Thunder Models Cat 60

[Greg Kimsey]

The corrugator worked OK. Not perfectly, but a decent representation (I think). The hairspray did more of an unexpected crackle finish than a chipping finish. I ended up using a stiff paint brush and alcohol to rub through in some places, then some pastel scraped with an Xacto into matte varnish to create chipping and rust. I used Vallejo Industrial Thick Mud and European Thick Mud and Brown Mud to vary the colors of the mud. I hope you like it!

 

[moon puppy]

Looks amazing but I want to ask what setting this is in, is it old (obviously) and abandoned in a shop somewhere?

 

[Greg Kimsey]

Looks amazing but I want to ask what setting this is in, is it old (obviously) and abandoned in a shop somewhere?

Honestly I don't know. I just wanted to weather the living $h!# out of it, and I feel like "mission accomplished"! Most of the videos of a working Cat seem to be nearly this worn, or at least very rusty. This one definitely needs some tough love. You would be right about it looking abandoned but the mud suggests "fresh from the field", so make up your own story LOL!

 

[moon puppy]

But those tracks would not have so much chipped paint, more rust if that were operational.
Old picture of my Dad's D16 years ago for refer

AN IH dozer he had also.

Wait, I see what you did. I thought I was seeing paint chipping on the tracks, it's dirt! Hell you nailed it!

 

[centaur567]

Came out very nice and very worn. Gary S.

 

[Greg Kimsey]

But those tracks would not have so much chipped paint, more rust if that were operational.
Old picture of my Dad's D16 years ago for refer
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AN IH dozer he had also.
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Wait, I see what you did. I thought I was seeing paint chipping on the tracks, it's dirt! Hell you nailed it!

Dirt! Yes...it's dirt!