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It all worked out well!

Thanks Alan! Building it is fun thanks to your templates (this probably sounds familiar to you...)! Cheers! :cheers

Hah! Trooping here in Holland is not that popular as in the U.S. Besides, I've started painting it already...

Well, it's been a while so here some updates.
Building from scratch is one thing, but painting this bad boy is a whole different ball park!! Step by step I'm discovering the best ways to use paint and brushes and rollers and masking tape and fluid, etc. I guess I consider this bucket to be my prototype and test model for my first paint job. Here are some pics:

The basic paint job, applied balck to the cheeks:

[ATTACH=full]87681[/ATTACH]

I cut out the polaroid frame using the WF template.

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Paint it black!

[ATTACH=full]87683[/ATTACH]

Some more silver detail. I should really shoot during daytime. These nightshots are pretty lame...

[ATTACH=full]87684[/ATTACH]

And some more silver on the cheek sections:

[ATTACH=full]87685[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=full]87686[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=full]87687[/ATTACH]

I gotta find myself some red acrylic matching the Caboose. I found one which is a bit too dark/brownish to my taste so I didn't aplly that one yet.

Still got a long way to go, but enjoying it and peeking at some of the most gifted here on TDH. Superjedi, Spideyfett, SD68 and... you guys know who you are! You give some excellent examples, and set a very, very high standard!

Thanks for looking and back soon.

Peter

<blockquote data-quote="AntMan" data-source="post: 148074" data-attributes="member: 2334">It all worked out well!&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks Alan! Building it is fun thanks to your templates (this probably sounds familiar to you...)! Cheers! :cheers&nbsp;&nbsp;Hah! Trooping here in Holland is not that popular as in the U.S. Besides, I&#039;ve started painting it already...&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, it&#039;s been a while so here some updates.Building from scratch is one thing, but painting this bad boy is a whole different ball park!! Step by step I&#039;m discovering the best ways to use paint and brushes and rollers and masking tape and fluid, etc. I guess I consider this bucket to be my prototype and test model for my first paint job. Here are some pics:&nbsp;The basic paint job, applied balck to the cheeks:&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]87681[/ATTACH]&nbsp;I cut out the polaroid frame using the W<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":thumbsup:" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbsup:"&nbsp; data-smilie="18"data-shortname=":thumbsup:" />F template.&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]87682[/ATTACH]&nbsp;Paint it black!&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]87683[/ATTACH]&nbsp;Some more silver detail. I should really shoot during daytime. These nightshots are pretty lame...&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]87684[/ATTACH]&nbsp;And some more silver on the cheek sections:&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]87685[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]87686[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]87687[/ATTACH]&nbsp;I gotta find myself some red acrylic matching the Caboose. I found one which is a bit too dark/brownish to my taste so I didn&#039;t aplly that one yet.&nbsp;Still got a long way to go, but enjoying it and peeking at some of the most gifted here on TDH. Superjedi, Spideyfett, SD68 and... you guys know who you are! You give some excellent examples, and set a very, very high standard!&nbsp;Thanks for looking and back soon.&nbsp;Peter</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AntMan, post: 148074, member: 2334"] It all worked out well! Thanks Alan! Building it is fun thanks to your templates (this probably sounds familiar to you...)! Cheers! :cheers Hah! Trooping here in Holland is not that popular as in the U.S. Besides, I've started painting it already... Well, it's been a while so here some updates. Building from scratch is one thing, but painting this bad boy is a whole different ball park!! Step by step I'm discovering the best ways to use paint and brushes and rollers and masking tape and fluid, etc. I guess I consider this bucket to be my prototype and test model for my first paint job. Here are some pics: The basic paint job, applied balck to the cheeks: [ATTACH=full]87681[/ATTACH] I cut out the polaroid frame using the W:thumbsup:F template. [ATTACH=full]87682[/ATTACH] Paint it black! [ATTACH=full]87683[/ATTACH] Some more silver detail. I should really shoot during daytime. These nightshots are pretty lame... [ATTACH=full]87684[/ATTACH] And some more silver on the cheek sections: [ATTACH=full]87685[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]87686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]87687[/ATTACH] I gotta find myself some red acrylic matching the Caboose. I found one which is a bit too dark/brownish to my taste so I didn't aplly that one yet. Still got a long way to go, but enjoying it and peeking at some of the most gifted here on TDH. Superjedi, Spideyfett, SD68 and... you guys know who you are! You give some excellent examples, and set a very, very high standard! Thanks for looking and back soon. Peter [/QUOTE]

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