The body was primed with light grey primer and then masked and sprayed with a can of yellow enamel.
The window frames were left in grey primer, some parts sprayed matte black and the roof sensor cylinder sprayed with matte white primer.
At this stage there were no occupants of the vehicle. To rectify that omission I built a rudimentary console and some seat backs to suit a couple of Tamiya Bruiser driver figures. These figures appear to be about 1/8 scale. They were test fitted in the body and seemed to be the right size for the model.
Next up I did some more appalling figure painting before finally gluing them permanently in the cockpit. In the third picture below you can see that I added a beard to the left side figure to try and make them not look like identical twins.
Weathering amd graphics came next. Grunge was applied using a mix of tamiya flat black and brown heavily diluted in methylated spirits (ethanol). This was brushed on in all the grooves and around all the detail parts and then wiped off with a metho soaked rag. Dry brushing followed using artists acrylic in a very light yellow colour and the black parts with a light grey. This was applied with a make up brush which works very well.
Some hazard stripe graphics (visible in the concept art) were drawn up and cut on a Silhouette Portrait 3 cutting machine in matte black vinyl. Once the machine has cut out all the shapes the bits you dont want are "weeded" out with a pointy weeding tool. Then I use masking tape as a transfer medium. The masking tape is stuck down firmly over the graphic parts and the backing removed. The masking tape and graphics are then placed on the vehicle and burnished down, then the the masking tape carefully removed leaving the graphics in place. The transfer medium needs to be somewhat transparent so you can see where you are applying the graphics. It also needs a gum that is weaker than the gum on the vinyl or the graphics wont stay on the model.
A few rectangular bits of red and white vinyl were also cut out by hand and applied in varous spots on the model.
One thing I forgot to mention is I added a whip aerial to the roof made from a length of bicycle brake cable and a few suitable kit parts. As per the concept art, the tail of the aerial is retained at the rear of the roof by a fitting made from a loop of wire.
Finally here is the completed model.
Thanks for looking.
More soon...
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