{"id":995,"date":"2004-10-11T08:38:46","date_gmt":"2004-10-11T16:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=995"},"modified":"2009-02-11T08:43:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T16:43:42","slug":"completed-%c2%bb-john-deere-4430","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/completed-%c2%bb-john-deere-4430\/","title":{"rendered":"Completed \u00c2\u00bb John Deere 4430"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About The Build \u00c2\u00bb<\/p>\n

Here’s a “gift project” I did. I found a John Deere 4430 tractor for a family member who collects JD stuff. It’s 1\/25 scale and from AMT\/Ertl. Doing something like this makes you appriciate Bandai plastic. This was flash-tastic and most parts did not fit correctly. I cleaned up the flash and fixed a couple of the bigger problem areas with some putty.<\/p>\n

Painting was easy since it’s just green, yellow, really dark gray, and silver\/clear colors. I did a chalk wash to add a bit of weathering and then drybrushed on some silver. I really wanted to dirty this thing up, but the recipient wouldn’t like that as much as I would.<\/p>\n

I did do a dirt chalk-wash on the tires though as they were really in need of it. The tires are rubber and have a big seam\/flash running down the center. I sanded the parts of the tires that would hit the road, but the insides were left as is.<\/p>\n

I hated the windows on this kit. They didn’t fit very well, plus, with this being my first “auto” model I wasn’t sure of exactly how to do them. I should have popped them back out and added black around the edges to make it look like “sealant”.<\/p>\n

You may notice some dust on the kit. I opened up a pack of celluclay earlier and the dust cloud went everywhere!<\/p>\n

About the Base \u00c2\u00bb<\/p>\n

The base is a wood plague from Michaels that I stained\/finished. The ground is liquitex “modeling paste”. Once it set up a bit, I ran the wheels through it to make the tracks. The fence is sliced-up popcicle sticks and dowel rod which I first washed with a dark gray, then semi-dry-brushed white acryllic over to give it a worn weathered look. The grass is the same stuff I used for my Griffon base.<\/p>\n\n\t\t