Tractor - Take Two

(The original one is on the left)

I wasn't one hundred percent convinced as to the usefulness of my latest bargain buys (see last week's blog) and had to agree with some of the comments that held a similar view.
So, with a burst of enthusiasm I decided to see if I could remedy the situation, after all, I had nothing better to do, nor any inclination to have anything other than a lazy Saturday afternoon.
The picture on the right is the before and after effect of my efforts.

"Side view"

I did strip down the very soft polyethylene toy into it's components parts (carefully forgetting to wash it in luke-warm soapy water - of course) and I cut the more obvious bits of flash off too, before spraying all the model's component parts in Poundland grey primer.

"Different side - view"

One thing that I noticed whilst painting the model was the track width of the vehicle exceeded the with of the wheel arch mudguards. this was easily remedied with a good set of pliers and I very quickly has a pair of axles fit for purpose (just) though some measuring may have been a bit more helpful.

rear view" - ooh err missus

As I'm no great shakes with a paintbrush ("No kidding ?", I hear you say) the painting was done in my usual style of "Quick n dirty", I wasn't very accurate nor did I care much, the model wasn't going to win any prizes and any improvement in its look,  no matter how minor would, be a success in my book.

"Oh dear, deer, Deere"

I picked a dark(ish) green that reminded me of a John Deere tractor (entirely the wrong shade as it turned out) for the mainstay of the vehicle and then commenced to dirty it up with washes of browns and so on, before finally giving it a quick, very  light, dry brush of white.

So that's it then, the finished model shown here with Sid for scale.
it doesn't look too bad (if you squint), but could probably do with varnishing, (it being soft plastic) and in my eyes it's good enough for a wargame.

"Gratuitous waffle"

Here's another before and after pick, purportedly to show roof detail (but really just to pad out a rather boring post).
Including time waiting for the undercoat spray to dry, I doubt I spent more than 3 hours total on it.