International Harvester Scout II (2nd Build)

[Jonathan]

Thank you for following along on my other build - that disaster and hopefully soon subsequent rebuild is mostly documented here:

In the meantime, I snagged a good deal on another Scout II kit and decided to do the smart thing and build it straight from the box, so here goes:

So far, I've painted most parts.  I plan to "carpet" the front of the cab with some flocking.  Color is old Testor's Model Master Green Go (Dodge 1970/71) Sublime Green. These were cool paints and I hate that they were discontinued.  In retrospect, I probably should have decanted and used my airbrush, but I've made it this far.  

White top is Tamiya primer, followed by a thin coat of Tamiya Pure White.

 

The black is Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black, and the reddish seats are Tamiya Oxide Red primer.  I'll carpet the front with flocking and need to figure what color to paint the (barely present) door cards.

 

 

 

Edited March 14, 2024 by Jonathan

[Jonathan]

Boy does the cell phone camera make something look bad.

Nothing glued in yet ...

 

[NOBLNG]

I like the colors…it’s looking good!?

[Jonathan]

Marathon masking to shot a small bit of Alclad.

I'm not sure what the black spot is on the passenger rear.  I've tried to polish it out, and I polished through the clearcoat and started hitting the base color, so I stopped.  Think I'll mount an antenna there to hide it.  (I "think" it's the panel liner accent that I was using, but not sure...)

Lots of orange peel in this one, but I'm going to live with it.

I'm certain the engine is the wrong color, but given the total lack of detail under the hood, I'll probably glue the hood shut anyway.

Interior is straight from the box.

 

[Jonathan]

14 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

I like the colors…it’s looking good!?

Thank you.  In person, it's sorta, kinda, maybe a little close to Grenoble Green.    Well, definitely 70's green of some shade.

[slusher]

Nice color choices, and every color looks good together!

[Jonathan]

8 hours ago, slusher said:

Nice color choices, and every color looks good together!

Thank you.  I need to take pictures outside - but it's raining here today.

[Jonathan]

Trim completed, wheels stripped and sprayed with Alclad, Interior finished.

[Jonathan]

Getting close.  I took a chance on the Rallye decals and I'm not sure if I like them or not.  The AMT (Round2) decals confirm to curves "okay".  I should have waited until the side panels dried completely before adding the hood decals. I got ahead of myself (I blame the dehydrator) and now I have a big fat gap in the stripe across the front quarter panel.   It's done now.

Need to add mirrors, possibly an antenna, and I now see that I forgot to paint the front marker/signal lights. 

[slusher]

Looks fantastic Jonathan!

[Volzfan59]

I love it! Great looking model.

[stavanzer]

The 'Binder looks very Sharp. I like the Colour.

[TNT]

Thanks for posting. I have bren wondering about this kit. I like the IH better than the bronco. When i was in the army way back in the 80s we used to get vehicles from the motor pool for picking up parts and taking equipment to DX. Usually we got a bread van but every now n then we got a IH flat bed. It was an odd beast as it was like a 1.5 ton or some odd GVW. It was 4WD and had a granny gear that would pull down a barracks. I was always late back to the shop when i got that truck. Had to test it out.