Lesney #66c GM Scenicruiser Greyhound Bus: Wrap-Up

I decided to take advantage of this beautiful day to do some painting. I actually managed to finish ALL my projects! Woohoo! Here's the first one, the Scenicruiser bus... It wasn't without its flaws though. I managed to break the plastic suspension unit, and couldn't come up with any ideas to fix it, so I left the back wheels "unsprung" Other than that, I think it came out rather well. Decals are from Rick's Toybox.

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And here is is with one of my father's toys from his childhood..

New Project: Lesney #66c GM Scenicruiser Greyhound Bus

Welp, good evening folks. I got bored tonight and thought I'd pull something out of the toolbox. I'm not in the mood to start anything that needs serious work, so I thought this would do the trick. One of my favorite regular wheel castings. I've always imagined how cool is must've been to see 1960s America through the windows of one of these buses. Should be a simple cleanup and repaint (fingers crossed). The other 66c I have is severely corroded and pretty far gone, so I thought I'd cut my teeth on the casting with this one! Decals are ordered, so once they arrive it should be a pretty quick turn around..

Project Update: Lesney #74b Daimler Bus

Well, things haven't been going too well with this project. It's been on the back burner for a while so I thought I'd work on it a little bit. It was the green variation originally, so I decided to repaint it in the same color. For non-metallic enamel colors, I stick with cheap big box store spray paint. It generally looks pretty close to the original finish of these cars. Here's the result after a few coats of green...

It came out looking pretty decent. I didn't picture the chassis as I had a bit of a mishap with it... I live in a second floor apartment, and do my painting out of the back window. While painting the chassis, it fell off the paint stand and onto some gravel below... Not my finest hour! But I pulled the dirt particles out and I don't think I need to repaint it. A couple more coats of green and I don't think you'll be able to tell. 

The only problem is the shade of green... It's not even close. The cap of the paint can looked pretty accurate, but once I started laying coats down, it's quite a bit darker than the original. Here's a pic of an original #46 in the same color for comparison.

So what do my readers think? Should I leave it alone or try to find a green that's a better match? I like the color, it looks nice. It's just not correct for the model. Let me know what you think in the comments.

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New Segment: The Travelling Bus

Hello all! I'm sorry for the severe lack of posts lately. It's spring break for me, and I've been extremely busy doing absolutely nothing! But I'm back now, and will hopefully be finishing up some projects this weekend. It's been a relaxing week. Got some flying time in, caught up with the family, it was a good week. Now I'm looking forward to playing with my toys a bit more before classes start back!

I thought it was about time to spice this blog up a bit. As a pilot, I get to go to some pretty cool places, and why not take my little hobby along with me? I chose this old Lesney #5D Routemaster to take with me to some of these cool places and start photographing it. I've seen this sort of thing done before, but I hope to throw my own spin on it. So enjoy! Hopefully I'll be able to start throwing up some interesting pics with the old bus soon!

It rode along with me at work, keeping a close eye on my rev counter. 

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