If you all remember my “Lair of the Rust Bunnies” dio here of the rusted-out Chevy Nomad, I’m honored to say that it is in the new November issue, and also up in a photo feature here on the FSM site, under “How-to Articles” under the “Auto” subtitle.
Click on that, and it’s called “Photo Gallery: Karl Logan’s rustbucket Revell 1:25 scale Chevy Nomad”
I had to remove this post when I had sold the article for publication, but I just want to let you all know that it, and the “Hair Spray Weathering Technique” tutorial I did with it is with it!
You’ve earned it, doog! That is one impressive piece! I love the attention to the small details, like the wires hanging out of the headlight fixtures and the empty plastic ring-thingies that held the 6-pack together. Very cool! [tup]
Thanks ruddratt! Do you know, I get more comments on that 6-pack thing than justabout anything in the dio?! Amazing to me how a simple detail seems to “grab” everyone’s eye! Thanks for the compliments!
**James–**thanks, as well! I’ve seen your truck too! Very nice!!! I too, love these old, beat-up vehicles! I have a folder of “junkyard photos” on my laptop with about 250 photos for reference–I love looking through it!
Thanks, Larryd!! Thank you for the compliments; I’m happy that you enjoyed the article!
Thank you, too, Papa John! The “mop-n-Glo” comment cracked me up! Now THAT will give me nightmares, LOL!
Thanks for commenting, all! Hope you are subscribers to Finescale! My Hetzer will also be in the next two issues, Dec, and Jan. Sign up now!! [:I]
BTW I restrained from the 6-pack comments but now that you mention it that’s a real threat to the environment and wildlife in particular as one of those little bunnies could easily get his head stuck in one of the holes.
I’m happy to say, however, that my Daddy taught me right when he would take me to tag along on his hunting trips until I got old enough to get my own license–he told me “Never leave anything in the woods and field but your footprints”.
Thanks smeagol–they’re “Preisser” 1/24 scale bunnies. They come prepainted, but in mostly white and gray. I repainted them to look like cottontails. Can’t remember where I got them–google them and you should come up with some distributors…
Congratulations Karl! I have been following your builds for a while now, and I have got to tell you that there is not one build that has failed to impress me. You are truly an artist. There is no detail left to the imagination in these miniature pieces of art.[tup]
Hey doog, I just say the ad for this on the front page of this site,l and I gota say again kudos, your fantastic. Im honored to beable to learn from you
Of course, bunnies being bunnies, maybe they’ll reproduce and the doog will have more of them than he’ll know what to do with![:-^]
I saw the pictures in FSM as I was glancing through it and said, “Hey, that car looks familiar!” I haven’t read the article yet (I wanted to just finish the last few pages of Martin Popoff’s Collector’s Guide to Heavy Metal Vol. 2: The 1980s; this book helped me keep my sanity during my hernia repair and subsequent recovery) but looking forward to it! Congratulations!
Perhaps you can bring “Lair of the Rust Bunnies” to the IPMS Nationals in Phoenix in 2010. I’ll be there; it’s just five miles from my apartment! (On second thought, perhaps not; during my work at a local plant nursery, I get lots of complaints from customers about bunnies eating the landscaping.[(-D])
