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Now for the part thats kind of finicky. To add the brightwork that was covered by the first spray coat, door handles,chrome trim, I used a handy dandy little metallic marker pen in the finest tip available. I find the color is more truly metallic than any paint I tried, and will not damage the plastic. Make sure you don't let your kids play with this pen. They can't seem to resist pressing too hard, and once that happens, you'll get unexpected blobs of color. Ruining a model at this stage is quite depressing. Thsi is when I put a touch of silver on the cut off hood ornament. If my hands are feelig particular steady, I might also lightly touch over the windshield wipers. Warning: This acn easily go awry, so don't do it if you're not sure.
The driver is from a Preiser set of unpainted truck drivers.. Its neat, because a lot of the figures have seperate arms you can postition the way you want. This guy took a lot of cuttingbefore he would fit in, which makes me wonder about the scale of most vehicle interiors.
The drivers window had to be cut away so it would be "open", and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the cab was designed to be pried off, and the clear plastic insert was only held with a rubbery-glue that gave quite easily. All in all a really well designed model! |
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