Dave Ward's 1/35 ICM Ford V3000

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Dave,
Sorry I must have missed your earlier post...My Bad. Looking forward to seeing the next steps as this project unfolds.
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The chassis dried overnight. I've added the front springs, engine, radiator. and propshafts, connecting to the rear axles and springs....................
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The load bed rails have been added, with their very fiddly 'U' bolts. No real problems with fit, plenty of dry fitting..........
Next will be the exhaust, and the front axle
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Hi Dave,
Liking it! Nice to see it is going well for you.
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The chassis is now complete, and awaiting priming - it's a bit hot at the moment, so that will have to wait. The assembly has fragile bits hanging off, so less handling the betterpreprime chassis 01.jpg
The exhaust is a bit tricky, 7 parts, with no real positive location - just a touch of filler to blend two of the jointspreprime chassis 02.jpg
The wheels are assembled, and also await priming
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Load bed will be next..................
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Managed to prime the chassis and wheels last night, and basecoated this morning, before the temperature got too high.chassis basecoated.jpg
I'm using Lifecolor Dunkelgelb - it dried very quickly -too quickly - the nozzle was beginning to block, and made me do a deep clean on the airbrush. I see that I've bent one of the running board supports - they are very thin.
That may be it for the day, the temperature has hit 26C, and I'm going to sit and watch the Tour de France, with a few cold drinks..........................
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Great work on the chassis Dave, it does look complex to me, with some very thin parts.
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The load bed assembled - a minimum of clean up, and good fit.load bed 01.jpgload bed 02.jpg

Whilst looking for this - a leaning driver............................driver.jpg

I found a one piece canvas tilt........................
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No idea what it's from ( I suspect Italeri ), but it's a very good fit - another alternative
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Who's lucky ?:smiling4:
 

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I was up early, and primed the load bed OK. I then basecoated - about 3 hours later, but the temperature had gone up enough to cause severe problems with the airbrush. Took me about 1/2 hour to complete, normally a 5 minute job! Then another deep clean of the a/b.
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Not sure if it's the Lifecolor paint, but it seems particularly prone to this tip drying
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Looks ok to me Dave, you should try brush painting a whole tank in this weather it's great fun "NOT".
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Just a short time at the bench today - the front bodywork, and bonnet assembled.bodywork 01.jpg
Just TET run into the joints - everything fitting nicely
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Dave,
I love these old Fords, in many ways they were the backbone of the Wehrmacht in supply and troop transport. Here are a few of mine. 1/87 scale mind you. Older and Bolder. Cheers Rick H.P1011041.JPG
 

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At the stage of dryfitting the bodywork to see if there are any problems..................dry fit 01.jpgdry fit 02.jpg
Don't think there are any major issue - so I can move onto the cab interior.
Temperature here has hit 30C, thunderstorms forecast. Bench time inversely proportional to temperature!
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Had a bad day, yesterday, 10C cooler than Friday - decided to basecoat the bodywork.
I've come to the conclusion that Lifecolor paint doesn't like me, or perhaps my airbrush ( Iwata Neo CN ). No sooner than I started spraying, the tip choked, and again, and again. I deep cleaned the a/b and tried again - same result! I had to go and sit down to get my blood pressure back to normal.
I decanted the Lifecolor paint into a new bottle, leaving any solids in the bottom of the old bottle. Added a few drops of water, then got out my old cheap Chinese back up a/b ( <£12 from Amazon ). No problem..................body basecoated a.jpg
It could be that the paint is rather old, but I mixed it thoroughly, and diluted it to the normal consistency. That I was able to eventually spray it, albeit with a cheap airbrush leaves me a bit puzzled. Anyway, I've cleaned the Iwata, and it sprays OK now - with different paint!
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Hi Dave
This might be a particle size issue? What sized nozzles do these brushes have? Could be the cheapo has a 0.4 mm nozzle and the Iwatta has a 0.2 mm nozzle?
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Tim,
it's the opposite, the Iwata is 0.35mm, and el cheapo is 0.3mm! The more I think about it, decanting from the old bottle to a new, seemed to be the cure. Old paint 'clumping'?, can't say I've had this problem with makes of paints - Lifecolor was never one of my favourites, anyway
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