Fun With a Wrangler Model

[Zenobian_84]

This past Christmas, the GF decided to get me a bunch of little doo-dads, one of which being a die-cast model of the Wrangler used in the first and newest Jurassic Park movies.

 

Originally it looked like this, and for being just shy of $4 (IIRC) it was pretty good for being a mass-produced toy model.

 

Now, after a few days of looking at it on my display case (of other nifty models and trinkets) when I'd get home from the shop, I got to thinking that it could be better. As luck would have it, I had other models of cars and trucks that I work on in my spare time, and a good number of paints.

 

So, back in January, I decided to sit down one night and get to working on it.

 

 

First few shots after a round of rough painting. They decided to paint the brake lights amber for some reason, but left the actual amber lights the same off-colored cream as the rest of the body.  :???:

 

 

Second round of painting, adding a bit of detail to the body. Had to paint in the door handles and running boards, along with a few other odd and end parts of the tub.

 

 

 

 

Interior pre-paint; yes, I actually took the time to make up the Sahara matching interior, sans the grey dash.

 

 

Final round of paint was mostly the interior. Threw a bit of "mud" on the undercarriage and some of the parts of the tub and spare tire I missed. Also got a small velociraptor as one of my other gifts, so I made it into a movie look-alike.

 

 

 

 

 

Now if I could fashion a whip antennae out of a paperclip somehow, it would be complete.  :yes:

[Pete M]

neat! :thumbsup:

[Nobles41]

Cool. You could get some craft wire to make the antenna. What's the manufacturer of that Jeep toy?