Ditch Bank Okie

by David Campbell

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Silly Week 2007

 

This is one of my favorite builds, and it is one that everyone, no matter what your background in modeling, and especially non-modelers, can easily relate to. It started out life as the very nice Revell 1/24 '50 Chevy truck.  A great kit, good fit, nice detail. I wanted to learn to weather a bit on this one so I ground out the fenders from the backside, applied baking soda over liquid glue to the rusted-through areas and painted them dark brown before painting the rest of the truck.  Rubber cement is my mask for these flaked-off patches, and the green started life as FS 34079 before repetitive lightening steps using white.  I used Rustall on the outside and applied a heavy flat coat before dusting with pastels. The interior was beaten up as well, and the seat deformed before using masking tape to make the tattered cloth on the seat.

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Rubber cement is my mask for these flaked-off patches, and the green started life asFS 34079 before repetitive lightening steps using white.  I used Rustall on the outside and applied a heavy flat coat before dusting with pastels. The interior was beaten up as well, and the seat deformed before using masking tape to make the tattered cloth on the seat.

The fishing pole is scratchbuilt, the tackle box and bucket are 1/35 armor items. Engine  and brake lines are wired and the vent door was cut open. By the way, the name was decided upon by the judges at the first contest it went to. It was an immediate success and it received a lot of comments, especially from those who's "Dad had one just like it!"

I hope everyone has a safe and prolific modeling year in 2007!

David 

Photos and text © by David Campbell