FfarquharDeveloper's TrackMaster Customs

11/1/21 Update

Donald & Douglas:
Their faces got repainted again.


Now onto the interesting bit.

Donald & Douglas (continued):
I scratch-built Snowploughs for Donald & Douglas.

A base to slide onto the buffer beam being held in by the buffers was built first by cutting out a thin strip of polystyrene and then cutting holes for the buffers and moulded on coupler.

Then the ploughs were built, they were made using the card from a Tacky Box and curving them. The tops of the card were curved and cut in a slant.


Then it was time to build the supports to connect the ploughs, this was done by placing the ploughs on their ends and then tracing them on polystyrene, from there it was just cutting it out with a hobby knife and supergluing all of the bits together.


After that, it was off to adding the visual supports on the outside. To do this, additional polystyrene had to be added as inside supports before adding the visual outer supports. They don't really do much but they do make the ploughs look better and more accurate.


Then it was off to painting the ploughs, they were primed using Tamiya Light Grey Primer and then painted in 3 coats of Tamiya Acrylic X-18 Semi-Gloss Black.


Once they were dried they were fitted onto the twins.