discussion Tamiya US 6x6 Fuel Truck 1/48

[Guest]

Hello


This isn't much of a build thread because I already mostly built it since it goes together quickly but here it is anyway:


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To complement the truck and the diorama that I will put it on, I got the tamiya jerry can kit


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The chassis was easy to assemble, I airbrush it olive drab then I picked out the details with flat black


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The cockpit did not have many details but you won't see much of it anyway in the finished model


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Unfortunately, there is no "engine". I was hoping that the hood could be opened


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Once assembled, I airbrushed the front of the truck with black to create a sort of pre-shading


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The pre-shading seems to have worked after airbrushing a thin coat of olive drabView attachment 104803



Cockpit glued onto the chassis and a bit of dry brushing with chrome silver to create a worn look


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The wheels were a bit of a pain and took a good couple hours to paint


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But once finished and glued into place, they looked really cool


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To create the fuel hose, metal wire is inserted into a rubber tube so that later you can adjust its position easily.


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Once again, pre-shading


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Assembling the fuel cistern


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the roof and a few bits and pieces glued into place


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Sidewalls installed and everything else painted. Unfortunately, most of the detail inside the hose compartment won't be seen because of a closed hatch.


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Too much weathering?


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So far, so good...


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I did not want to airbrush a clear coat because when I tried it on the chassis, it made it too dark and softened a lot of the detail. Also, it is hard to get the gloss back to a nice flat finished later on. For this reason, I decided to apply decals straight onto the paint. As you can see, it did't work because the paint would get stained by the water and change its tone. I decided that until I knew of a solution to this, I will not apply any more decals. Can anyone help?


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I think the bottom turned out well


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When placed in the P-47 diorama, obvious flaws such as a lack of decals are not very noticeable.


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The build is not finished yet, I need to make the figures and I will try to somehow sort out the decals, maybe rub on transfers?


I will be away for about a month so I won't be able to build the great scale figures that come with this kit but it will be the first thing I do when I come back.


See you next time

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[takeslousyphotos]

Great Stuff Ivan ....... A good clean build. I like that a lot.


Peter

 

[Guest]

Looks good & a nice view of the transmission drives. A job well done.


John.

 

[Guest]

I like this a lot.


scott

 

[monica]

nice clean build you have Ivan i do like it,

 

[Guest]

Hello every one, got back from my holiday with renewed enthusiasm to continue scale modelling! I order to complete my P-47 diorama, I assembled and painted three of the figures included in the refuelling truck but unfortunately I lost one of their heads so now its down to two.


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The clothes were painted khaki, the helmet olive drab, booths flat black and the skin in Tamiya flesh


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I love how tamiya included a rubber refuelling line, it adds realism and is really easy to adjust.


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Along with the figures, I painted some of the miscellaneous parts from the Tamiya WW2 jerry can and supplies set and added them to the scene.


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Is a shame that the driver won't be seen once I put the doors back on.


Can't wait to start my next scale model, a Tamiya A-1 skyraider in 1/48!


See you next time

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[papa 695]

Great work Ivan

 

[monica]

looks good Ivan nice work so far,

 

[Guest]

Great work, sets off the dio nicely

 

[Guest]

Nice work, glad you found the enthusiasm to finish it. Look forward to the skyraider