Lledo repaints: the epic journey.

[Christian]

Hello there,

I'm just doing a little project here, a Lledo repaint. Just tracking it and trying out the diary idea We begin with this:



First step: Drilled out the rivet in the bottom of the car. Stripped some of the base paint and got rid of the logos on the side with a pot scourer. No pictures of this I'm afraid!

Second step: Put on a basecoat of Orkhide Shade. Washed this with Badab Black. Highlighted a bit with a mix of Orkhide Shade and Skull White, watered down a fair bit.



Miniature provided by the criminally talented LeadAsbestos.

The model car is not yet glued together (still working this part out).

[Anpu]

Looks nice!

Anders

[Lupus]

Nice indeed what size is the mini..I have a pile of these in the loft from Radio Times i think when i was a lad..

[Operator5]

Excellent work. It really looks like a vehicle that has seen a bit of wear.

[The Dozing Dragon]

Excellent - will try it out on a couple of mine.............

[Christian]

Thanks for the comments guys! Repainting is actually pretty fun! I highly recommend it! I will get a bit of time to do some more tomorrow morning!

[Christian]

Well, I skipped all the way from "Phase 1" to "finished" but here's the pics anyway







The last one is the best I think, it shows the mud splats and the rest of the weathering.

So, what do you think? There's a few more Lledos to come and I'll be giving them a much similar treatment

I really like this effect from Photobucket:

[Christian]

Here's my second attempt at a repaint, still in the primary stages:





I've only really painted the top part of the car. It is a very dark blue, just an attempt to get away from plain black The light is very yellow.

Let me know what you guys think! Any comments or suggestions?

[rob_the_robgoblin]

They look really good.

Very well done!

[gamer Mac]

Lovely job
I have both of the models and they are very useful.

[carlos marighela]

Nice work. Of course the colour choice for Model T's for most of their existence tended to black but a little colour ever hurts.

[Christian]

"Any colour as long as it's black" was the correct phrase, I think 

[carlos marighela]

Which technically speaking isn't quite true. they produced them in various colours for a few years before the war and then again in the last year of production (1926-27). Still it's a great quote.

[Christian]

H. Ford had quite a few good ones.

Here's a nice little pic with my new Sloppy Jalopy driver (just got 'em today!):



The taxi is going to be a staff car for my yet to arrive BUF unit. I've got something interesting planned for the luggage...

[white knight]

I've got something interesting planned for the luggage...

We'll be the judge of that.