Ready to be closed

My friends, yesterday I managed to paint the interior with some pretty basic effects. Just like with the pancake train, it works as a nice testbed for methods and figuring out what works and what doesn't.

This time, the chipping effects will be mainly about oxidized aluminum, although there will be some rusty steel parts, mainly the undercarriage and the crane. According to references, this specific Land Rover has the body made from alloy instead of steel. And after looking on those references, I decided it wasn't worth buying some high-end metallic paints. You see, the surface looks almost white - with random greyish stains and the occasional shiny spot. I tried to simulate that effect by spraying the surfaces white and giving them a random, rather sloppy black enamel wash.

After that, it received a coat of chipping fluid followed by yellow color (This was mixed from 1 part Yellow Green, 3 parts Flat Yellow, 1 part Flat White). As it turns out, the faded undercoat looks pretty authentic, but the contrast with the yellow isn't the greatest, and it would look much better with a blue paint job!

Next up I learned that using Wash for German Yellow isn't the best idea because the Land Rover in references looks more "rotten", meaning the weathering is mainly about greyish, blackish, and greenish stains. Winter Streaking Grime works much better for the effect, but because I applied two layers of washes, the contrast looks pretty strong :D But that's never a bad thing in the interior.

The details were painted with acrylics, and wherever needed, additional enamel wash was applied to bring out details on those details :)

Some of the chips and worn edges were then enhanced with silver acrylic from AK.

The dials and placards come from the decal sheet, and it was the first time I tried applying them without any varnishes, straight onto the flat paint!!! It worked like a dream, but I won't be so daring on the outside of the car :D

For some reason, the yellow paint cracked in some areas. I blame this on the tight working conditions - when I tried to spray the chipping fluid in every corner, ultimately it built up into ridiculously thick layers in some areas, leading to the paint cracking. It doesn't look that bad, but it's better when you have full control over your effects!

I also started gluing the windshields in place and they fit well. So today I'm closing off the entire car, masking the windows, and spraying the base coat!