PAGE 3 ALL FINISHED! "Checkered Past" Rusty Impala vignette

Why am I disappointed to see that you haven't given your bike your own custom Paint job Karl?

I have a question, that technique you did with the snow, do you think that would work for sand?

smeagol the vile

I have a question, that technique you did with the snow, do you think that would work for sand?

One last detail, guys---what would a rusty car be without a bunny?

I finally got in my order of Preisser bunnies, and thought that a snowshoe hare would be appropriate for the "finishing touch" on this dio. Can't help it--the bunny motif will be my "trademark" in these rusty car builds!

Kinda like James Caan lighting that one cigarette at the end of the book in "Misery"....I can finally call it "finished"!

The Rust Bunnies are back!   Run for your lives!!

If you run out of bunnies, we got plenty of 1/1-scale rabbits out here in Arizona! Working at plant nurseries out here, I get plenty of customer complaints about rabbits getting into their yards.

Heck, my mother's neighborhood is overrun with them.

Thanks,, guys! BUNNIES ROOL!

Honestly, I think that cottontail rabbits are the CUTEST things! I know they can be a pest if they get out of control, but they are so cute in their proper numbers. Here in the eastern US, the numbers have been decimated by  coyotes.

We used to see four, five or more out in the yard at night; now you're lucky to see two.

THEY SHALL LIVE ON IN MY DIORAMAS! lol!

Karl,

You are amazing! Every time I see your work I say, how can he top that.

Then you shows us.

Thanks, IBuild48--that's very kind of you!   It's much appreciated!

 It looks fantastic, Karl.

    I love a good junker (I'm going to give a crack at it with a Revell '49 Mercury, If it turns out good, I'll send it in to the Reader's Gallery, mabe...)  I can't wait to see your finished car.  (Mabe you can, one day, make a thred just showing the cars you made. I didn't know you made many threds on making them)

 I have sort of a short story, from when my dad was on the fire department as a paramedic.

  There was a dirt track in Jacksonville, FL with a low wall protecting turns 1-2. My dad and another paramedic on the ambulance were assigned to the Saturday night's race. It was my dad's first time there on rescue, so he was curious about what was over the wall.

      The other paramedic told him "Don't worry, there has never been a crash that went over the wall."  To make it short, the first wreck of the night (about 5 minutes later) went over the wall, flipping over and over.  As it turned out, there was a grassy and rocky slope, which ended in to a river. The good news, the car didn't go in the water, and the driver was unhurt.

Let that be a lesson to you. Never say "Don't worry, It hasn't happened before and won't happem" It is garunteed to happen!

Railfan 233

  I can't wait to see your finished car. 

Sorry, I jumped on the band wagen too late, and didn't know the work was finnished. I honestly thought the 5+ pages were replies of how great the model looks so far. I didn't know it was a project log Oopse!

  Don't blame me for my mind going blank. I just got done looking at a rusting relic (a mid-50's Lincoln.)

I'll try to get photos, so you can get a model and work your magic, Karl.

 (No garuntees, my camera is not working properly right now, for some reason. I'll try my best.)

Thanks, Railfan! I appreciate the comments and the story!

I just had a cool idea to do with all these weathering techniques you have.  Do a series of Vignettes showing like how the car goes from Just left in the lot, to lair of the rust bunnies kind of thing

smeagol the vile

I just had a cool idea to do with all these weathering techniques you have.  Do a series of Vignettes showing like how the car goes from Just left in the lot, to lair of the rust bunnies kind of thing

 I also have sort of an idea, but it would be very difficult. 

Have you ever seen those head-on photos, whre there's a car and 2 photos (of the same car) have been spliced together, to show the Before and After of a restoration?  It would be interesting to see a amall-scale, 3-D version of a photo like that ( I don't know how to remove 1/2 of the chrome plating from bumpers,though. You may have to BMF it)

smeagol the vile

I just had a cool idea to do with all these weathering techniques you have.  Do a series of Vignettes showing like how the car goes from Just left in the lot, to lair of the rust bunnies kind of thing

I like that idea!

By the way, congratulations on your article about the SdKfz in the latest FSM! Are you coming to Arizona for the IPMS Nationals? If so, you ought to show off some of your work.

Thanks for the thumbs-up on the article, Jim! I don't think I'll be making it to Arizona any time soon though--that's a plane flight for sure; no way I could drive all the way out there with my models!

Interesting ideas about the progression of weathering a series or just one model. That may be something to think about in the future--thanks for the idea, guys!