An Entire Summers Work

1 (One) Truck

I guess the summer wasen’t a complete modeling write off.  I did manage to build this little Jordan Miniatures pickup truck…

I love building Jordan Miniatures kits.  They only take a few evenings, or in this case, 4 months, but the finished models look great!  You can’t have too many of them, so I make one when I don’t feel like focusing on a big project.

I have noticed lately that the quality of the moulding has dropped, it would appear the moulds are starting to wear out.  I think I will try and only buy the old, beat up boxes I see at train shows and avoid the newer production runs.

After I built this model I painted it with a concoction of paint that I made up previously for a steam engine that had a fair bit of Floquil Glaze in it.  Floquil Glaze is an additive to their paints that aids in airbrushing, sort of like a bit of gloss.  I didn’t realize that this stuff would attack styrene, the plastic that Jordan models are made of.  The entire model crazed after painting.  I figured it was ruined.

After a few days (ok 5 weeks) I repainted it with some water based Accu-Flex.  I had been wanting to try this stuff and figured this would be a good test.  I was quite impressed with the results.  I painted the model with Rail Brown, a nice dirty colour, and did a bit of weathering with some Weathered Black.  The crazing from the earlier paint actually works to create a dirty, rusty look to the truck.

I guess it wasn’t a write off afterall.

-T.

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 11-05-2008 | 11:11 PM
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