My 1/24 Scale Truck collection Gallery

Brilliant Charles,rusty,dusty and crusty with a bit of cheek thrown in!

Thanks Arni. :) You summed it up all in those three words. :)

Thanks guys.

My Scania 8X8X4 Heavy Hauler:

Mind boggling! Absolutely real, ready to drive away!!!!

I am sure that I have missed one or two of your builds over the years, so am looking forward to seeing them all in one thread.

Thanks Sam. Best regards.

The mud and dust/dirt look is very impressive, especially on the tires. Not overdone and has the uneven appearance that makes it "right." If you can, a short tutorial would be useful for us.

harron68 wrote:The mud and dust/dirt look is very impressive, especially on the tires.  Not overdone and has the uneven appearance that makes it "right." If you can, a short tutorial would be useful for us.

Thanks. I'll see what I can do Harron.

All the awesome work in one thread is simply fantastic! Love seeing all these, some for the first time and some are welcome re-viewings

KatsZenJammer wrote:All the awesome work in one thread is simply fantastic!  Love seeing all these, some for the first time and some are welcome re-viewings

Thanks.

Nice to hear your comments guys.

WOW...!

Again, I am amazed by your weathering skills. My jaw dropped to the table while I was looking at the photos. Absolutely breath taking!

I agree .... Tutorials!! I love the realistic greasy fifth wheel (turntable for the Brits and Aussies). How did you do this?

disabled modeler wrote:WOW...!    

Thanks.

pete s wrote:Again, I am amazed by your weathering skills. My jaw dropped to the table while I was looking at the photos. Absolutely breath taking!

I agree .... Tutorials!! I love the realistic greasy fifth wheel (turntable for the Brits and Aussies). How did you do this?

Thank you Pete. The grease on the turntable is just that- real grease. I had some industrial machine grease that I got from my job. I just mixed in a little black and some brown paint and stirred it until I git the mixture i liked. The grease has a slight discoloration that looks like the real thing when pasted on the turntable. I already added a link to the steel plates tutorial, in my earlier post in this same thread. You can check it.

If there is a particular tutorial you like to know about please let me know. I will see what I can do. I am always stress for time.

The tire carrier rig was one of my favourites, very nice to see it again

Thanks Kats.

Wow, just wow.

midnightprowler wrote:Wow, just wow.

Thank you kindly.

Some really great work here. I always enjoy viewing your work.

Thank u Curt

These trucks do weird disorienting things to my brain because I "know" they're not real but they sure look real.

Ace wrote:These trucks do weird disorienting things to my brain because I "know" they're not real but they sure look real.

Thank you dearly Ace.

Awesome realism, Charles.

If I might ask, how much time do you put into one of those big rigs?

RetiredMike wrote:Awesome realism, Charles.

If I might ask, how much time do you put into one of those big rigs?

Thank you kindly. Well, if you add up all the minutes or hours it will come up to just under week. But only working on one of these rigs anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour or two a day is not that much time. If I were to work on one rig without any interruption from my kids or better half, then it would probaly taken me 4 to 5 days. Of cour, depends on the complexity of the amount of details I want to add.

A-may-zing! These fotos are worth many thousands of words. BTW, no fair using grease to simulate grease, just too real.