This old old garage queen I started some 35 years ago. The kit I got as a kid and I was way to Young to assemble it. Back then I slapped some paint on it, semi assembled it and gave up. Now I will attempt to bring it back, from the dead. I did not expect the paint, I used all those years ago, to be easily removed and it wasn't.
I knew it could never be turned into a showroom model, so the only choice was to turn it into a garage find.
I made rust holes, by grinding the bakside of the body panels, with my Dremel.I covered the seat's with masking tape, which has a textured surface. This should be more visible once I drybrush it. Seat's are painted with oil's
The body has been airbrushed with various rust colored acrylics.
The plan is to apply AK's "Worn effect" and "heavy chipping" medium and spray paint Tamiya's semi gloss Black ontop of that.

Looking really good so far - are the whitewalls going to be discoloured?

Looks good so far Jesper...

Looking great Jesper, love the rust effect.

Cheers, D

Thanks guy's.

Dave: The whitewall's will be discolored, using washes and pigments.

A Little update.
Drilled out some of the instruments and added a few pieces of wire, protruding from the holes.


I drybrushed the interior, which definitely brings out the masking tape I used for crakcled leather effect.


Cut a hole in the top. Didn't want a torn look, but a look of decay. I cut the hole and added Tamiya putty to the edge of the hole. When the putty was semi dry I dragged the putty downwards, with a tweezer.

Nice weathering!

Jim

This one is looking sharp Jesper. Looking forward to how the weathered black top coat comes out.

Got a bit of Work done on the Duesy. Engine is done.Painted in enamels(The green color is a Humbrols paint my dad used. It must be from the 60's. Amazing it's still usable)
Weathered with pigments And various Ak-interactive products.



Body is painted in Tamiya semi gloss Black. Chipping effect done by using AK's heavy chipping medium.

Sweet!

Another good one, Jesper! That's a model I would love to build myself too. I like the loose wires hanging from the dashboard. Note on the engine: I think the exhaust manifold should be rusty too... Otherwise, superb! Thanks for sharing!

Keep it going Jesper, lets see this one on the shelf!

May I suggest some rust colored pastel chalk to put a LITTLE rust on the hood grills and the dashboard.

Thanks guy's

I agree, the exaust manifold needs more rust. I have used quite a lot of dark chipping color on the manifold, but it doesn't show well in the pictures. Will add more rust though.

Dusenberg used quite a lot of polished aluminium and polished stainless steel. It has been quite difficult to find out which materials were used where. as far as I have been able to find out the dash is polished aluminium. Not sure about the hood mesh panels. All chrome parts have been rubed lightly with steelwhool and given a layer of matt acrylics varnish. You cant put an even layer of acrylics varnish on chrome parts, so it gives and uneven dull/worn look. Doesn't show well in the pictures though.

An update on my Duesenberg project. Have begun final assembly.

Looking great Jesper, really nice work.

Jesper, she's the Queen! Nice work, I've been waiting for new posts. Thanks for sharing! After you finish, you can restore it

Great work on the Duesy Jesper, I like the way you did the canvas top with the rod and the hanging cloth.

The dirty engine looks good also, I like the direction the entire model is going.

Thank you gentlemen.

Jesper this is one of the coolest builds I've seen in a while. That's the first time I've ever heard of using tape to make interior upholstery and it turned out awesome. Putting the small rod through the hole in the fabric top was genius. It really made the hole look authentic.

Might I suggest a windscreen with broken glass....like you did with the headlight?

Really super build. It's given me a number of great ideas for the future.

Thanks Hermon.



Already done

Well, I'm calling this one done. As Gabriel suggested, now I can restore it.

Really nice finished model Jesper.

Jesper, Great build. Fantastic weathering. Why restore it. I suggest you build a showroom quality version and display them side by side.

Thanks Dave and Darrell.

Darrell: I would never ever restore this one I actually have one more in my stash, which I do plan to build nice'n'shiny.