On the right of this photo you can see a cool, somewhat oddly shaped tow truck kind of thing. I'm guessing it's not a "real" truck, but rather a custom hot rod truck. When I saw it at a store, I just knew I wanted it for my first plough car (the cars that fire harpoons into the War Rig and then drop ploughs/anchors to help slow it down).
I added the harpoon gun I sculpted for Brigade Games (parts found HERE) and scratch built a frame to drop the plough from (similar to one of the cars in the movie). After returning from GenCon/vacation, I decided to up the size of the wheels, and add some crazy exhausts (again, from the Brigade Games parts).
To give it some larger wheels, I had to take it apart and in the end had five separate pieces to keep track of: The base (including axles and wheels), the plastic insert (including the front grille, engine, and back bed), the plastic windows, the body (with harpoon and pipes), and finally the plough/anchor and frame.
It was fun to keep track of it all as I painted each piece up and then assembled them. There's always that battle against the desire to glue the body to the chassis. I had to make sure I put the windows back in the cab before I got too far ahead of myself.
I have plans for two more plough cars : )
Above is the only pre-paint photo I have of Bigfoot - the monster truck belonging to Rictus Erectus. It's a fairly simple build, the toughest part was cutting away the rear section of the 1940 delivery van.
The paint job is quite a simple one, as Bigfoot is really just a polished metal body sitting on a monster truck chassis.
Getting this one done has me thinking more and more about my Gigahorse conversion. The only thing holding me up now is the nightmare of pipes that wind their way around the dual engines. Oh, and I might have found better wheels for it.
Cheers
Dave
Yeah, I have parts for a 28 mmm scaled gigahorse but the engine area scares me as well.
ReplyDeleteLoads of twisted pipes and nowhere near enough good photos!
DeleteCool-beanz - great cars Dave :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tamsin : )
DeleteGreat work. Your painting perfectly captures the grimy and dusty but meticulously worked on cars.
ReplyDeleteWhat colour are you using to highlight the black? It looks a little blue.
Thanks, Cameron! The highlights for the black are primarily VGC Black mixed with VMC Dark Grey. Not too blue, but there is a touch of it in there.
DeleteBigfoot looks absolutely awesome!!!!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what you do with the gigahorse, it's definitely not an easy modelling proposition especially tackling the doubled up and widened body
I've got every confidence the finished product will be jaw dropping!
Just finished my own take on the Razor Cola in 1/43 after being inspired to have a go by your hot wheels version (meltaburn.blogspot.com) it's nowhere near as accurate as yours, but I'm still pretty happy with how it turned out.
Thanks, Phil. I checked out your Razor Cola. Did you ever work out why the wash "fogged" like that?
DeleteNo... a quick test on some painted bits from my box has confirmed it's the wash itself as the same things happened again. I've known the pigment to separate out over time with the old style inks but never has this issue before.
DeleteI'm tempted to try another brand this time as my local flgs has a pretty good selection but I've only just got used to nuln oil!
Looks more Grave Digger-ish than Big Foot Dave, besides Grave Digger just sounds cooler.
ReplyDeleteWell, Bigfoot is its name (as given by George Miller or his team). I drove past a Grave Digger monster truck just last week in NC : )
DeletePlease tell me you are going to make some massive land train with wheels...
ReplyDeleteDave,
ReplyDeleteBeen scrounging the net trying to figure out what car you started with for Bigfoot? Couldn't find anything that matched what you found, do you know what model you started with for this one?
Awesome work as always!