[WIP] Italeri DUKW 1:35

[peppie]

Ok, a few firsts here.

My first build on this forum.
My first group build.
And my first buildreport (is this how you guys call it?) in English, so forgive
me for any mistakes. If I don't know the correct word for something, I'll just
describe it and hope you will understand.

So, like the title says, the DUKW.
Brought to you by the people ho gave you the GMC CCKW, or "Deuce and a half"

Seen here during D-day.


First of all, the name DUKW.
The name DUKW comes from the model naming terminology used by GMC.
"D", designed in 1942
"U", "utility"
"K", all-wheel drive
"W", dual rear axles


And now that's cleared, a (very) brief history

In 1942, the U.S. military, represented by the Commanding General, Service and Supply,
called the National Defense Research Committee to provide an amphibious vehicle
capable of traveling both at sea and on land.
With 6 wheel drive, the first prototype was manufactured by General Motors Company.
Immediately adopted by the U.S. Army, the GMC DUKW 353 could move in the water
using a propeller.
This vehicle could carry a large amount of equipment (up to 2368 kg) or 25 equipped
troops. Widely used during amphibious exercises, including the Normandy landings,
its maneuverability allowed the DUKW to be the link between transport ships and
the beach. It could also cross rivers.
Used during the Korean War, the GMC DUKW 353 were highly appreciated by American
soldiers. The DUKW remained in service until the 50s

And some facts and numbers

Creator: USA
Name: GMC DUKW 353

Length: 9,45 m
Width: 2,10 m
Height: 2,44 m
Weight: 6600 kg

Maximum speed at sea: 10 km/h
Maximum speed on land: 80 km/h
Maximum autonomy at sea: 80 km
Maximum autonomy on land: 385 km

Armament: 12,7 mm Browning machine gun
Transport : 25 soldiers with equipment or 2368 kg of material

Engine: GMC 270 6-cylinder, 4 417 cc, 104 hp, 2 750 rpm

As you can see, it was not only used for transporting troops and supplies.
With a construction between two DUKW's, they could also carry some bigger
loads.



There even was a floating trailer for it.


And a A-frame crane, Used for loading and unloading other DUKW's.



Ok, that was enough facts for me, up to the kit. I found this kit on MP, a Dutch Amazone
I guess, like all my kits up to now, for a very nice price . I bought it from a guy, who
used to be a pilot, went all over the world and everywhere he came he bought kits, so he
would have something to do once he stopped working. Now retired, he found out he had over
a thousand kits on the attick, so decided to keep the ones he liked most and sell the rest
for really low prices. My luck.

The reason I chose for this build, is that YOU chose this GB and I had had this one
lying around, so...

The kit is the Italeri 6392 from 2002.

Sprues.

Small sinkhole, but for the rest, no flash and full with detail. I'm inpressed.


Nice detail on the dashboard, gauges and switches (look at the one sticking out even...)

Windscreen with the wipers allready on, woohoo . I always end up breaking them
or loosing them.


It's even got his own bra! Or should I say: she...

Again, look at the detail. Don't forget were talking about Italeri.

The glass.

The enormous decal sheet.

And off course the book.

You can choose between 3 versions.

And the version I'm going to make (DUH) .


I'm going to build this mainly oob, maybe adding some scratch, I don't know yet. I always try
to find as many as possible pictures of the object I'm building and when I see something
that's missing in the kit and is relativly easy to scratch (so no, not a complete engine),
then I will try to bake something and ad it. That also depends on how the build
goes. For some reason I can only work on a build for certain amount off time. If it takes
to long I loose interest and I just want to finish it (I know..... ).
Sorry no PE for me (up to now), because I think that when I buy a kit on MP for like
10 or 15 euro's, putting on a PE set for 35 euro's is like crazy.
But he, that's me.

And now, as I'm used to from the dutch forum I'm on, when you start a topic,
you also make a start on the build.

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Part 1.

I always like to take out the big parts and do a dryfit, just to see how
she's gone look.
Here she (it's the bra thing...)is, next to here brother.

WOW, they realy added some serious stuff, just to get her floating.

Now I know it's D-day and they probably send in a lot off new vehicles into the
battle, but I like my vehicles to have a used look (even the one on the boxart
has some damage), and knowing this is a boat, used for driving out of the water
onto the shore, made from sheet metal. It must have hit some rocks, creating
some dents and scratches here and there. So out comes the dremel.

