Vehicles

Posted by Keith Hayes on May 31, 2015; 10:03pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Vehicles-tp2435.html

When Darel came over a while back,  he brought some nice ERTL cars brightly painted for a Dick Tracy promotion. I guess these are too 'newfangled' for Dickey.

They have been parked at the depot while I attend to other projects.

At the Sn3 Symposium in Seattle,  Warren Judge gave his clinic on painting figures and details. This is a great clinic,  and you really need to attend yourself to see Warren's step by step process.  Anyhow, Warren also shared how he modifies these inexpensive vehicles sold on the toy market.

While at the show,  I picked up a AHL Mack Model BM truck to work over too.

Step 1 is to drill out the rivets, and pull the body off the chassis. Take the tires off and gently remove the hubs from the axles.

Step 2, get some paint stripper from your local home store. You will also need some gloves, a toothbrush and a clean metal pan (a used store foil pie pane is perfect! ). Read the directions.  Pour the stripper into the tin and get it all over the parts. Wait per the direction--longer is better with my stuff --and watch the thick coat of paint crinkle up. After the appropriate amount of time,  use the toothbrush to scrub the paint off and rinse thoroughly under cold water.



Here are the bodies ready for some primer. You can see a car with the factory paint in the background. The detail is very nice for the price and these will make great vehicles for the layout without a ton of work. Google paint colors for the manufacturer and year, and you will get the correct colors each car was sold as. Some passenger car figures will lose their legs to serve as drivers.