Tamiya Toyota Hilux Libyan Technical Pickup

[HobbyGuyMod]

Quick detour now to the interior.

I am going to do the same interior mod that I did in the last bruiser build. insetting the main dashboard. Using care go and cut out the dash

The carefully cut out and begin to glue the a new dash board from a piece of styrene.

If you have an gaps after adding it, you can fill it in with classic green putty and sand afterword.

Now for the floor of the interior, in my last build I used modeling flock to give it a carpeted look. This time I am using my imagination and thinking a modified fighting vehicle is probably taking a pretty decent beating. So it calls for a diamond plating floor.

I airbrush this guy silver and then get ready to mount it into the interior after painting.

More pics soon of the interior, I also have my decal sheets printed and ready so almost decal time.

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

Ok so dashboard work is complete. I painted it a nice Matte black and then mounted the diamond plating

Then I put the decals on, and can you believe it I mounted the stinkin console upside down again. I think at this rate it is going to be my trademark

I also tried to add a decal that was the Arabic word freedom in red spray paint, but with a clear decal sheet the red just didn't pop

Might mask and spray it

 

[slowngreen]

Should have upgraded to a CD deck Looking great man.

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

ha ha thanks man, glad everyone is liking it so far.

 

[abadk9420]

Looking good, can't wait to see it all finished.

Sent from my Samsung Admire

 

[hamz9561]

Revisiting the nostalgia that was my life in the army, I remembered that most of the support vehicles that I was ever in used cheap vinyl runners as floor mats over worn plain metal flooring, not diamond plate.

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

Ouch maybe I made this guy a bit too sexy, well thanks for the info. I will make note of it for the next build

 

[SchrodeMode]

Revisiting the nostalgia that was my life in the army, I remembered that most of the support vehicles that I was ever in used cheap vinyl runners as floor mats over worn plain metal flooring, not diamond plate.

+1, either plain metal or rust holes.

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

So looking back diamond plate may have been a bit to nice for a technical, but I don't want to rip it out.

So to complete the interior I finished up the steering wheel in all black

Then I used a tan acrylic paint mixed in with water to begin a brown wash

After letting it dry the interior had a muddy water effect

 

[HPI-Killer]

Looking great so far indeed! Food for thought, maybe rust up the plate floor and give it some rust holes.

Keep it comin

 

[SchrodeMode]

It looks great, and hamz & I are talking about american military vehicles..... the bad guys have the nicer rides. lol

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

Quick detour now to the interior.

I am going to do the same interior mod that I did in the last bruiser build. insetting the main dashboard. Using care go and cut out the dash

The carefully cut out and begin to glue the a new dash board from a piece of styrene.

If you have an gaps after adding it, you can fill it in with classic green putty and sand afterword.

Now for the floor of the interior, in my last build I used modeling flock to give it a carpeted look. This time I am using my imagination and thinking a modified fighting vehicle is probably taking a pretty decent beating. So it calls for a diamond plating floor.

I airbrush this guy silver and then get ready to mount it into the interior after painting.

More pics soon of the interior, I also have my decal sheets printed and ready so almost decal time.

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Now I am just finishing up the steering wheel

Then to make the interior more rustic I apply a thin wash of acrylic tan watered down

It really gave it a dirt vibe even though black can be very hard to weather and still look like fabric. Metal is easy because you can use silver

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

It looks great, and hamz & I are talking about american military vehicles..... the bad guys have the nicer rides. lol

Ha ha isnt that always the case, Cobra had way cooler vehicles than Gi-Joe ;-)

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

Ok now onto the decals. this will really make the model pop and start to make it look like out actual modeling subject. The decals I created using adobe illustratr which you saw in the first parts of this build. Sizing was done by using the mockup drawings that I made and then superimposing them inside of Illustrator. I thne use a laser printer to print them on clear Laserprinter Sheets from decalpaper.com

The one that will catch everyone's attention is the Libyan flag. The bruiser roof is not flat, and the decal is very large, so after soaking it in water I transfer it over to the body, then blot it. Finally I begin to brush on Micro-Sol onto the decal

Micro-sol is a light acid, sort of like Vinegar but without the smell and residue. This causes the lacquer in the decal to slightly separate and then allow the decal to sit into the grooves of the roof.

You then need to let the decal dry for a while. To speed up all of my drying times I use a very small for your desk size space heater to slightly speed up the process.

Once the decal is completely dry and I mean COMPLETELY, I grab a super fine grit sand paper and begin to lightly sand it.

This will make the dull white underneath begin to show through and age the decal as if it was spray paint beginning to where off of the Toyota Hilux. This is exactly the look that I am going for.

After you may have to wipe it down with a cotton ball to get rid of the white residue and some die that comes off of the decal.

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

A few more pics

This one shows the rest of the decals added

Looks like our boys spray painted the good old USA on there!

 

[HPI-Killer]

You sir are VERY talented at what you do. I look for this thread first before any others because you do such amazing work, keep it up!

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OT- Would you consider doing what your doing there (body) wise to a paying customer? I would be interested when I get my hardbody for my SCX10.

 

[hamz9561]

It's looking good so far. I would have added a Kilroy for fun, too.

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

It's looking good so far. I would have added a Kilroy for fun, too.

Ahh that would have been awesome!

You sir are VERY talented at what you do. I look for this thread first before any others because you do such amazing work, keep it up!

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OT- Would you consider doing what your doing there (body) wise to a paying customer? I would be interested when I get my hardbody for my SCX10.

Thanks for the compliments, I do take on projects from customers, but usually they are for more unique projects. This is actually one of those jobs. Customer basically said "Make me something different" I sent him an email with my idea and he was sold. So if you have an idea for something unique tell me and I may do it. Mind you my skills are more cosmetic than anything, I have seen the amazing mechanical work some guys do and I cannot compete.

 

[HPI-Killer]

^^Thats what I like, I am a scaler guru so I am looking to get a true scale truck body going real soon, I will keep you in mind

 

[HobbyGuyMod]

Nice looking forward to it.