Following on from yesterday, when I probably unwisely announced I was going to finish off some of my outstanding projects in order to get rid of the boxes that contained the last few parts that these projects needed to be finished, I have actually ironically found a reason to have a spare box handy! Let me explain!
I was going to get the DAF 95 Canvas Truck completed but there were some parts to paint including the side under-run bars and the mounting parts for the windscreen visor. I painted these and left them to dry.
Finding something to do whilst the paint dry drew me to the Tamiya Sd.Kfz 234/2 Puma model that just needed the wheel hubs fitting. I had left them off as I was going to do more weathering on it but I now think it looks fine. Most of my weathering is quite heavy so it makes a change to have a model that looks as though it may not have been through a mud bath! The hubs were fitted without major incident which was somewhat unusual as I did not even drop one of the hubs on the floor!
A coat of black acrylic paint was applied which dried fairly quickly.
Onto which my favoured kiln dried sand or the sands of time as I now call it because it's the same type as found in hour glasses, was scattered and this is where the spare box comes in handy! All the mess is contained in it and the surplus sand, once the glue dries, can be put back in its container for reuse!
Which, once all the base was covered I soaked the sand in dilute PVA using a syringe.
Then another layer of sand!
It just needs to dry fully now and should do as I sneaked it passed Mrs. Woody into the airing cupboard where hopefully she will not find it. If she does, she may well find having a spare box around is also handy for her, as she can use it to hit me with it! Aren't boxes great!
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