{"id":5118,"date":"2013-03-03T00:59:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T05:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=5118"},"modified":"2013-03-03T00:59:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T05:59:21","slug":"in-progress-the-dustbuster-industria-mechanika-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-the-dustbuster-industria-mechanika-release\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress \u00c2\u00bb The Dustbuster [Industria Mechanika Release]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Next up on my ever expanding paint-queue is the 1\/35 scale Miguel Lopez\/Nate Clowar Dustbuster<\/a> produced by my kit production company: Industria Mechanika. I’ll start this off with a video showing off the casting and my sample build-up with I’ve started painting last night.<\/p>\n

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Since I had to glue many of the parts together for the video, I thought I’d made painting more difficult for myself, but the reality was better than expected and it went very smoothly. In fact I’ve done everything you see below in a 24 hour period.<\/p>\n

I started off by priming the parts (except the figure) in Dark Gray Duplicolor primer. I then sprayed them with Dark gray Tamiya Acrylic then mottled over that a custom rust-colored mix of Tamiya. Over that I sprayed a flat coat of Future and let that cure.<\/p>\n

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I let that cure overnight and then sprayed the parts with Hairspray, sprinkled with salt, and then airbrushed on the blue custom Tamiya mix (or white for the tires) top-coat. After 10 minutes or so I began to chip away the blue paint with a brush and water. Below are the results.<\/p>\n

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Also I get the impression that those of you who don’t have the kit think it might be tiny. I think it’s pretty nice-sized really. Larger than a CD.<\/p>\n

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After chipping away the top-coat, I went back and hand-painted the engine (under the blue roll-cage frame) and other details. This was the part I thought would be difficult, but it went quite smoothly. I just used thin paint and a long thin brush. I masked the hub-caps with Parafilm M and sprayed the tires black. I still need to properly attach the photoetch mesh “windshield”.<\/p>\n

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Next up I will do some filters and discoloration. I’m really looking forward to adding the mud and dust!<\/p>\n

I’m also painting the figure. I started off with spraying a thin dark-tanned flesh mix over a white base-coat.<\/p>\n

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Over that I brushed a lighter flesh tone of oils over the raised spots of flesh and blended them into the base coat. Added a little bit of wash to the edges\/recesses and some red to the lips, cheeks and ears. I’ll do this one more time when this coat is dry to further highlighting. He’s got a lot of details so I’ll have a lot to paint. Also VERY TINY!!!!!<\/p>\n

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And lastly, I started work on the base. This is a simple cheap wooden jewelery box I picked up at Michael’s Crafts. I use these a lot and they come in different sizes. I carved this one with a utility knife and will fill the inside with foam before a layer of plaster and celluclay. The Dustbuster will be on two-wheels only on the base so that it appears to be jumping over the hill.<\/p>\n

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