I was just reading and enjoying Richard's (BNSF Fan) thread about his new trucks and saw some comments regarding spray rattle can and airbrushing. I used to only use rattle cans until I bought a real cheap airbrush off of feebay. I now use the airbrush exclusively but occasionally revert to the rattle can for special jobs. You have all probably seen these images before but here we go again. The following images were all rattle can painted and BTW I find that this adds some strength to the 3D print. I must fess up and say that some of these models are 3D prints from Royale, John does nice work. I am not employed or have any connection to Royale except being a very satisfied customer. Rattle can jobs : Group Singles : Airbrush jobs : I use Tru Color paints and make my own decals. This is a Royale kit that I built to remember one I drove back in the late 60's. Here is the 1:1, I am not one of the big wigs standing in front: My latest, obviously not finished as I wanted the decals to dry very well. I guess a couple of months is long enough. All of the above rigs are 3D prints ! Here is an image of all of my completed models, some 3d prints, some bashed Route 66 from Con-Cor, just fun stuff. Some rattle cans, some airbrushed. I keep them at home in a display case: BTW, I have all the parts to do this next : Thanks for looking and putting up with my re-peats. Have I ever noted that I loved driving, do not care for the back and kidney issues however, George can probably relate.
All those trucks are so kool Carl! Great work on them. As for rattle cans, yes, they work just fine in many situations. To me they are sort of a "want to be" airbrush. An air brush for sur gives you more control and probably a much finer finish. I said over in my thread that I do want to get one and spend some time learning with it. Now then, can't wait to see that Loves race hauler in N.
Excellent job on all of those trucks Carl! My favorite is that Chevron cabover. The thing that frustrates me the most about rattle can is I don't have control over the viscosity of the mixture and no variable flow control. Hats off to you for pulling it off especially on such a small scale.
You (it's a generic you and not you freddy-fo) ain't used a rattle can until you used a Tamiya rattle can! It's something about their nozzle!
Nice trucks! I use all the above.......I occasionally hand paint, I use rattle cans (especially for buildings) I have a cheap testors airbrush that lets me paint from the paint bottles, and I have a good airbrush. The main downfall of the rattle can is the tendency to put out too much paint......once you figure out how to avoid that, the paint itself works fine. My cheap airbrush lets me control both paint output and air........the good airbrush just does that better.
Excellent job Carl, nice collection. I use Tamiya spray bombs mainly but I have 2 Iwata Airbrushes - 1 for thinner based enamels, the other acrylics and I don't mix them (use 1 airbrush only for thinner based paints and 1 for acrylic only) Most of my model painting is done with airbrushes, My 1/24 scale cars are done with Tamiya spray bombs to get the pretty colours
I hated 'cab overs' for the obvious reason. The cab sits right over the steer tires ! They bounced so bad ! If you didn't have your seat belt on your head would hit the cab roof !!!!! You could drive over a quarter and could tell if it was 'heads up' or 'tails up' !!!! Give me a long nose 'Pete' every time !! This is the last outfit I drove for (not my image).
So what was the advantage of the cab-over? Easier maneuvering in tight spaces, with their short wheelbases? Cheaper? Did any cab-overs have a bunk up top? I can't imagine that would work well when you tipped the cab forward to get to the engine.
Hi George, I used to use Arrow occasionally to move heat exchanger bundles from ELP refinery to Sand Springs, OK for repair. You are right about the bounce, that cab over is the roughest riding unit we had back in the 60's-70's. This unit had a Bostrom air ride seat, Big Deal! IMHO, it only added to the bounce. Does anyone make a cabover today? I forgot, they aren't worth a damn in a headon either. I almost found out South of Las Vegas, NM before I-25 bypassed LV. Talk about puckering ! ! !
I says: Earl, "I'm not the type to complain But the time has come for me to explain That if you don't apply some brake real soon They're gonna have to pick us up With a stick and a spoon" Yup...
Cab overs are widely used outside the US, makes include: Scania, Volvo, Hino, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Ford, IVECO, Renault, DAF among others
