairsprayed" before being dusted with black, and then "hairsprayed" again before getting the green. Tracks were dry brushed with silver enamel. I was influenced by a tractor that I saw this fall that had its tracks all shiny-ed up from recent use.
Model is still in its component form (not glued up yet) for further fading and weathering. It snapped together nicely for photos.
Thanks for looking!
Cheers,
Bill
Komatsu G40 bulldozer
Plausible markings, tracks look great.
Plausible markings, tracks look great.
Plastik Smurff
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Komatsu G40 bulldozer
Nice build mate
Nice build mate
wds
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Komatsu G40 bulldozer
Thanks Bob!
Thanks, Ed. Yeah, probably too good. I thought about making it look brush painted, but then it would look like I painted it with a brush. :idonno :laugh:
Thanks Luiz!
Thanks Swordsman!
Thanks Smurff!
I hope you all had a nice Christmas and that you got everything you wanted. :yipee
But let’s get back in character. ...The tractor was given some artist oil paint dots in white, light yellow, browns, and black which were blended with mineral spirit for fading and shading. I’m planning on letting this dry for a few days and then clear coating it with a gloss coat prior to pin washes.
Thanks for looking. Have a happy New Year!
Cheers,
Bill
Thanks Bob!
Thanks, Ed. Yeah, probably too good. I thought about making it look brush painted, but then it would look like I painted it with a brush. :idonno :laugh:
Thanks Luiz!
Thanks Swordsman!
Thanks Smurff!
I hope you all had a nice Christmas and that you got everything you wanted. :yipee
But let’s get back in character. ...The tractor was given some artist oil paint dots in white, light yellow, browns, and black which were blended with mineral spirit for fading and shading. I’m planning on letting this dry for a few days and then clear coating it with a gloss coat prior to pin washes.
Thanks for looking. Have a happy New Year!
Cheers,
Bill
wds
Active member
Komatsu G40 bulldozer
I got a US figure for the tractor from The folks at Sprubros along ith some Verlinden resin stuff for other projects.
I’m not crazy about the pose, but I would have been too much effort and above my paygrade to turn that right arm into something else. Before I received the figure, I thought that I might be able to use the arms from the Kit on the new fig. , or put the GI head on the kit figure. Due to the size disparity, that wasn’t going to work. The GI would have looked like a T-rex with those tiny arms. :laugh:
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Bill
This one looks like a father/son fishing trip or something.
Working on that roller radius for wear and tear.
v112
I got a US figure for the tractor from The folks at Sprubros along ith some Verlinden resin stuff for other projects.
I’m not crazy about the pose, but I would have been too much effort and above my paygrade to turn that right arm into something else. Before I received the figure, I thought that I might be able to use the arms from the Kit on the new fig. , or put the GI head on the kit figure. Due to the size disparity, that wasn’t going to work. The GI would have looked like a T-rex with those tiny arms. :laugh:
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Bill
This one looks like a father/son fishing trip or something.
Working on that roller radius for wear and tear.
v112
Komatsu G40 bulldozer
Bill I bet you could do it. Looks like someone is a little out of scale.
Sorry I missed your previous update, love the seat, leather looks great. OD looks spot on, great job streakin'.
Bill I bet you could do it. Looks like someone is a little out of scale.
Sorry I missed your previous update, love the seat, leather looks great. OD looks spot on, great job streakin'.