And here we go. Off course on the front.

But also on the sides.

And a bigger booboo.

Probably from driving in England, where everybody (still) drives on the wrong
side off the road..
Did the rump all the way around and the started on cleaning and assembling some
small parts.
Putting the backplates on the seats.

Hmm, still need some cleaning I see.
Tried some testfitting, but it's a no go .

The locatorribs are wider then the hole in the bottom off the seat. So from this

To this.

And..

That's better.

The book tells you to build up the complete upper part (deck?) first, and at the
end put the top and bottom together. But inside the hull there's nothing so
I was thinking about glueing it together right away. But after putting in
the grate (?) behind the cabine, I realised you can see trough it (duh..) so
I have to paint the inside as well.

Since I'm waiting for my paint to arrive, I'll wait and follow the instructions.

Some more parts, just to show you some detail.


Even a hint of fabric on the seats.

The exhaustpipe with allready a hole in it, thank you Italeri.

Made it a little bigger, for realism and sanded it with some rough paper for the
rusted look later on.

Here you were supposed to glue it on the grid, but in real life it would come
through the grit. So drilled a hole, slightly bigger then the pipe and glued
it in possition.


And yes, I know. Would have been nice to put in some grate myself, but since I'
have only started building again since this year, I don't have any stuff
laying around for making a grate. So maybe next time.

The first pinmarks I found were on the sides for making the loading area.


They are the kind that stick out, so just sanding required. Only little bit
fiddly because off the rivets close to it.

But you will see the result of that and some more in part 2.

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It's been a nice build up to now. Still very surprised with the quality of
the kit.

The only problem I have to solve is the small parts and the details in the
cabine. If I put them (handels, steeringwheel) in now, it will be a hell of
a job painting the details and stuff. Same goes for the dashboard.
But if I don't put them in, I can't put on the windscreen and the I can't put
on the intake covers on the side and so on, they are all connected .
But then I will end up with a bunch off loose parts, all painted, having to put
everything together without messing up the paint .

Normally with a truck, a build the cabine, paint it, and close it up before
painting the rest of the vehicle (like with airplanes), but this one has a
open cabine, so that's a nono.

Let me know about your thoughts about this, and tips off course...
Oh, and if you see any mistakes I have made, please let me know
After all, I'm here to learn and become the Jedi off modelling


Thanks for watching,
Peter.

[UKguyInUSA]

Hello Peter,

It looks to me like you've made a great start on this build!

I like the idea of the scratches and dents made with the Dremel...they should look awesome when finished and give the landing vessel more realism as you have stated!

Cheers,

Martin

[wappynutter]

Firstly, Well done Peter on your first GB, first forum build and first build thread....
You have started off really well with this DUK build and I am sure to be dropping in for a look and a comment regularly...
Good luck my friend, Happy Modelling...

[Rob]

Great start on an interesting subject

[chief5437]

Great subject! And a great start too!

As for painting open topped vehicles, in the past I have completed the interior then masked it off.

I use various things to do this as tape alone can be hard and damaging. I mostly use a combination of tape, white tac, masking fluid, and my fave, wet paper towel. The wet paper towel can follow contours, fills large spaces and once dry, it goes hard. When you're done, wet it again to aid removal.

That's how I do it anyway, hope it helps, and good luck!

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

Woehoe!
I was hoping someone was building a DUKW!
Awesome vehicles these were. Was planning to build one myself for this GB at first, but couldn't find one.
And a great start on your first build thread buddy!
Good luck!

[peppie]

Thanks Guy's, sorry for the late response.

Oops...

Looks like it's been a while since I've put up an update on this build. Sorry
for that guys. Finishing a build on an other forum, computerproblems, life,
you name it, everything took some off my time. And before you know it, you are
2 months further...
But its not that I've not done anything, its more finding the time to show you
what I've done.

Anyway, its vacation now, and though I have some jobs to do around the house ,
I decided to upgrade my report today.
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Part 2.

The winch.
Nicely detailed, but not enough for me.

Bindingstrip for garbagebags.

Take off the plastics.

Wind them up to a cable.

Cut off the hook from the kits cable.

