Finished model of Raiders alley truck

[Havana]

This is a 1/35 scale model of the Raiders alley truck that I recently finished. I started out with the intent of making a model of the famous desert chase truck but realized I needed some practice since I hadn't made a model in 12 years. So I made this one as a bit of a warm up. I think it turned out pretty well. It took parts from 3 different kits, some household items, and a bit of fabrication work to get it fairly close to screen accurate. The biggest challenges were adapting the canopy, which came from a much larger model and had to be cut down and reshaped and painting the canopy to look like fabric and not hard plastic. Applying the famous Cairo dust look to a truck was an interesting experience. I can't imagine doing to a full scale truck. Hope you guys like the pics. If anyone's interested, please feel free to copy some of these shots and use them in your photoshop work. I'd love to see that. A model of the desert chase truck is "in development" but I guarantee it'll be ready before Indy 4.

[Marc]

Amanzingly detailed for a scale 1/35. Well done.

Regards,

Marc

[pitfallharry]

I tip my hat to you sir. That is a really cool replica / model of the truck. You did a fantastic job making it basically from scratch and using the photos as a guide.

The detail of the model is very well done. The first two pics of the model made me believe it was bigger than it actually is.

About the only small suggestion I have for it would be to maybe dirty it up a little more. The red seems to be a little bit to deep. I wonder if you could use Fuller's Earth on it to give it a "dusty look"?

Other then that you could fool anyone into believing it was a model prop from one of the movies.

[Ragingblues]

Truly magnificent work Havana!

Wow, you really did a fine job on this, and mentioned above... the level of detail for this scale is exceptional! I would love to work this into a Photoshop adventure, as it's just so cool.

Very well done,

Ken

[Havana]

Thanks for the comments, guys. The red color did turn out a bit brighter than I would have liked. The photos were shot outside in very bright conditions which made it look even brighter still. Of course, the beauty of something like photoshop is that you can easily isolate the red spectrum and darken it down to your preferences. Some of those pics are way too close to the model to be believable, like the 1st one. The next to the last shot is most realistic to me. It's far enough away to not see the brush strokes but not so far that you lose the detail. Again, in photoshop you can shrink it, adjust the detail, or do just about anything. If anybody wants some more pics, I can send some via PM.

[pitfallharry]

What would have really added to the detail would have been to have a little driver in there as well. I don't know how hard that would be to make a figure like that to fit inside of it though.

[Deleted]

Man, that's just amazing Havana. Well done

Cheers,
G-MANN

[Deleted]

Havana, absolutely beautiful work!

[indianatone]

AWESOME!

You kit-bashed this thing?! From different scales also?!

That truck looks terrific! Especially considering all those factors, that is an amazing job!

The red doesn't look bad at all, but if you had the gumption to repaint it - "Go take a flying leap, Tone" - I believe (Brown/Red/White). Mix heavier in the white and that would give you a nice faded orangish/red/rust/brown look just like the film truck.

That is some nice work, Havana!