Hello everyone, here's a little WIP project I've going for MIS using MIG Productions BJ45 Toyota Landcruiser. This is MIG's "old" kit without the enhanced PE updates. The inspiration came from a photograph of a Somoli technical photographed during the 1990's...
One thing that stood out when building this kit is the time spent on clean-up! The casting blocks are fairly large and most of the parts have some flash or residue that needs to be cleaned. Once cleaned, however, the parts go together fairly well...though I did scratch my head a few times trying to figure out the fits.
Anyway, here she is built....
When it comes time for the weathering I want to try something a little different. Rather than reley on painting every effect I want to try removing layers to achieve the chips and peels. So, I have first primed the resin with Mr. Surfacer for a hard finish, then a Black color base, then finally a "primer grey" which will serve as the under-layers for the scratches/chips/scuffs.
My version of the "primer grey"....
Of course I needed a Toyota logo on the tailgate so I googled the logo, sized it, then printed out a decal on my printer...
And finally I painted the wavy stripes of white and black.
Thanks for looking,
Rick
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