Don't bothrt to sand off the cable from the winch, you will not be able to see
it afterwards. Drilled a hole in the winch, and glued in the new cable.
Bit off pipe to make the connection between the cable and the hook easier.

And Bob's your uncle.

Now, the book wants you to hang the cable loose, but I think this looks nicer.

Placed the jerrycans.


The wheels.


Glued and sanded with a rough sandingstick.

Frontaxle cleaned and dryfit, not glued yet because off some changes.

Backaxle.

In order to make it all look a little bit more interesting, I always like to
put the front wheels in a steered in position. The kit I know don't have this
possibility, so you have to make it up yourself.

After cutting off the axle ends, I drilled both the axle ends and the axle
itself. Then I took some wire and glued them in, connecting everything back
together. By using leadwire (some stuff I had lying around for soldering), I
can always adjust the stance off the wheels, because it's easy to bend.


And this is what it looks like all in place.

Off course you get a small gap where the bend is, but that will be almost
impossible to see when finished.
Put in the axle for the propeller and the rudder, also at een angle.

And the back axles.


Put on some more small stuff on the bottom, and glued the two halfs together.
(sorry, no pics)

Primertime.
Using Vallejo grey primer, 10 drops with one drop thinner gives no problems
(for me anyway).


And because this primer dries really quick, you can start, after a cup off coffee
with the colours right away.
First the basecoat for the bra's.

Then the OD, Mr.Hobby's H304.


Nice colour.
Then mixed with some white (if I remember correct), some highlighting to
immitate the effect off the sun on the paint.

Went a little bit splashy here, but hey, let's say I allready started the
weathering....





Painted the tires. For this I don't use a mask.
After I used the AB for the rims, I put on a coat off gloss. When this is dry I
mix up a nice rubber colour and thin it with water almost 60% anda dd a drop of
washingliquid. I then take a brush, dipp it in teh paint and pu a drop of it
close to the edge off the rim. The paint then flows against the rim. You do this
at different spots around, untill you get a nice sharp edge. Then you paint the rest
off the tire, being carefull you don't put on to much paint in one go, or else
it will run down to the inside off your wheel. Sometimes you need to paint a
second coat, then you keep away from the sharp edge.


Painted the steeringwheel using a medium brown for base, and using diluted dark
brown over it to create the wood-look.


Broke off one mirror. Saw on different pictures, that these sometimes were layed
flat, so instead off looking for a difficult fix, decided to put it on this way.

Makes it look more interesting I think.
Same thing happened with one towing hook.

Only this one dissapeard on me, battledamage..
And because the bra's come in pieces, I deceide to put them om now. This way
it will be easier to repare any glue problems (leaking, eating paint).

Then sprayed the whole thing in a gloss.

Time for decalling.
Discoverd Archer Transfers some time ago, and decided to give them a try.
Specially the rub on decals sounded great to me, since no clear film all
around your decal.

And yes, this is all. Ok, must admit that it's not a set for the complete
vehicle, only for extra detail. Like better looking dials, and they are,
but also some texting that is suppost to be on the vehicle but doesn't come
with the kit.

Bad picture, but you can really read everything and the vehicleplates, on the
left, are really silver and not b+w.
Now let's try one. The idea is that you put on the cut out piece with some
tape, being carefull not to touch the backside with your fingers or push it
against a wrong spot (so no moving whem you put it in place, or it will come off.)

As you can see, the plastic it is on is very hard, so almost no bending it in
place.
And because it wasn't flush against the plastic, this happened..

Sh*t. Ok, ok can be battledamage (again..)
Lucky the bra goes over it (yes, I put this one on later).

Ok, try another one.


Looking better (don't know what the light stuff around it was, but it went
away later).
Some vehicleplates.



Looking good. Destroyed one little piece, but you can't see where, so.
One more, all crooked. Because they printed all the different texts so close
to one another, the piece you cut out is so small that it is very hard to stick
it on somewhere with some tape and prevent it from moving.

This one I scraped off again.
Same problem, ribbed surface, the plastic moves and it looks loke this. Decided
to leave this one on, but to put the surfboard flat so you can't see it
anymore.


Now for the clocks, they have an easier solution. They send along with the decals,
a piece off paper with the same glue on as on your normal decals.
So what you do is. you rub one decal onto the special paper.

You cut it out and place it like a waterslide decal, only without any clear
around the picture. So 100% without silvering.

