While waiting for parts for the Renault bus, I got roped into another pre-war commercial vehicle, Emhar's Bedford in the dropside lorry version. (There is also a dump truck and a tanker.)
Doors are moulded separately, so I hinged them using small brass hinges sourced from Micro Mark (click here). This required gluing 0.040" quarter round inside the door and frame, in order to provide a greater surface area for the CA glue to take.
The kit is quite nice, with well-done parts that all fit.
The wooden bed and drop sides were brush-painted Wooden Deck Tan (XF-78), followed by Brown Panel Line Accent Colour (also from Tamiya). I like how it came out, partly due to the depth of the engraved wood grain. This went on after spraying Maroon (TS-11) on the metal frame and hardware. This is quite purple, but will look good with Racing White (TS-7) as a contrasting colour.
Next, I am waiting for a second set of hinges in the mail, and struggling with getting paint to stick to the plastic -- it's as if I'm fighting with a killer mould release agent on a poor mould from some obscure resin caster. The fenders need to go back in the isopropanol bath, sadly. And coincidentally, as I started the fenders soaking, the missing sprue from the Renault kit turned up. Stay tuned.
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