Artie ran Modifieds there and here in Jersey for the life of me I can’t remember the number( I have worked on dozens of cars over the years) It would have Art Taylor heating oil on the side and it was a black Olsen car. I want to try and make Wall thos sat. I will be half way there on sat. morning Englishtown swap meets ( great place for model cars I gotten kits there $5.00 each picked up a few Revell choppers there last year for $8.00 each.) Great work so far…
John
Karl, as always excellent work…and the hair dryer, quite the discovery.
John, thanks for the info…I will see if I can find your buddy’s name in my program!
Mike, thanks—but I think that the discovery was not the hair dryer, but the fact that I was shooting flat acrylic paint over such a shiny gloss finish. THAT–along with the quick-drying of the hair dryer–seems to have made the effect happen? Thanks for your comment!
And here’s an update for y’all!
Here’s a new update for your pleasure!
I had originally gotten the old AMT Impala kit to do this build with before realizing that the Revell was a much better choice; in any case, that kit comes with these “accessories”, so I decided to use them in this build.
In the real car, there’s a lot of junk in the rear seat. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good photo of it. However, I figured that these would give that look of a car that head been used as a “junk storage”, as old cars sometimes are–ever watch “American Pickers”?! I LOVE that show!
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There’s a '70’s style speaker, a pair of bed posts or something, an old TV, and a box of flags. I made the flags with some lead foil from wine bottles. Really nothing complicated here; I just cut out some rectangular pieces, and super-glued one end to a styrene rod. Laid a coat of Tamiya White Primer on them, airbrushed 'em green and white, and then used a Sharpie to draw in the checkered squares on the finish flag and draped/posed them in the box. This will give a nice reference to the “racing history” of this car, and give a visual clue to the observer as to the eventual title of the vignette, “Checkered Past” The cardboard box is a Verlinden item–actual German military boxes made from real, “scale” cardboard that can be cut out and folded up and glued. I glued it inside-out, hiding the Nazi eagles and whatnot.
In the interior, I made some more detailing to the rear. I made some “carpets” by taking a piece of rough sandpaper and using some White craft glue to glue some tan flocking to it, and then simply cut it up into squares. I then glued these “carpet squares” onto the read floor area behind the seats, and tinted them with oil paints again.I also added some more Verlinden newspapers and envelopes–all of these are military items from my Armor modeling. They’re 1/35 scale, but they look great in this scale as well. There are also some 1/24 magazines that I picked up off eBay.
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…and here’s the “junk” put inside…kinda hides my carpets…
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On the outside, I added all the PE badges–the “SS” logo, and the “Impala” in the trim. You can also see all the BMF that I put down.
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The whole car has been BMF’ed and the tires’ lettering painted as per the real car; On the real car, the trim almost seems to have been painted over in white? However, in the interest of “Artistic License”, I foiled them, as I think it makes a more visually-exciting model. I can just hear some IPMS judge saying “He forgot to BMF on the trim” 
! also added some reflectors to the front grille, as these were absent from the PE set. I made these out of strip styrene. The lights have been added, and some wire stuck out of the empty light hole.
It was a real bear to get the top to sit on the tub after the windows had been put in. All I can say is “Thank god for the Dremel!”
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One thing I have also decided AGAINST doing–putting in the side windows, which have been left UP in the real car. These would be easy enough to add, but they would undoubtedly make it a lot harder to see into the car and see the detail.
Stay tuned for more–I have to do the actual outside rust weathering using MIG oil paints and pigments, and add the “snow” caps on the car, and build the dio base.
More to come! All comments of course are welcomed and appreciated! 
Karl the doog
Seems odd to say this, but…
That poor car looks terrible! Excellent work! [Y]
Oh yeah! Nice and junky!
The real car actually looks in pretty decent shape (I think) for something that’s been sitting out in the woods for thirty-five or forty years.
Your model turned out terrific, too![Y][Y] All you need are some rabbits and you could have “The Lair of the Snow Bunnies!”[:D]
Thanks, Bill, John, and Jim!
Jim–“Lair of teh SNOW Bunnies”–LMFAO! That one had me rolling! But it’s not finished yet! Stay tuned–I still have to complete the weathering and the base with snow on the car, too!
The real car has probably been sitting there less than 15 years. This was next to an old quarter-mile dirt rack that closed in the mid-nineties, I think.
Make sure you look in in about a week or so-- the model itself should be finished by then; not sure how long the base will take?
Thanks for the conversation, Jim! Good hearing from ya! [:)] Karl
Karl, it just keeps getting better. Amazing how junk can turn into a piece of art.
[Y]
Excellent job on the Impala! I will read the entire article at a later time, thanks for posting all the detailed pictures. There is a lot of kung-foo to be learned from weathering & rust master Karl!
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Thanks, Mike and Jason! I honestly do appreciate your comments and nice words! It’s good to know that there are people out there who appreciate the work involved in posting these detailed WIPs, and will take the few minutes to post some support!
THANK YOU!!! [:D]
…aaaaaaaaaaand here’s another update! [:D]
I have completed the car itself; now all that’s left to do si to construct the simple dio base.