Sorry, no end pictures off the dashboard (I don't know why), but I'm sure we
will see it later in the build.
Yes, I hear you thinking..... Why not use the special paper for all the decals then?
Well, all the words are made up off seperate printed letters, so when you put them
on the paper and dip them in the water, they all become loose letters.

Oh, and this is what happens when you accidently touch your cuttingmat with
the sheet.

You get a backingsheet with the decals, and you need to keep it on the back
at all time (I know now..)

So, Archer Transfers. Beautifull, but very fiddly. Will I use them again?
Maybe, because they are very nice when you want to really complete your model,
but they are also not cheap. Especially with the postage.

For some reason I didn't bother to take pictures off the rest off the decalling,
probably because off the fighting with the transfers. Sorry.

Some detailling.
Started hitting the bra's with a highly diluted brown paint.


Ended up like this.

Painted the tools.


Then started chipping. First with a lighter colour OD.

Here you can also se the finished dash.

Then with a darker shade, filling in the light spots.

Off course painting the damage.


And some off the other Archers.





Here you can clearly see I used a dark brown for the darker colour, imitating
rust.


Time for a wash.
For this I use Pastel chalks. Found them on the internet, second hand, close
to my home. Scraped off some powder, mixed it with water and washing up
liquid and away I went.




And after dry and some clean up.
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Now I don't like my vehicles all mudied up, but in the fenders allways sticks
more stuff then on the rest off the vehicle.
So more powder.

Some Vallejo matt vernish.




Ok, last step (for now), dusting.
Of course put in the glass first with some Gator's and stick on some tape.

Load up the gun with some higly diluted dust colour and do this.

For this I hold the gun about a foot away and just spray away. Mostly from the
bottom up and a little bit on the top.

And, as you probably have seen, did some rust effects near the holes in the side.

And this is how she sits now.









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First up, I want to apologize for the very bad report. I tend to make pictures
when I start something, and forget the make pictures after I finished it.
This makes it a messy report and I think hard to follow, sorry.

Weel, I've been this far in the build for some time now. Problem is I don't know
yet how to go on, I mean finish the build.
Off course I can put some drums in the back, and place the model on some sand,
but that's what everybody does. I've been looking for some inspiration for
some time now, but can't seem to find any. Even did another build, whilst thinking
about this one.

So, if you have any suggestions....


Thanks for watching,
Peter.

[Deacon]

A fantastic build and I loved the way you managed to of set the front wheels, great idea.

[gaz45]

Awesome work there mate and some great tips

[FishBowlMan]

Fantastic work, and I don't think your thread is hard to follow at all.

[UKguyInUSA]

Holy C**p, that's some great detailing and paint work there, Peter! Some great tips included too that I will be adopting going forward!

Cheers
Martin

[DBMiller]

Very fine paint work here! I love the steering wheel and tires especially!

[Nige201980]

Wow amazing work buddy.

[peppie]

Thanks a lot guys.

Comments like these pick me up, and stimulate me to go on.

So here we go again.

Last time I ended, telling you I was having a hard time making up my mind about
what to put in the back off the DUKW. Easiest would have been, to get a set off
drums, boxes etc., but I always try to do something different. The hardest thing
about that, is to come up with an idea.
Have a half build Howitser standing here, but it doesn't fit, to wide. A Jeep,
maybe.....
Then I thought, what if I take the standard idea and give it a little twist?
So that's what i did (try anyway..)
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Part 3.

So, what do you mean by standard idea, I hear you say? Well, you know, drums,
tools and al sorts in the back. This is how I did it.

Started with a piece off 18mm MDF and cut off one corner. Then I took some
small pieces off MDF, and some other things I had lying around and glued them
on to the block.

Yes, that's a weelcap from a beetle...
Then to put over it, I used alu foil, the kind u use in the kitchen.

I think this stuff is much easier to work with, than a wet paper towel. First
off all the always tear, and second off all I find it very hard to get a nice
strait and sharp end/side. This is oke when you fold it all the way around, but
here I wanted the tarp to be folded back in one corner.
Vallejo primer on.

And black to create shadows.

Then for some color, but what? Tried this first.


Teribble, for some reason I'm having problems choosing the right colours for
this build.
Let's try again.

Oh no, much to bright and happy.
Now, this is what I came up with the third try, and I like it.

