White metal Kits

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:48 pm

So how about a big 'HELL YEAH' for all the folks at GHQ !!!! Not only to they make the most detailed white metal kits in N scale they also make the biggest selcetion around, they ALSO SUPPORT there kits after the sale is long over.I want to thank all the folks there for getting the parts to me that I needed to finish the kits so they cna be on there way to there new home (aka) someone's layout.Again thank you all at GHQ.

L

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:43 pm

May be my first and last go at camo paint job till I get a super fine detail airbrush,it's ok if that

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:48 pm

Just your GHQ cat dozer with a three foot stump splitter added to the blade.

I wanted to fade the red into the white sort didn't work out gotta look for a super fine detail airbrush

StarCruiser · Post by **StarCruiser** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:14 pm

It's extremely hard to fade colors together on such small scale models... Anything you do always looks too rough (unless the painter is EXTREMELY talented).

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:34 am

Sort of like me masking in N scale !! Been looking at the Paasche Talon but I don't think even that will do the trick,and when you find EXTREMELY talented painter please let him know I need to ask him some questions about fading paint in N scale.

N

Post by **GHQ** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:30 am

Once again, great work! Thanks for sharing.

GHQ

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:26 pm

GHQ wrote:Once again, great work! Thanks for sharing.

GHQ

And thank you for letting me share my work.

nmanica

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:44 am

A few shots of the bashed crane with the P.E.P. on and some detail parts on the flatcar.Biggest mistake I made was the boom needs to be higher !! it travels ,but not how I planned,so I guess I have to do one more !

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:50 am

OK shots of some GHQ kits fresh out of the paintshop.This is the hy-riail truck with a major bash.

After doing this I think I'm pushing it to the edge ?

Again a three tone paint job,

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:00 am

SO after looking high and low I find the hood for the tan bulldozer,get that painted and then the guy wanting this brings over the second color he wants used and here is the out come.

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:21 pm

So I'm sitting at the hobby table looking at the hy-rail truck and you know it's not doing a thing for me.

So I look into hte "dead build box" this box holds all the projects/kits once started but somehow got put aside and forgotten,After a bit of lookign and digging I find what I want and it's time for a "Bash"

So I look into hte "dead build box" this box holds all the projects/kits once started but somehow got put aside and forgotten,After a bit of lookign and digging I find what I want and it's time for a "Bash"

I'll save you all the boring bits about picking out hte parts and prepping them,but everything on this truck is from this box.

The build centers around the GHQ snowplow and the C&C light duty work truck

Here are the parts semi-stripped and taken apart

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:23 pm

So I'm sitting at the hobby table looking at the hy-rail truck and you know it's not doing a thing for me.

So I look into hte "dead build box" this box holds all the projects/kits once started but somehow got put aside and forgotten,After a bit of lookign and digging I find what I want and it's time for a "Bash"

So I look into hte "dead build box" this box holds all the projects/kits once started but somehow got put aside and forgotten,After a bit of lookign and digging I find what I want and it's time for a "Bash"

I'll save you all the boring bits about picking out hte parts and prepping them,but everything on this truck is from this box.

The build centers around the GHQ snowplow and the C&C light duty work truck

Here are the parts semi-stripped and taken apart

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:34 pm

The GHQ frame needed little if any treaking just some light filing here and there I found two new tires and used them plus the old ones that I had removed. I then installed the HY-Rails from the other kit and they dropped right into place !!

Next came the treaking of the C&C bed to fit the GHQ truck frame, just a bit of filing and then I added the bulkhead back on the deck.It goes ot say that the C&C deck and the GHQ frame weer made for each other !! they both dropped right in !!

Once the deck was sized up I dug thur the parts box and found two ladders used for the GHQ wheeled log loader,they sat high so I shimed them out with some plastic

and now they sit nice and flush !

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:44 pm

So here we have the GHQ frame and cab with the C&C deck mounted,wheel rims are masked and it's off to the paint shop ( was not painted tonight)

fresh out of the paint shop so to say

Masking removed from rims and I just remembered I forgot to take a picture of the deck !!! Oh well more to follow.

nmanica · Post by **nmanica** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:42 pm

Was just "one of them nites"didn't get much done I think I need to retire the old airbrush (36 yeras old) just more trouble then it's worth sometimes.

So here are the fuel tanks and hydraulic fluid tank,I installed fuel tanks body won't fit remove fuel tanks try three more times,fit !!

Off to the paint booth,not even going to go there I just wanted DONE !!!

cab came out ok may strip and repaint I'll sit on it for a few days