Abandoned...

[iggie]

I bought the base kit for this ages ago, intending to use it as a guinea pig for various rust effect products. The kit is the Heller 1/43 Peugeot 203, which although not massively detailed, goes together well enough and has worked out OK for my purposes...

[DavidWomby]

That's great

David

[Ratch]

interesting experiment Jim

[JamesPerrin]

… but will she start?

[Miko]

Impressive for sure!

… but will she start?

Ha!

Miko

[skypirate]

Love the groundwork, Jim!

David

[VickersVandal]

"Barn find. 25K ono. Don't lowball me I know what I've got."

Superb work!

[B4en]

That's been left by the seaside for far too long! Nicely done. The rusting on the front left side looks most convincing to me, with a bit of paintwork still showing through.

What do you use for the meadow grass on the base Jim? I'm fairly new to diorama acessories and could really use something like that.

[PaulBradley]

Wow, that's different!

[ShaunW]

I'd say that experiment has been very successful, Jim, that looks like a car that has stood outdoors for many a year!

[general rocket]

… but will she start?

It's French, of course it won't start. (I have a renault..... for now).

[iggie]

Cheers all
The only thing that didn't work entirely as planned was adding a coat of matt varnish over everything; the water based varnish reacted with the previously applied rust effects, and changed the colours a bit from how they'd been. Otherwise, it worked out fairly well

That's been left by the seaside for far too long! Nicely done. The rusting on the front left side looks most convincing to me, with a bit of paintwork still showing through.

What do you use for the meadow grass on the base Jim? I'm fairly new to diorama acessories and could really use something like that.

The grass is 6mm 'static grass' applied using a homemade applicator; both the grass and applicator are readily available from ebay, and make a big difference to any scenic base I think. The 'grass' is available in lengths from 2mm upwards and in a huge variety of colours and shades, so will work for 1/72 upwards. The clumps are simply the same stuff, set into blobs of glue...

[B4en]

Thanks for the info Jim! I'll have to hunt some of that down. I've got some of the clumps already - didn't realise it is the same stuff.

[David Silver]

Who gave you permission to make a model of my car! she may be old but I still love her! Just kidding , a successful experiment I would say!

[Dirkpitt289]

Nicely done