Trumpeter ChTZ S-65 Tractor & M. Models Russian Fuel Trailer

[Foenetik]

Thanks guys! Glad you like it

[Leon]

Great work on the seat Tony,looks fantastic.

[TRM]

Some more brilliant work Tony!!

[Foenetik]

made some more progress on painting. takes a while to wait between clear coats, but im pretty happy with it. being first time and all. decided to use the SLR to take some pics of whats done. sorry for all the pics, im bored waiting lol.who doesnt like progress pics though... not sure why the engine/all rust parts look so 'cooked lobster' but its not that vibrant in person.

[TRM]

Looking very nice there TONY!! Making some decent progress now!!

[Foenetik]

thanks todd!

[Leon]

Looking fantastic Tony,great work on the rust.

[Foenetik]

Oct 5, 2014 17:18:41 GMT -5 Leon said:

Looking fantastic Tony,great work on the rust.

Thank you sir!

[deafpanzer]

I think I am in love... fantastic updates!

[dierk]

Love the chipped colour on the body panels! Thumbs Up!

[wbill76]

Layering is paying off big time on this one Tony, nice!

[bullardino]

I love it, what a piece of rust

[desertrat]

getting on great guns with this rust bucket!!!! SUPERB!!!!

[Foenetik]

thanks for the compliments.

made some more progress (havent done any streaking or mud or anything like that yet)..

these are some closeups to show the texture i got. im happy with it.








and some assembly shots.








ive also decided to redo the engine. from the beginning i wanted to do it painted and chipped since thats how the military one would have been (painted). but i took the easy way out and did all rust cause i was afraid id damage it. but it looks way too uniform to me. so im going to paint some of it and try it with diff rust colors and diff metals. basically it wont be so uniform.

[Leon]

WOW!!!!Looking really good Tony.

[TRM]

Well done Tony! The rust tone variations are beginning to show nicely! Keep it going!!

[dierk]

Absolutely love the look of the bubbled-up paint and the structured rust! Excellent work! Maybe I didn't pay enough attention (wouldn't be the first time) but, how did you do it?

[Foenetik]

Oct 13, 2014 9:21:23 GMT -5 dierk said:

Absolutely love the look of the bubbled-up paint and the structured rust! Excellent work! Maybe I didn't pay enough attention (wouldn't be the first time) but, how did you do it?

well it was kind of a mistake (since im learning and all), but i used pigments to create rust tones instead of paint cause im more comfortable with them, but i didnt realize the clear coats would knock them down and kinda of remove the lighter tones. but basically, i put medium rust pigment on with hair spray, then clear coated over it (in prep for base colors). and it sealed it in. i now see the benefit of using paint (clear wont change the color, and do pigments on top), but for texture purposes they work great for this. im sure i could have used something like thinned down putty with brown base over it to get the same thing and not waste pigment but it happened to work out. it uses quite a bit of pigment this way, but with the hair spray they kinda clump and make random spots, so ill probably keep doing it that way, since it works for me.

[mrt51]

Man everything looks great! I really like the seat stuffing coming out.

Terry

[deafpanzer]

Love the rust... you definitely have made Scratchmod one very happy man!

[bullardino]

WOW!!!!!!

What a great work.

[wbill76]

Very convincing result there Tony! Sometimes the best results come about by accident...the trick is remembering how to do it again in the future when the time comes.

[Teabone]

Tony

I have to say that when it comes to rust effects you are da man for sure.  That is going to be one outstanding exhibit when you finish.

Bones

[Foenetik]

Thanks Teabone.i surely do appreciate the compliment!

Did some track work. No mud or dirt on them yet. I'm waiting till its in the dio and all assembled. seems to make the most sense to do it that way as id be guessing where the ground or other parts meet. I followed one of TRM's posts about how he did his tracks. I'm pretty happy with them. The metal is hard to see in pictures, and in order to show it you have to glare light into it, so it makes it look more pronounced than it is. You'll get the idea though...

Base Rusts


After applying steel pigment



Rusted and sooty exhaust pipe


Chipped Light


Thanks for looking!

[Deleted]

Man that rust looks real .

[Foenetik]

Oct 18, 2014 0:57:32 GMT -5 @shellback said:

Man that rust looks real .

thanks!

honestly. the thing that i keep seeing that makes me feel that it doesnt look quite right is the lack of depth between layers. i may be nitpicking, but i want to figure out how to make it look actually peeled, or be thicker between layers like it is in real life (in terms of the chipped stuff). other than that i think it came out good for my first try. i just think it could be better.

[Foenetik]

tracks on. decided to make an abandoned repair as well..

[dierk]

Outstanding! Really impressive!

[TRM]

Great progression Tony!! Looking really nice...and really rusty!! Keep up the battle!!

[wbill76]

Looking good from here Tony! Definitely looking the part you've cast for this old workhorse!