And after a wash.

Removed some more wash and sprayed the Alclad Flat over it.
Sadly no picture on the DUKW, but you will see later.

Because there is some drying time, here and there, I did some fiddling in
between.
Took a helmet I allready primed and stuck some straps to it.

Then looking on the www for the right colour for the helmet, I saw something
else, a piece off net. So I took a piece off bandage, pulled it apart a little
bit, put it with some pins on a piece off foam and gave it a light coat off
some light brown.
Painted the helmet and the straps, stuck the net to it and..

I like it.
Oh, and took this bag from a set, because I liked it. Painted it and placed
it behind the driversseat (again, pictures later).
And Because I made the tarp with the corner folded back, I took a drum from
a set, and gave it some colour.

Again I did not like it. So later I changed it to a dark gray one.

After trying the block inside the DUKW, I saw it had to much space around it.
The sides were oke, but in the length it was to short. Tried putting some
stuff in the back, but that all looked wrong. Same story with the ropes I
wanted to put over the tarp. When you pull them to tight, they will damage
the foil, and not tight enough made them look silly.
Then I saw pictures off DUKW's with a net over there cargo.. hmmm...
Drew a net on a piece off Evergreen and placed two pins. Made some cuts on the
top.

Took some string, 0.25mm I bought in a shop where they also sell those wooden
boats.

The outline.

The first string. Stuck the in the cut, pulled them around the other string
one time and gave them a drop off CA.

Break

Then the other ones. Did the top one first, starting the same as with the other
strings and then went over / under. Making sure that every other string went
the opposit way (so first one over/under, second one under/over and so on).

When finished (sorry, no pic..) I cut off the pieces sticking out, and was left
with a nice looking but very hard net, off course, the glue. sh*t....
Well, after all this work I didn't want to throw it away, so I crushed it in
my hands, and what do you know, the sides stayed connected but the inner
connections came loose but stayed in place (a little bit...). Anyway, now I
could do something with it.
And here it is..

In this picture you can also see the drum and the bag in place.

On the other side it was supposed to hang down, but it just would not stay
that way. So I decided it was very windy and the net is "hanging" in the wind.


I think this will do for now.

Since I'm taking part in a GB, and it is some sort off contest, and seeing
you guys building these beautifull dioramas, I decided that if I wanted to
make a chance off winning I also have to build one. For me that's a challenge,
since I've build only one (very small) up to now, but I'll give it a go.
This was my first and only one, scale 1/48.


Build as a birthday present for a friend.

The DUKW was used during D-Day to move troops and supplies from the boats to
the shore, where they were unloaded. The supplies could then be loaded onto
trucks to follow the troops. By the end off D-Day the allies had liberated a
few towns, so to me it seems logical, that the unloading was then done inside
one off the towns close to the see. Making teh unloading easier and giving them
the opportunity to put the supplies into empty buildings or tents.
The dio I want to build is a DUKW in a street, waiting to be unloaded, with some
guy allready undoing the net and the tarp.

So first thing I did, was to read as much as possible on the web. Using this
forum, a Dutch forum and Youtube as my guide.
As you have seen, I'll be using a (cheap) photo frame as my base. On top off
that, a piece off styrofoam, bought at the DIY shop. To bad it only came in
40mm thick. Made a side walk from a strip off 6mm MDF, carving in the stones
using a scriber and a Dremel, and glued this on using PVA (wood glue).


Added a drain.

Not sure if these were used back then, but I liked it.

Made a manholecover, using the bottom piece off the drum, sanded off the letters
and giving it some detail with a scriber.

The stones in the street.
Saw a nice tip for this on a Dutch forum. You take a piece off pipe, in this
case I took a cheap old brush, pulled the wooden handel out off the tin bit,
and made the and square using some pliers. Not a perfect square, will look better
when it's not perfect.

Made a first line, 90 degrees om the pavement, making sure to turn the pipe every
now and then. Just push it in gently.

And after some time (ok, long time..), I ended up with this.


The half stones next to the pavement, I did using a cocktail stick.
The hole, missing stone, I made with some Revell glue....

This is why you can only use water based glues for this stuff..

