Cobblestone Street

One night I awoke to a idea, and headed straight for the bench. A cobblestone street was that idea. I had no kits for this, so I would need to scratch build something.

I took a old piece of plexiglass for the base. A tad bit small but it could work. I then needed some cobblestones. I tried making them from plaster and cutting them individually. They looked like rocks too much. I grabbed a sheet of poster board. Ripped off the paper covering and started slicing small bricks. A little white glue and about 5 hours later I had a cobblestone street. I needed a vertical element to give depth. A couple parts from the spares bin and some brass wire created the streetlamp. Tamiya paints for the colors and AK/MIG pigments and washes for the effects. Now I just have to create a lamp shade...

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Headlights Fianlly!

I finally found some headlights for my civilian opel truck. Stolen from another kit! For cargo I decided a spare tire, tarp, rope and a piece of board timber. The bucket is PE from ET models. These little gems are great. One word, solder. With the round shape strength is paramount. Tamiya Red for the color and a wash from AK was all that was needed.

The tarp was made from tissue paper and white glue. Crinkled and shaped to fit around the tire and bed. For the dirty bed, pigments and spare leafs were fixed. The empty beer bottle is from the spares box. I still think something is needed for the exterior side of the bed. Maybe some type of lettering for advertisement or something.

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