As always, I love Ken's "What

As always, I love Ken's "What Neat...." column; however, on the segment about using foil to do damaged vehicles I would of liked to see more detail on the process.  For example, I'd like to see how the vehicle was cut out to install the foil, and find out what adhesive was used to glue the foil to  the vehicle - and then the process of painting, detailing, and weathering the results.

Perhaps an article can be done that is step by step?

Using Foil

Rick, Mike's method reminds me of an article in either MR or RMC several years ago where the author used heavy duty foil (specifically, the "foil" that seals the cork around the top of a wine bottle - it is much heavier than even heavy duty cooking foil).  He took this material and pressed it over a vehicle, or section of a vehicle, removed it carefully, then painted it (and rusted it if desired), ending up with a supply of car parts - doors, hoods, trunks, etc.  

I sure like Mike's vehicles and ingenuity in constructing and modifying them.  He has shown several neat ideas over the past couple of years.

Al Carter

I love whats neat...But I do

I love whats neat...But I do agree some more time on that dented car process would have been even more neat. 

What’s neat? Everything!

Once again Ken has put together a great show. We could use a little more in-depth detail on how mike attaches  the foil mold to the car to be damaged. Ron Pare’s section on painting the detail of brick on a wood structure was great. I love the realism he brought to the ITLA Structures. He is one of our best modelers, I wish he got a little more credit from the community for his efforts. The HOn3 Layout was just awesome! Truly a magnificent work of art. Keep up the Great Work Ken! Thanks Joe for this feature.

Great article... but...

Where did Ron get the T-shirt?

Wrecked Car Technique, Great Idea!

The great thing about this hobby is someone is always coming up with new ideas and techniques that keep things intersting!

”Love the technique of using aluminum foil to simulate damage!”  In fact, I dare say that’s one thing that gets missed when modeling a junk yard or junk load.  “There’s usually no body damage”

The damaged boxcar will definitely be a consideration for a modeling contest entry!

Joe

Body damage to wrecked cars

This is a marvelous technique...very clever indeed...nicely done

Foil Wrecks

I, too, am impressed with the foil technique presented by Mike Budde.  I've seen many train layouts with scenes attempting to replicat bent metal, but they almost always end-up looking like melted plastic. 

The VW salvage yard is incredible.. Who knew that wrecking stuff could look so cool!