One more job I've got accomplished is the painting of the seats, which needs to be done before closing up the cab. To add some texture, and some scuffs and tears to the old upolstery, I burnished down some Green "Frog" painters tape after digging out the fabrics moulded in details a bit with a diomond file. I think this tape gave a good texture.
When I had it just right, I gave it a few thin coats with TS-62 Nato Brown, a russet colour
Below you can see the sort of texture I got with that tape as a surfacer
I mixed a few filters with different amounts of Vallejo Camo Black-Brown, Black, and Mig Dark Mud pigment powder, to try to get a dirty aged look, instead of a regular easy-to-read dark wash, so the upolstery kind of just blends in later.
~In the next chapter, all thse bits should come together to form the trucks cab.
~CONTINUED
I'll do some more weatherizing later most likely, but until things are complete I wanted to leave it a little bright inside. The dusty colour will need a lille adjusting, and dark washes we're kept very minimal, and in selective areas only.
Archer transfers were a bit large for the kits' bezels, something I didn't know at the start, but I wanted thier detail, and the Eduard bezels we're of a type I hadn't seen in photos, so I chose to crush the transfers in, and seal/glaze with Future. Quite decent at normal veiwing distance, not too bad in the zoom, I'd say it's a go~
Most of that great floor detail is lost in the "dust", but I'm pleased with my upolstery texture
This Ruskie from TanK came down off the shelf to see this......
~Still a ways to go before it's on the road......... I'll be back again soon!~