Ian McQue style diorama

[Kerick]

The Astromech Mk1 has another coat of white paint and the eyes on the WALL-E predecessor have been flipped around and the whole thing painted silver. I bought the Valeho weathering paint set to start trying to paint the tower. It needs a base coat of some industrial color then lots of different shades of dirt and rust. Enough to look well used but not a total junk pile. It will eventually be on a base with that generator and the shipping container. I want some sort of believable transport vehicle too. Lots to work on.

[Kerick]

I took a mental break from the junkyard dog tonight and worked on ancillary build for my Ian McQue project. I took down an old build off the shelf a few months ago of an old Roco minitank (I think) of the West German assault gun from the 70s Kanonenjadgpanzer that I converted to the HOT antitank missile version. It was 1/72nd scale or there abouts and I ripped off the front and have been building a 1/48th “cockpit” for it to become a tracked tug for pulling cargo around. I found the floor and one side of I think a spitfire cockpit, the seat from some other thing, made the back wall from the cockpit floor of some three seater and other parts of sheet plastic. Now I have to rebuild the areas over the tracks and add details. I’ll probably paint it yellow or orange or something construction like. I found a pilot figure to fit without too much chopping but I’ll have to make him look less military.

[Kerick]

Here's some pics to illustrate what I'm talking about. This is square one.



Some driver compartment accommodations.



At the moment this is the situation. Ready to paint, probably red with some different color replacement parts. Needs headlight and a hitch still. Seat is removed for the painting as it was already painted.





A rumble seat for a passenger to look after the cargo wagon. He better keep his head down when driving under low hanging structures!





I might do a hitch for a farm tractor with a transverse bar with multiple holes. This already has a lot of tank parts so time for something a little different.

[Kerick]

I painted the tug buggy good old Testors red. No paint weirdness even over the 25 year old original stuff. Touch ups are required but no biggy.

[Kerick]

Still working on some cup holders but things are progressing.  Here's some pics of the little red wagon.





Commander Cody takes control of the situation!







Some more paint details then its onto the shelf to await more diorama progress. BTW, the arm is from a 1/48th scale pilot figure but a little more of a hefty body. Makes the silver guy look skinny.

[Frank3k]

I love that little red tank!

Commando Cody reminds me of this."Nipple nipple tweak tweak": : https://youtu.be/90hc7M_vKv0?t=562

[Buzzbomb]

really like how that buggy came out.. such a great scale-o-rama

[Kerick]

The finished product until I think of other things to add to it. Just a couple of touch ups.

[apophenia]

Very cute! And who'd ever guess that there was KanJPz under there?   

[Kerick]

I still have to deal with Commander Cody. I'll have to finish a few other things first.

[Kerick]

I can't believe it's only been a year and a half since I last worked on this guy!
I painted the boots, pants and jacket back then. Yesterday I painted him again with a brand called Army Painter. The color was called Fire Drake. I found it at a comic book and gamer store. Don't count these places out when looking for stuff! Anyway, the paint is pretty thin and filled in all the low spots with shadows and came out very nice IMHO. I need to weather up the little red wagon too!



Wow, I guess I need to retake that photo!
I have been working on some storage tanks for the rest of the scene and I managed to get them painted. Since I've been messing around with some weathering on the Sherman I'll have to try it here.



The tanks with some concrete barriers and an extra box.



Here's the whole thing minus the crane so far. Maybe I'll try some salt chipping after spraying some more of that iron oxide primer.
This is my take a break project and a pallet to try some new things. I hope it's not another year or more until I make some more progress.

[raafif]

Gee! Good to see this build back 

[Kerick]

And I just got word that his book “Mileships” should be in my hands in about 2 1/2 weeks or less. That should be great inspiration.