Monday, July 13, 2015

Vroom! Vroom! - finally, more cars are rolling!


After my last post (HERE), I was pretty excited about building and painting little cars again. Here's the painted version of my modern day ride, the Flammencruizer!


I painted the whole car in the polished silver first, and then added the rusty patches and rusty flames.





And at the same time I painted up the silver Interceptor, known to the Fury Road production crew as Razor Cola. I think it turned out pretty nicely. Once I've decided how I want to do the spike droppers I'll add those to the rear.






Having a handful of the parts I sculpted for Brigade Games on hand, all I had to do was trawl through my box of loose cars and pick out a few to glue stuff on. As I wanted some quick progress, I chose these two "Jurassic World" vehicles to get the minimal activity treatment. No cutting, drilling, or grinding, just gluing. The one on the left already has a very interesting profile; lots of lumps, bumps, and random stowage. The one on the right felt like a really solid beast, so it got the heavy ramplate, and armor plates all round. Both received machine guns, the one on the left a .50-cal style, the right a mini-gun style.


And I glued a harpoon launcher and a flamer onto my monster truck, my take on Bigfoot.

Until next time!

Cheers
Dave
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29 comments:

  1. PhilJuly 13, 2015 at 1:53 PM

    Very nice, love the first model...

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  2. Pawn CocktailJuly 13, 2015 at 2:01 PM

    Incredible work - I love the rusty flames! The polished silver schemes look fantastic. Such great attention to detail with the weathering, & the skull.

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  3. Michael AwdryJuly 13, 2015 at 3:02 PM

    Absolutely superb Mr. Taylor, the rusted flame design is inspired!

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    1. davetaylorJuly 13, 2015 at 3:27 PM

      Thanks Mr Awdry. I can't remember where I got the idea for the flames, but it was from somewhere else.

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  4. TimJuly 13, 2015 at 3:05 PM

    Great stuff, Dave. Love the Bigfoot. That's going to be sweet.

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  5. CameronJuly 13, 2015 at 3:27 PM

    They look great! Fantastic work!

    I think the natural evolution is to do this conversion to your real world PT cruiser... :- P

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    1. davetaylorJuly 13, 2015 at 3:29 PM

      Thanks Cameron. I think I'll hold off on it for the moment though ; )

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  6. TamsinPJuly 13, 2015 at 4:01 PM

    Brilliant work Dave :)

    Quick questions (but may no be quick answers!) -
    1. How do you jack up the rear ends (or were they already jacked up)?
    2. For the monster truck, where did you get/how did you do the underslung suspension?

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    1. davetaylorJuly 13, 2015 at 4:30 PM

      Thanks Tamsin. To answer your questions:

      1. Sometimes (particularly if it's a car with a plastic underbody), I'll put the axle on the underside of the underbody. Usually that gives a reasonable extra lift (3-4mm). If needed I'll add a few strips of plasticard to raise it higher. If the car has a metal underbody (only encountered a couple so far) I've noticed they have extra bracing which makes the first method unworkable. In this case I keep the axle in its original position and then bulk out the space inside the car body at the back with plasticard or putty.
      2. The monster truck is from HotWheels' current range of monster trucks, so it has the big suspension already on it : )

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    2. TamsinPJuly 13, 2015 at 5:02 PM

      Thanks for the answers Dave. That makes sense.

      Now I'll have to keep an eye out for those monster trucks. Are they singles or packs?

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    3. davetaylorJuly 13, 2015 at 5:14 PM

      I think you can get them in singles, packs of two, and possibly (but don't quote me) packs of six. Over here they're about $5 a truck.

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    4. TimJuly 13, 2015 at 6:09 PM

      One tip is to go to a goodwill, thrift store or even yard sale and find a pack of cards for sale cheap. Or even check craigslist for used toy cars. Thats probably the best way.

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  7. AceJuly 13, 2015 at 4:19 PM

    Love the paintwork on the flammencruiser, the exhaust pipes look the business =)

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  8. Mallius VaneJuly 14, 2015 at 1:34 AM

    Absolutely superb!

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  9. mattblackgodJuly 14, 2015 at 10:14 AM

    Great cars. :-)

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  10. MeltaburnJuly 14, 2015 at 10:56 AM

    Great stuff!
    Really inspiring me to make some more cars at the weekend.
    Can't wait to see how the bigfoot turns out.

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    1. davetaylorJuly 14, 2015 at 5:17 PM

      Thanks Phil. Were you involved in that super-cool Mad Max game in Wargames Illustrated?

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    2. MeltaburnJuly 15, 2015 at 3:55 AM

      Unfortunately not dave but my head did swell slightly at the mere suggestion!
      However my own fumbling attempts at the post apoc genre are far too crude for professional publication! (Meltaburn.blogspot.com)
      Having heard alot about it I really think I need to order a back issue now.

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  11. Mordian7thJuly 14, 2015 at 4:01 PM

    Those are super cool, Dave - loving the kits and what you're doing with them, totally takes me back to the 80's and pushing around little cardboard tokens. You oughtta paint a little AADA (American Autoduel Association) bumper sticker on one of 'em!

    http://www.sjgames.com/car-wars/apparel/patch/img/cover-aada_lg.jpg

    Looking forward to seeing more - Drive Offensively!

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    1. davetaylorJuly 14, 2015 at 5:18 PM

      Thanks mate, I'll see what I can do ; )

      Will you be at Gencon?

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    2. Mordian7thJuly 14, 2015 at 6:00 PM

      Indeed! Flying in Wednesday afternoon, will be playing some Shadowrun with the old college buddies, and emptying out my wallet at the Forge World booth!

      We'll have to meet up for a pint - drop me a text while you're out there and we'll find a time to meet up. Cheers!

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  12. gregglesJuly 17, 2015 at 5:05 AM

    Best cars ever! I love that accessory kit too!

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