41-47 Ford COE cab

cab been repainted dark green in a few days will paint it red.

got it repainted red this afternoon Here it is with fresh paint on it tape has been remove.

looking good Al !

Yep nice paint.Those Tamiya paint stands are a great item.
cheers
Kerry

Ya Kerry,would be lost with out it now,no more painted hand,or finger prints on the paint

Nice finish Allan, top job!!

Thank's all its coming a long,just have to watch were me sit it so it does not fall and mark the paint again have almost drop kick this one outside a few times.

Looking good again Allan, now you can on with finishing it.

weather the tray top with dry pastels,I used a wet 1/4" wide paint brush rub it on the side on pastel them put it on tray,you use it like paint,I used dark grey and charcoal grey,pastel goes on like chalky paint,if you dont like the colour it washes off with soapy water,here is tray got to clear up the edges of tray.If its not dark enought once dry add more pastel,Oh you can dry brush with it too,you can buy cheap set of dry pastels.

tray outside in better light.

Looking really good Al!! I think your second paint job is much better than the first so it was worth the effort. Keep it going.

I must be the most unlucky person around,just went to clear coat cab,right hand side headlight bucket poped off,glued it back on,after it dryed walk outside with to clear coat,done grill looked at cab its headlight bucket has gone again think something is tell me to stop building models and give it away I can not win

Re visting as I would like to finish it as I put the paint on to thick and it cracked cab is soaking in metho to strip the paint off it, paint is slowly coming off. This time around will no go over board on the paint on it.

You'll get there Al, have painted the grill on the Road Boss 4 times now ,not as bad as a cab but still a pain in the bum. Poke along, it'll come together eventually.

Ya Deaf as  that's the plan to work at it a little bit at a time, got the paint off the body Ok but the grill had a very big set back with it the bars in the grill buckle,  no way to save them or straight them, have cut them out will have to make new ones, will just paint it Tamiya bright red next time around.

What are you going to use for the grill Allan? Plastic strip, brass, might find something in aluminium?

Deaf as, I have started to glue in very thin strips of plastic strip one at a time total 14 in all, I put one in wait until the glue drys before adding another.

This is so cool, can you tell me where you were able to find the tyres and rims?

DumpyDan, the rims were casted here in oz by Flinstone who's on this forum,but he has stopped casting them & sold off everything, Don't know who bought them or if they are going to be recasted.

Thanks, that's to bad. I will keep looking.

If I here anything about them been recasted will let you know.

Jerry Ol'55, you might be waiting a while to see this one finished its gone way down the list of models to be finished, have really lost interest in it may never see the light of day again.