The pva glue takes longer to dry, and also I wanted to do something else
for a while, so I started on Bob.
Bare with me, because the only time I use figures, is when I want to present
a plane in flight. That's easy because you can hardly see him. The reason for
this, is that I'm very bad at painting faces. This one is going to face the
DUKW, so no problems there....
First some primer, and some black (yes I know, better get me some black primer..).


Then some green, can't remember which one.

Some flesh on the hands and face, some kaki on the belt and shoecaps, and some
brown on the holster and boots.

Some black on the gun and off course a drybrush with some gray.

Like I said, not really my thing. Put it away for now and try some wash or
something later.

First I was thinking off putting some trees along the street, but since I'm
not sure how to make realistic ones and the ones on sale cost a arm and a leg,
I changed to making a wall. Like the ones along a garden or a cemetary.
Cut a piece off foam, and the cut it in half for the right thickness. Cutting
it flat I use a circular saw, but cutting it in half I have to use a handsaw.
Makes the back look not so nice.

Front, with some damage off course.

Wanting the effect off a wall made out off stacked stones (sorry, don't know
how to call it), I used a cocktail stick for carving.

Hmmm, very hard to make it look realistic. But he, the DUKW is going to block
most off it anyway..

Made some top stones. This stuff works really easy, I used the sanders from
Ultimate to round the corners. Any damages u can just push in.


Pushed some grooves in the damaged bit, tp let it look more like stones.


On the back, a little step.

To do this.

Sticks are there to keep the wall in place..

Also placed a small edge to create a garden and a path.
Some broken top stones.

And some on the front.

Used some fine sand (we call it silversand), mixed with PVA and water, to create
soil. Used very small gravel for the path.



Thought the front off the wall was looking to neat, untill I realised there
were no bullet holes. So...




Used a cocktailstick and a nife, just stick in the point and turn it around.
Maybe not enough, will see after some primer.

Oh and waiting for the glue to dry, I also did this.

Stuck it to some evergreen, using some thick glue I had laying around.

Gave it a frame, and pulled one corner loose.

Ready for some coats off clear, to protect the paper from water.


Used a lot off water and PVA, so now I leave it to dry.

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Hope you like it so far. Remember I had no exact plan or picture off what I was
going to make. I make it all up as I go, trying to use stuff I have lying around,
or you can buy cheap at some diy shop.
I think the stuff you can buy for making dio's is much to expensive, and this
way gives me more satisfaction. You must see how happy I am, when I find
something I can use for scratching or making a dio. Sorry.....

Anyway.....I have an idea for the back off the wall, covering it almost completely.
Now I only have to find out how to do it, using what.

Must say, this blue stuff is nice to work with. Bit off a shame I can only find
it in this thickness. Well, close to my home that is. Haven't looked for it
on the internet, beacuse i suspect the postage will be more expensive than the
plate itself, being 60 x 120 cm.

Next time I'm going to do some paint, seeing how it sticks to the foam.
Had a spraycan off primer lying about and tried it on a piece off foam. The piece
is now half the size....... Gues it was for metal...
So if you want to use this foam, try out your glues and paints on a spare piece.

Thanks for watching,
Peter.

[Nige201980]

Wow mate stunning work really is stunning.

[FishBowlMan]

Agreed! Fantastic! Some great tips here with the tarpaulin, nets, cobble stones etc etc

[peppie]

Thanks guys
Feeling motivated now, so work resumes asap.


Oh, and I forgot..

Anybody have a good idea for making foliage? I want to make some small bushes and climbers (is this what you call Climbing plants against a wall?).

[martin57]

love it great job like all your tips, my fav is the stone maker with the old brush

[peppie]

Thanks again.

Time for the last part off my report.
All the big parts off the dio were in place so time for some paint.

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Part 4.

Seeing my bad experience with the rattlecan primer (luckily on a spare piece),
I decide to go acryllic all the way.

I started with the Vallejo gray primer, and after some drying applied a preshade
with some black. Trying to create some depth and shadow.

After this a put a coat off sand on the street, trying to immitate the sand
between the stones.

Then it all went very quickly, and before I new it it was all painted and I forgot
to take step by step photos. So I'll show you some pics I took afterwards and
try to explain wath I have done.

