In the meantime I cut the jersey barrier from the polyurethane foam (leftover piece of insulation from somewhere).
With the scalpel I cut all the indentations and some chippings. Surface was brush-painted with Surfacer 500.
One of the lads was supposed to carry the shield. Bin lid would be a perfect for the purpose, but where to get 1/20 scale bin lid? I created a master for moulding out of the PET bottle cap and two rings of styrene...
...Then heated a sheet of ring binder cover over a candle and pulled it over the master. Worked OK at the 3rd try.
Quick spray with the primer to see if all is good.
I thought that it would be nice to have the zinc galvanized surface. I used variety of mixes of AK True Metal Silver, Aluminium and Gun Metal to recreate specs of zinc coating.
Just a little of buffing to get the slight sheen of the surface. It turned out nicely with different shines depending on the viewing anlge. Matte primer woked well as well allowing for not too deep of a shine.
Jersey barrier was sprayed with few shades of grey and then weathered with selection of diluted oils to get the different stains and weathering streaks.
Thin stips of aluminium foil (I sacrificed myself for this project with a generous serving of garlic chips) glued together with CA were used to create the net. Metal foils is nice and stiff, but allows for easy forming to required shape.
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