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Lucius Mojo
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Made and painted the fuel tanks..the original plan was to use the Kenworth tanks but they were too large. 
Lucius Mojo
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Roughed in the roof sections..
The build is done and weathering has begun. Used womens eyeshadow and eyeliner for the first time. The 2 larger makeup cases were 3-4 bucks at Dollar General. Easy to use and it gives a nice grunge. Will move on to streaks and chipping. Happy with it so far.
Lucius Mojo
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Hinged up the roof using hinges from an old Jewelry box.
Space Ritual
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Looks great. Did you use stencils for the numbers and Balkenkreuz?The build is done and weathering has begun. Used womens eyeshadow and eyeliner for the first time. The 2 larger makeup cases were 3-4 bucks at Dollar General. Easy to use and it gives a nice grunge. Will move on to streaks and chipping. Happy with it so far.
Space Ritual
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KV-2 in it’s element
Lucius Mojo
Super Member
Preparing to primer and paint..
Lucius Mojo
Super Member
Nice paint work! Leave it clean, they came out of the factory that way!!Finally got back to tank after restoring my Zenith G500 Trans Oceanic. Still quite a ways to go. Kinda funny to go through all the trouble to make it look good then make it look dirty and used
EDIT: I went back and saw the start of weathering so... too late! Looks tastefully done.
Lucius Mojo
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PhotonJohn
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My wife broke the propellers off all my models, she couldn’t resist dusting them. I gave up.
Lucius Mojo
Super Member
Bummer!
No they are decals. Went over them several times with Micro-Sol to get them to mold into the surface. Then used their flat clear and brushed the whole tank. You can't see the edge of the decal so it looks more like painted on. Dusted the whole tank with different colors of eye shadow the fixed it with a spray of clear matte acrylic.
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Lucius Mojo
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Painted the accent stripes and W
Bill Ferris
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Getting there, Lucius, and looking very good.
I`ll be interested and curious on how the chrome housing L/R outside driver mirrors and wire frames for them that you`ll have to create come out.
I`m sure you`ll come up with something that`ll make them look detailed correct.
Keep up the detailed creation of this Iconic RV.
Lucius Mojo
Super Member
Well I will probably use the mirrors from the Kenworth truck kit that donated it's engine and chassis to the project!
Bill Ferris
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That should work, being them readily available, and look Ma, no mind numbing delicate fabrication needed, especially the chromed wire bracket swivel frames for them !
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Lucius Mojo
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Yes why re-invent the wheel when you don't have to!
Bill Ferris
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Yes, you lucked out in this case, but I was hoping to see your carefully from the ground up totally hand made recreation of those mirrors, even going to the extreme level to make them swivel like they really do, using carefully cut pieces of real makeup compact thin glass mirrors installed in their chrome plated protective back housings, and a tiny circular, or rectangular fisheye mirror stuck to the mirror glass for the true to form realistic depiction.
Oh well, I can dream, right ?