From here, I will show how to complete the weathering and snow cover on the model. First, here are the products I have used for completion of the weathering. From top left–MIG Pigment Fixer; MIG pigments P024 Light Rust and P230 Old Rust; 502 Abteilung (MIG’s oil weathering line) #060 Light Rust Brown; #070 Dark Rust, 020 Faded Dark Yellow (which is really a light orange); and standard Raw Umber and Burnt Sienna Deep oil paint.
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I start by applying a varied combination of oil colors in the exposed dark rusted area, and then I pull them down to make streaks. Use a variety of the colors, and put dark colors first, and lighter colors on top, because new rust is lighter.
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When I had good coverage and was satisfied with the results of the streaks and drips, I used a brush to apply MIG’s weathering pigments right onto the still-wet pigments, which actually help them to adhere to the model.
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Notice the texture that the pigments lend to the rust. To seal them in permanently, I use MIG Pigment Fixer. Just use a brush to drop the stuff rightonto the pigmented areas. Capillary action will spread the liquid into the pigments, fixing them fast.
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I also used a larger brush to “bounce” on rust spot from oil. A larger brush also helps make different dimensions of streaks as well.
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Next, in order to get more layers of variety in the finish, I took some craft store white acylic paint and dabbed on some pure white in areas.
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Results so far:
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I cleaned up the front fender a little with that white paint. The wheels were given a wash of tan oil paint, and a light wash of rust colored oil in the hubs…
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ADDING THE “SNOW CAPS”
Now it’s time to add the “snow”. For this I use a paper-mache type of product called Celluclay. First, I add both WHite Craft glue (1), and acrylic paint (2) to the powdery product. I add a little bit of water to it, stirring always, just enough to wet the whole mess. Many people who claim to have problems with this product do so because they don’t add glue and add too much water. Celluclay will shrink as it dries; the ore water, the more it will shrink. To counter this, I scoop out the bulk of it onto the sleeve of an old T-shirt, (3) and squeeze the excess water, glue, and paint out. (4).
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I then scoop out the clay with a cocktail stick and start to apply it to the appropriate areas.(1). I wet my fingers with water (2) to help shape it, and also use a wetted paintbrush to carefully shape the edge. The water on the brush will both shape the perimeter as well as cleaning the window from any glue-haze.
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\The three areas have been completed. After this step, I let the model sit overnight to let the celluclay cure and dry. In the morning, I put it inside of my real vehicle, on the dashboard n the sun with the windows up, in order to speed the drying/curing process.
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Next, after making sure that the celluclay was hard, I painted it with white acrylic paint, and then use white Aleene’s Craft Glue, which is a really think craft glue similar to Elmer’s to carefully cover the celluclay parts.
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Next, using Woodland Scenics’ snow powder, I carefully shake out a covering of “snow” onto the wet glue. I do ONE SECTION at a time! This glue dries too fast to let it sit around.
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I applied a copious amount, and tamped it down with my fingers
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I let it sit for about 10 minutes, and then turned the car over to get rid of the excess, and here’s the result!
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Now comes making the base, which is being varnished and sealed at the moment. Stay tuned, and thanks for any comments or critiques! Comments are appreciated and welcomed!
Your builds never cease to amaze me. Some to the things you do would never had occurred to me otherwise, like the carpet, or the snow.
[Y]
Hey Karl
Nice to see you back to rusting up some cars. Would be better if it were armor, but as long as it’s rusty I’ll be looking. The crackle medium is pretty good stuff, glad it worked with great effect. Can be tricky to always get the same result. You seemed to have nailed buddy.
Cool work with the snow, looks too real. [Y]
Gotta love the oils and pigments. awesome work on that car.
Rob
OK…I’m itchy being over here [sml…]…but had to see what you are up to…Very nice work…the usaual king of weathering look…I see the references to BMF and I keep thinking you are talking about me [whstl]
I think you have found one of your true callings in rust. It looks fantastic…some of the armor weathering translated well.
Now when you are through with being Mr Sanford,
we will keep a spot warm for you back over in armor…its time to build something that clanks and can go BOOM in the night!! [;)]
Great job as always
Rounds Complete!!
Karl,don’t know how you do it…(Yes I do you showed us lol) but each build tops the last. Very impressive build,and thanks for the tut.
John
Thanks, smeagol! That makes me happy to hear–that you get ideas from my builds. That’s the whole point and reward for me! I appreciate your comments!
Rob–I was hoping you’d look in on the car! I thought that the cracked paint was probably something you’d have come across–it could be very useful in future projects! Thanks for the nice words!
Mike, thanks for coming over to the neighborhood and for your funny comments!! [;)] I should be back to Armor before the summer some time…you keep things organized over there til I get back! I appreciate your comments!
Thanks too, John, for your very generous compliment!
Stay tuned, guys, to see the completed project with the dio base! [:)]
Absolutely beautiful result!!!
Karl, Incredible work, so life like, extraordinary. I appreciate the tutorial for this project. I just picked up Revell’s '41 Chevy pickup and I was hoping to use your build as inspiration. Won’t be for a while though as I’ve got some other kits in line first. But seeing this, I’m very excited to get going on it. Again, great work.
Jon
Thanks, both–Zokissima and Jon! I appreciate you both looking in and taking the minute it takes to comment!
Jon, good luck on your build–please post some pics of it if you get it started! [:D]
Another fine bit of work of an all too common subject. Just breaks my heart to seen on old warrior cast aside like that.
Your build could be described as a memorial to the fallen.
Regards, PWB.