Decided to redo the mojave

[sideweeler]

After beating the hell out of my mojave on a trail run the other day, I decided to strip it down and redo it.

This is before i beat the hell out of it



I was hesitant to cut the bed floor out at first to clear the shock mounts, so the body set up higher than I preferred



After cutting out the bed floor, the body is sitting like it should on the chassis, and I was able to use the original dingo bumper after trimming it down.



But now I have this huge cut out in the bed floor that I need to cover, so I decided to build a camper for it. Ive been digging these utility campers.

[sideweeler]

The utility camper just about done

[sideweeler]

This time around I decided to weather the paint, so I used the salt trick that I haven't used since I was a kid building model cars. I applied a rust base color, and added salt to the wet paint where I wanted a rust and bubbled paint effect.

[sideweeler]

After spraying the new blue over the salt, I rubbed the salt away to get a base for the rust effect.

[sideweeler]

Did a few mix-mached parts, and started the weathering.



I still have to distress the paint some more, and finish the camper, and a few smaller details. but this is where I am so far.

[Poserx]

Cool effect with the salt.

B.

[b17fan]

Looks cool, i really like the look of the areas you salted...also a very nice shell...

[Jus]

Wow that's awesome. Great job on the "rust".

[Yaeger]

Nice work on the top! And that rust looks good as well..

[BadRockNoCookie]

Nicely done sir!

[sideweeler]

Thanks guys! I haven't done any weathering in so many yrs, I was afraid I would be a little "rusty". When I was doing models as a kid, I used chalk to get this effect, but this time I tried something new (or at least new to me), it's made by Detail Master, and it's a lot finer than chalk, and it has a dry adhesive mixed in, and I also like to use washes.



Here's some closer pics of the rust, so you can see the "bubbled paint" effect from the salt along with the powders.





I also added some rust to the wheels last night. The powder needs a flat surface to adhere to (like the primers), so I don't know if it'll stay on the wheels, but I'll find out as soon as I take it through some water.

[Be.jammmin]

Thanks close-up photo of the front left fender looks amazing. Great detail work!

[Jus]

Originally Posted by Be.jammmin

Thanks close-up photo of the front left fender looks amazing. Great detail work!

A huge +1 on that. You couldn't make that look more real if you tried.

[kakachille]

Things awesome I like it

[OKkrawler]

I like the detail man,looks sick!!

[sideweeler]

Thanks everyone! I did a little more work to the camper, but I'm not sure how I like it, maybe it'll grow on me, or maybe I'll just ditch it.

[kakachille]

What size links are u runing on this

[sideweeler]

Originally Posted by kakachille

What size links are u runing on this

Everything on the chassis is stock dingo

[Demodude]

I really, really like your work! I wish that body was mine. I love the rusted look...

[kakachille]

Thanks for the help