First up I drybrushed the street with a big brush and some dark gray, and some
lighter gray here and there to create a more worn look.
Painted the manhole cover Burnt Umber. Then used some dirty green / brown mix,
mixed with clear gloss to create some wet spots on the street.
Mixed a little bit off fine sand in it and smeared this on the street against the
pavement, creating some wet dirt.
The sidewalk I painted lightgray with, off course, some post shading.
Just like the big slaps on top off the wall.
On the wall I painted different colours to create different kind off stones and finished
it with some green and brown to create a wall that doesn't get much sunshine.
And last but not least I did a pinwash, using Ultimate dark dirt, to bring out the
small stones lying on the pavement and street.










Top off the wall.


Now for the back. Last time I told you about the rough side I got, after I
used a saw to cut the wall to the right thickness.
Since I wasn't sure what to do about it, I decided to paint it first and
see what it looked like.
Thought it looked a bit like a wall with old stucco on it, so I painted it
a creamy colour, dirtying it up like on the front. Decided it wasn't so
bad.

Gave the soil a brown/green coat a the gravelpath a sprayed a off white.
After this I handpainted some off the gravel stones black or brown.
Off course I also painted the pile off stones, giving them different shades
off gray and here and there some brown.


Even though it was the back off the wall, I did not want to leave it like
this. It needed something more. Being a garden I decided on some greens.
Off course you can buy lots off stuff for that, but he, where's the fun
in that!
This is what I did.
First I took a piece off cloth. I thought some kind off net would be the
best, because I was going to use a lot off glue but still wanted it to be
flexible.
I asked the wife and she gave me an old sling. Don't know if this is the right
word for it, but Google translate told me. Normaly you use it to put your
arm in it when it's broken.

Then I looked for a silver berch tree and gathered some pods from it.

When you pull these apart you get all these small leaves.
Pinned the cloth down and sprayed it with some glue, then added the small
leaves.

Off course half of this falls off again so I repeated this a few times.
And then you get this.

After drying I sprayed on some different shades off green, being sure I
also leave some brown spots.
Then I cut it in a natural form and glued it to the wall.


Some off the leaves came off during this proces, so I gave it some extra
coats off green later and finished it with gloss to create a realistic
plant.
Pulled a small tree from the garden (really) and cut off the roots.
Cleaned them and left them to dry.

These are perfect for making small trees, because off all the branches
they have.
Used a small part for the trunk off the climber.


And an other part to make a small tree.


Sticking it in place and some pieces off Icelandic moss to create some
small foliage. Yes, this is some stuff I bought..... sorry, don't even like
it...

Afterwards gave it some green tones.
Last thing I did was to give the sign a worn wood look, using different
colours like sand and brown and some light gray.

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This was the final part off my buildreport on the DUKW and the dio.
Next up is taking care off some last details and clean ups, putting
everything together and then make some decent pictures.
So, the last part will be in the reveal section off this GB.


Thanks for watching,
Peter.

[Nige201980]

that's is brilliant work every part wow

[MrModelling]

This is mindblowing Only recommendation, instead of aluminum foil, try out wet tissue, I find it represents the effect of fabric much better

[peppie]

Thank you guys,

This is mindblowing Only recommendation, instead of aluminum foil, try out wet tissue, I find it represents the effect of fabric much better

Tried that in the past.
My problem with this is that it tears very quickly when wet and also I can't get a sharp edge on it, like I needed now with the tarp pulled back. When I cut it I allways get a fluffy end.
That's why I went with the foil, and I think it represents a canvas tarp very well. I think tissue looks more like fabric, so for like seats its perfect.

[Tiger131]

stunning work cant beat doing it on the cheap and when it looks the good its even better..keep the good ideas coming

[MrModelling]

Thank you guys,

This is mindblowing Only recommendation, instead of aluminum foil, try out wet tissue, I find it represents the effect of fabric much better

Tried that in the past.
My problem with this is that it tears very quickly when wet and also I can't get a sharp edge on it, like I needed now with the tarp pulled back. When I cut it I allways get a fluffy end.
That's why I went with the foil, and I think it represents a canvas tarp very well. I think tissue looks more like fabric, so for like seats its perfect.

You know it doesn't have to be too thick with the tissue. Just one or to layers. Apply it on the Model and when you have it on the desired location, just gently add some white glue mixed with tap water with a brush. Just my opinion, you seem to be a better modeller than I am so I can only suggest somethings Here is the hole thing I said in video, if you prefer it that way [youtube]4fe1ZyVUnpA[/youtube]