A Ratty Fat-Fendered Ford Forty

[marsiascout]

Great work! I like this one even better then the ones you showed earlier.

Lars

[vsuarez666]

Ha! That made me smile, Lars . . . you only say that because I know around here everyone is addicted to rust!!!

Thanks for the comments!

[vsuarez666]

Okay, moving along . . . after the body dried over night, I got out my MIG pigments and the thinner AND fixer . . .



And I applied the pigments dry, liberally all over the fenderwells and the interior . . . dry with out thinner yet. I brushed them on until they looked the way I wanted, then with a thin soft brush I applied the thinner to blend all the pigments . . .

I dried it with a hairdryer, then check it over to make sure it looked right . . . and then finally, I applied the fixer to make all those pigments stay put. As you all know, that's the beauty of the system . . . it really makes a big difference. (And Adam, thanks for making the process clear and extremely enjoyable on those DVDs!!!)

Hear are the results . . . oh, and that white piece of Kleenex is there drying up . . . I glued it in place with watered down white glue. This is the headliner that's a small little detail that will make the interior look more beat up and ratty, just the way I likes it!!!



Here's a better angle. I cut the Kleenex to the pattern of the top and then glued it in place and tore it up a little, let it air dry so that the shreds dried correctly pointing downward. Gravity is a wonderful thing!!!

[vsuarez666]

It is important to let everything dry overnight, and often, you walk into the bench and you are pleasantly surprised by the way your hard work is turning out and coming back to reward you . . . you all know that feeling!!!



I added a bit more green to intensify the contrast on the hood, and I also painted a couple of panels with primer color just to give it that in-progress-given-up look . . .the passing from hand to hand.



Here's my favorite shot of this beast so far . . . the 40 Ford truly is a great subject for rusting and junking and gunking and . . .

[Miscatonic_Supplies]

And as a Base I would like to see some junkyard, with Elephant Grass, more junk and maybe an old lad with his Doberman Pincher taking care.

This Thing here rocks a thousand times!

Frank

[vsuarez666]

Thanks, Frank, and you are giving me a pretty good idea on how to base it. I appreciate it. Actually the vehicle is going to be riding on a trailer, and then I think both the vehicle and trailer would look great on the base you describe!!! Nice!!!

[vsuarez666]

Here are a few more shots . . . I am still thinking about a couple of more details . . . stay tuned in for those . . .



Here you see a little bit of green oxydation (I call it that because that's the Jo Sonya acrylic paint color: Oxyde Green!):

[Miscatonic_Supplies]

I will be honoured if you can use some of my little ideas !

But let me ask one question: How do you know when to stopp weathering?? I would lay one step over another and maybe not knowing exactly when I have to stopp and say, yes, it is done! When I sculpt a figure of fact or fiction, I normally know when I have reached my goal, but when I would try this Form of Art here, I would really have a problem when exactly to stop and say I am done...

Frank

[vsuarez666]

That's a great question. And I don't really have an answer to it, other than instictively you know, your guts tell you to stop. I tend to over do it, which is why when I work on a build that begins to turn out right and pleases me, I always think the muses are watching over my shoulder.

I think it also has to do with familiarization of tools and technique. I've been using the airbrush for so long now that I know more or less when to pull back. You begin to create a line, a boundary that you know not to go over.

Case in point, the hood of this vehicle, after it dried last night, it still looked to drab and lacking contrast, so I went back in with a bit more green . . .

It's the kind of process you should not stress yourself out over . . . besides, at the end of the day, you want to have some fun . . . stress free fun!

[Miscatonic_Supplies]

You hit the nail on the head!

Frank

[vsuarez666]

I added some hand-painted graphics to the vehicle for that little extra touch of versimilitude. Or at least I hope so . . . I use a soft, long script brush and thinned acrylics . . .







What a deal, eh? You can pick this one up for a measley 1200 bucks!!!

[Chuck Doan]

Coming right along, Virgil! I like the lobotomy scar across the roof. Great tutorial too!


A source for inspiration and reference:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/rusty_old_cars/

Chuck

[vsuarez666]

Thanks, Chuck . . . yes, nothing like rust eye-candy to keep and stay inspired!!!

[ALEX_HELLAS]

I like very much the result, it's just awesome!

[vsuarez666]

Thank you, Alex . . . I am working on the chassis . . . stay tuned in for progress pics . . .