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Judas.1044
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Hi mates!
This is another project I finished a while ago.
Actually is a restoration project since the first time I built this model I was 15 or 16 years old.
Originally is a model from Academy and it looked as awful as you see: I lost nearly all the wheels due to a pair of naughty nephews
Most of the handles where lost too, and there where gaps, misalignments and stains of glue...
And the colour... oh my god... I think I painted it with a paint pulverizer and not an airbrush.
On top of that, the vehicle itself, the LVTP 7 is one of the ugliest vehicles I've ever seen. It just looks like a huge box with tracks!
So here we have the perfect victim for a restoration project, don't you think?
Thinking in a way of making this thing look a little bit more attractive, I seek some pictures in the internet and found this one:
Figures, water, wet effects... why not??
First of all, I tried to sand all the glue stains:
I used steel wire to make all the steps and handles:
Then I used some putty and sand paper to correct all the misalignments:
Now the exciting part... the water-line. I used tape to mark the line where to cut:
Then I drilled along the line:
Then I cut through the holes with a cutting disc, and there you have, the floating monster!
A little bit more of putty and sanding:
And that's it, ready for the paintjob!
Hope you like it!
This is another project I finished a while ago.
Actually is a restoration project since the first time I built this model I was 15 or 16 years old.
Originally is a model from Academy and it looked as awful as you see: I lost nearly all the wheels due to a pair of naughty nephews
Most of the handles where lost too, and there where gaps, misalignments and stains of glue...
And the colour... oh my god... I think I painted it with a paint pulverizer and not an airbrush.
On top of that, the vehicle itself, the LVTP 7 is one of the ugliest vehicles I've ever seen. It just looks like a huge box with tracks!
So here we have the perfect victim for a restoration project, don't you think?
Thinking in a way of making this thing look a little bit more attractive, I seek some pictures in the internet and found this one:
Figures, water, wet effects... why not??
First of all, I tried to sand all the glue stains:
I used steel wire to make all the steps and handles:
Then I used some putty and sand paper to correct all the misalignments:
Now the exciting part... the water-line. I used tape to mark the line where to cut:
Then I drilled along the line:
Then I cut through the holes with a cutting disc, and there you have, the floating monster!
A little bit more of putty and sanding:
And that's it, ready for the paintjob!
Hope you like it!