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09/08/2018 10:17 am
(PICS) Something quite unusual and very close to 1/18
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I found this 1/20 scale 1966 Honda F90 tiller kit while searching a Japanese model site for Japanese truck kits, etc. and I had to take a chance on it. It's a beautifully molded simple model kit...molded in color for those who don't usually build models, but I decided to make it look less 'plasticy' by painting all the assemblies and simulating the plating on the handle-bars and controls.
It comes with a nicely molded kit of a girl operator that has, unfortunately, those uniquely Japanese Anime-like features (mildly cartoonish). I don't usually add figures to my models but since we were in a bit of a heat-wave here in Ottawa, the idea of continuing to stay in my cool basement workshop building anything convinced me to tackle the figure project to add to the tiller.
The tiller is painted with automotive basecoat/clearcoat with an added thinned black wash on the engine area to enhance the details, and the handle-bars are done with Alclad 'chrome' airbrushed over gloss black. The girl operator is painted with flat acrylics. I mounted the ensemble on the base of a displaycase to keep it dust-free and undamaged over the years.
I do enjoy non-mainstream machinery and vehicles.
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The main assemblies painted and ready for assembly
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The handle-bars/controls air-brushed in Alclad 'chrome' over gloss black
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Adhesive chrome foil placed behind headlight lens area to avoid the look of a 'black hole'
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09/08/2018 6:32 pm
Really cool ! The young anime gal looks ready to make good use of that Honda.
10/08/2018 3:48 am
Geez Cliff, you never cease to amaze me. I've seen your work in person and in print...always great!
11/08/2018 10:33 am
Pretty cool! Was the anime figure already painted also?
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11/08/2018 4:23 pm
No, I painted the figure using flat acrylics and used the kit's eye decals