Scale Vintage Ice Chest

[FTRC]

After I finished the scale Yeti Hopper, I wanted to try something a little different. I had an old Dr. Pepper branded ice chest that my grandfather had given me a while back that had a nice weathered look too it so I decided to try that out. I apologize I didn't get any pictures of it off the printer or after priming. I was too excited to start painting

The ice chest is a weird light green. I say weird because that's an odd color for Dr. Pepper. I mixed some paint to match that color as close as possible and added the white details on the lettering.


I then began weathering. This was my first ever attempt at weathering. I started with washes of brown, somewhat of an orange color, and black.


The handle was weathered separately since it was made using a paper clip and needed a thicker paint for the paint to dry on it.


I went back after and added some rust spots with brown and the orange color.



I'm really happy with how it came out! The top hinges open a little which is what I wanted. I used a piece of shoestring to act as the hinge since it was so small.

[frizzen]

That's really slick.

If you get a clear plastic 'card holder' for stabbing into planted flowers, they cut up nicely into scale Ice Cubes to fill the cooler.

Any chance on sharing the stl files for it?

[JatoTheRipper]

That looks great! Now you need scale ice cubes. Checkout frosted beads.

[Natedog]

That came out great and green color reminds me of old Coleman coolers that were actually metal with foam insulation and plastic liner inside as I recall.

Good tip on scale ice cubes.

Now dig me out a cold frosty beverage!

[mrbuggin]

Amazing. Looks like i need to look into a printer for my scale accessories lol.

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[cubalz]

Your weathering technique really brings realism to the cooler. Can I ask what you used to weather it with? I am thinking that I would like to try my hand at a project similar to this.

[Dubmobile]

Nice work. The detail is amazing.