The Runaway Bus

[AJR]

The Atlantean will rise again though, minus its sliding windows ... most likely as a Camms Collapsible

[GHOSTHUNTER]

That window transplant was a neat idea!

Ghosthunter.

[toysnz]

Love what you have done so far... and interested to see what you do with the Atlantean.

Ian

[Tinman]

Any further progress?

[AJR]

Short of shelling out for an etch, I'm waiting on some fine metal mesh from China for the grille. Outlined for now in the thinnest plasticard I could get hold of.
Lots of dents and imperfections in the casting and the three coats of paint have so far failed to hide the scratch marks from the fine brass wire brush.

[AJR]

I didn't want to put too much paint on as there is some very fine arrow shaped indicators cast onto the rear that I don't want to lose (which is already happening).
I have added the tail lights by drilling a couple of holes and attaching pin heads.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

With a Scalpel blade in a suitable handle, I would scrape out the paint from those indicators, so they stay empty and even if you apply more paint over the top you won't lose them.

Ghosthunter.

[AJR]

Good idea. I'm going to mask them over as well

[zBret]

Hi AJR
Your project seems an interesting one and it looks you have put a lot of thought into it's conception as well as effort into the transformation.

Looks like it's coming along nicely

Sometimes those brass wire brushes are actually brass-colored steel brushes.
No amount of paint will fill the scratches, unless you sand between coats , gradually taking down the high spots and filling in the low spots, Ideally this should have been done at the primer stage, and sometimes takes a a few rounds of prime/sand prime/sand, so that you end up with a smooth surface, which you then apply the finish paint color to.

At this point you could either try working with the paint that you already have on the model, by sanding it down and then building up successive layers sanding between coats, or, just strip it and start the painting process over again- which may be less work actually. You'd probably want to use a 600 or 1200 grit wet dry paper or even a fine steel wool for the sanding as there are quite a few areas on this model around the windows and such, that would make for difficult sanding with a paper.

I'm not really an expert on diecast restos, as Joe (the Tinman) is, perhaps he will have some more to add, but my general understanding is, the above method is how its done.

Wishing you the best with your project and looking forward to more photos.

zBret

[AJR]

I've had other things to do over the last few months and the Runaway Bus has been shelved for the time being. In the meantime, I've mislaid the decals and the grille
I gave the Dinky Yellow Pages Atlantean (minus its hopper windows) a quick blow over in "Camms Collapsible" orange and cream and salvaged the wheels from an EFE Pickford's AEC that had crumbled due to Mazak Pest. The original speed wheels were destroyed. I've had to leave the EFE wheels black though for the time being as the tyres have hardened and can't be removed for spraying. The EFE SELNEC in the pic will also be re-decaled as a Camm's Collapsible. No two Camm's buses had the same livery design .... some weren't even painted in the orange / cream house colours.