Wouh that blue color looks very good, great shine as well!
- Kari
Der Beetle Bus XL-Pressing Forward-01/05
Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-Progress-12/11
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MiniArt 1:48 - Junkers F13 Float Plane
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MiniArt 1:48 - Junkers F13 Float Plane
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mustang1989
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Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-Progress-12/11
Thanks Carlos, Stuart and Kari.
I got all the sanding done on the inside of the roofline and decided to add a little individuality to the body. The kit actually comes with some pretty cool and fun decals.
I got all the sanding done on the inside of the roofline and decided to add a little individuality to the body. The kit actually comes with some pretty cool and fun decals.
Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-A Little Personality-12/17
These look like some fun models! And that gold looks very good.
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Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-A Little Personality-12/17
They really are. They are lacking a little in detail but that's where some good 'ol elbow grease comes in. The hardest thing for me to get right was any kind of stance out of the OOB build. The front wheels hang out from the body by a dang half a mile!!!! A little tweeking and that was taken care of (along with replacing the front wheels in this kit with some Cragar SS wheels from AMT's 37 Chevy gasser kit).BorgR3mc0 wrote:These look like some fun models! And that gold looks very good.
Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-A Little Personality-12/17
Looking indeed very special, those decals becomes almost 3D with shadows and all.
Very special looking all in all!
- Kari
Very special looking all in all!
- Kari
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MiniArt 1:48 - Junkers F13 Float Plane
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Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-A Little Personality-12/17
Thanks Kari. I really didn't mean for that to happen but I couldn't help but think how cool the cals looked against the depth of the body thickness as well when I was applying them. An unintended but good side result.
Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-A Little Personality-12/17
"Autobahn Animal" 
That car looks like a super fancy cookie box. I love it!
That car looks like a super fancy cookie box. I love it!
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Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-A Little Personality-12/17
That is some amazingly stunning work man! Nice effect with the decals; this is such a cool little cartoon bug!
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Virtuoso of Miniatures
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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Re: Der Beetle Bus XL-A Little Personality-12/17
Thanks fellas!
This last month has been a rocky one with my wife's health and ongoing financial hits taking their toll in my time on the forums. I spend a lot of time handling things around the house but I don't gripe about it. Just glad to have her here with us. I have been building on the OOB version this whole time but haven't had much time to post the progress. I have , however, completed it as of today.
Initially I wasn't going to build this rascal out of the box. I thought it was hideous when I opened the box but quickly developed a new idea for it which entailed lengthening the body, chassis and roof and using Rick Dobbertin's SBC from the Pontiac J2000 Pro Street kit. Although that idea is now under way, I thought it only fitting that I should build an OOB version in which to display next to the modified one when it was completed to show the contrast between the two builds given that they are the same kit.
I spent roughly the last two months building this version of the kit up and although it's mostly OOB , there were a couple of drastic departures from the OOB ideas. First off the front wheels stuck outside of the front fenders by almost 1/4" which was waaaaaaaaaaaay too far outside for my tastes. I shaved the ends off of the front axle, used a set of AMT Cragar wheels which I shaved a little off the backside to put the wheel and tire assy back under the fender where it belonged and used a set of AMT "skinny" tires I had in the stash to round out the look at the front. I added a timing cover and a smaller cooling fan to the engine (I wouldn't have wasted my time had I known that none of that could be seen when finished). Next up I trashed the OOB injector stacks and went with aluminum tubing which I polished and installed of the terrible looking plastic chrome pieces. The OOB fuel cell also "exited stage left" and was replaced by something with a little more detail and (for what this is worth given the overall look of the build) realistic. The exhaust pipes didn't look right so I drilled the ends out to give a more true hollow pipe look to them. I chose to ditch the "wheelie bars" as I didn't like those either.
I just so happened to get the "luck of the draw" and got a clear GREEN molded kit with the metal flakes suspended in the molding. I chose to paint the inside of the body gold to give a green tinted gold look as shown through the body looking from the outside. The decals in this kit are IMO just AWESOME!! Plenty of humor to go round with these and I had a blast with 'em! I used some automotive clear to top things off with the finish and I was really happy with the results. This kit, although it is on the ridiculous side, was a lot of fun with a few pitfalls here and there but they were fairly easy to overcome. The front bumper fit was about the only real trouble I had with it.
N E ways here are the completed photos of the OOB version ----now it's off to the modded one once again.
The kit:
and ............a mock up of the box art shot:
This last month has been a rocky one with my wife's health and ongoing financial hits taking their toll in my time on the forums. I spend a lot of time handling things around the house but I don't gripe about it. Just glad to have her here with us. I have been building on the OOB version this whole time but haven't had much time to post the progress. I have , however, completed it as of today.
Initially I wasn't going to build this rascal out of the box. I thought it was hideous when I opened the box but quickly developed a new idea for it which entailed lengthening the body, chassis and roof and using Rick Dobbertin's SBC from the Pontiac J2000 Pro Street kit. Although that idea is now under way, I thought it only fitting that I should build an OOB version in which to display next to the modified one when it was completed to show the contrast between the two builds given that they are the same kit.
I spent roughly the last two months building this version of the kit up and although it's mostly OOB , there were a couple of drastic departures from the OOB ideas. First off the front wheels stuck outside of the front fenders by almost 1/4" which was waaaaaaaaaaaay too far outside for my tastes. I shaved the ends off of the front axle, used a set of AMT Cragar wheels which I shaved a little off the backside to put the wheel and tire assy back under the fender where it belonged and used a set of AMT "skinny" tires I had in the stash to round out the look at the front. I added a timing cover and a smaller cooling fan to the engine (I wouldn't have wasted my time had I known that none of that could be seen when finished). Next up I trashed the OOB injector stacks and went with aluminum tubing which I polished and installed of the terrible looking plastic chrome pieces. The OOB fuel cell also "exited stage left" and was replaced by something with a little more detail and (for what this is worth given the overall look of the build) realistic. The exhaust pipes didn't look right so I drilled the ends out to give a more true hollow pipe look to them. I chose to ditch the "wheelie bars" as I didn't like those either.
I just so happened to get the "luck of the draw" and got a clear GREEN molded kit with the metal flakes suspended in the molding. I chose to paint the inside of the body gold to give a green tinted gold look as shown through the body looking from the outside. The decals in this kit are IMO just AWESOME!! Plenty of humor to go round with these and I had a blast with 'em! I used some automotive clear to top things off with the finish and I was really happy with the results. This kit, although it is on the ridiculous side, was a lot of fun with a few pitfalls here and there but they were fairly easy to overcome. The front bumper fit was about the only real trouble I had with it.
N E ways here are the completed photos of the OOB version ----now it's off to the modded one once again.
The kit:
and ............a mock up of the box art shot: