Revell Peterbilt 359 (pic heavy)

[Sluggo]

Sorry,

Had to purge this post. Something went terribly wrong with the pics. I'll try again tomorrow.

Edited June 6, 2019 by Sluggo
Made a mess.............

[Sluggo]

Ok, Here we go.

I recently purchased this not knowing it was in fact a snap kit. It looks like it will model up pretty decent in spite of it's simplicity. I am currently working on a Mack DM600 that is beginning to irritate me so I am going to back-burner it and start on this piece.

Just a little history on me. I built mainly cars and trucks as a kid then took a 3 decade detour into rivet counter aircraft modeling. The rivet counter days are behind me but I still love a nice paint job.  To that end, I had to pick a paint scheme and get some of the design work done before proceeding too far.

I thought I'd share my process of drawing and test fitting a mask set. There will be a bunch of pics and they are sized according to their content so they will be different sizes.

 

The first step is to pick a scheme and then import a picture of it into Illustrator to draw vector drawings over it. I chose Late 70s early 80s Peterbilt 026B. Here is a background pic in Illustrator along with what I will refer to as a scale box that is 147 mm long and 52.5 mm high. This box represents the actual size the overall graphic need to be on the model. The sleeper on the truck in the picture is longer than the sleeper on the model but we need to factor in the extra length needed to wrap around the back of the cab and around the front of the sleeper so we will just leave it the length it draws out at to start and address the length after the first test fit.

 

My first thought this is a pretty complex design. After a bit of thought it dawns on me that this can achieved with only two shapes using translucent colors or transparency if you will.

Here I draw the first shape using the pic as a background. The pic is not a dead on profile so you might notice my drawing is a bit off from the picture. I am forcing my lines straight and parallel.

 

Second shape drawn. Note that you can already see the third color where the red shape overlaps the yellow.

 

Here is the two shapes drug off of the background pic. This shows the contrast a little better also.

I have to break here to get some other work done. I'll edit and add more later.
 

[iamsuperdan]

I know exactly what you're talking about. I picked this one up, then realized it was a reissue of a snap kit. Still, assembly is going well, and it doesn't look like a snap. Mind you, I'm doing a lot of customizing on this one. Looking forward to seeing your progress!

 

[clayton]

With a little work this snap kits are nice.

Have you try modeltruckn  decals?

[Mr mopar]

ah yes you got to love the Winslow stripes  My all time favorite  paint scheme and small air cleaner !

[Ben]

Modeltruckin.com already has those Winslow stripes as water slide decals.

[gatorincebu]

Randy,

 Those snap kits can be fun to build. And with a bit of care. They can be cleaned up and built into a really fine model .

I like the idea of your paint masks.

 

Be Well

 Gator