Painting the Crane

Close up of the serrations on the bucket, cut from the Boley Concrete Breaker.

Cleaning up the bucket.

The model disassembled before painting.  I returned the screw to it's location and covered it with tape to keep the threads clear of paint.

This is the "window glass" for the cab.  To remove just push the little pin on the top straight down and it pops right out.  The cut off concrete breaker pin will be saved for some other project, maybe.

Ready for paint.  I paint my models with a spray can, outdoors on bits of thin wood, or even foam core board or cardboard.  Toothpicks, and BBQ skewers are useful to minimize contact with the painting surface so the models don't stick.

I put this skewer inside this little part so it would not blow away under the spray paint pressure.

Typically, I paint one side, wait until this side is dry and then paint the other side.  It has been rainy, hot, and humid recently I have been waiting at least 24 to 48 hours before I flip the models and paint them to make sure they are dry.

Painted by spray paint and ready for touch up, detail painting, and reassembly.

Now it's time for the white crane.

I did them separately because this one will be Testors Olive Drab and the other one was Rust-Oleum Deep Forest Green.  I use the Olive Drab for WWII and the Deep Forest Green for early to mid-Cold War US Army.

Neither of them required primer painting since the colors are very dark and opaque.