Der Beetle Bus XL-Pressing Forward-01/05

Post by **LyleW** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:35 am

Looking good! That would make an awesome dually, too....

is the plastic as soft as it looks?

Post by **mustang1989** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:35 am

Thanks Lyle and I hadn't thought about that one. lol.

I think I've got the rear suspension about figured out to where I can put the wheel in just the right place. I turned to AMT's 67 Chevelle SS396 for that. I sectioned out the framework for the axle well and graphed it into place. I had to shave some off of the axle mounts themselves so I could position the tire /wheel up into the wheel well a little but I think I've got it about where I want it right now. Still gotta figure out the chassis frame work and fabricate rear springs but those shouldn't be too big of an issue. Getting the rear suspension/ differential combo was the hardest part I thought.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:53 am

This is going to look very cool once done!

Post by **mustang1989** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:03 pm

Thanks portman. I really hope you're right.

Post by **mustang1989** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:20 am

Well .......I got the primer coat applied and so far it looks pretty good. I've still got some work to do as there are a couple of things that didn't show up under the wipe down prior to priming but it looks like it's all manageable, but hey, a guy can't do all this cutting and hacking and NOT have any body work left over to do you know.

There are a few bubbles in the primer and I couldn't for the life of me figure that out until.............I let my dog outside and found out that it was raining lightly. There aint that many thankfully and a little sanding outta get rid of the few that are there. Whew!! Got by with that one!

KSaarni · Post by **KSaarni** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 6:29 am

It looks Joe much more than "pretty good", it looks excellent!

Impossible to say that is has gone through a serious extension process!

- Kari

Post by **mustang1989** » Sat Oct 15, 2016 1:21 pm

Thanks Kari. I've still got a lot of little stuff to iron out but I think we'll be ok overall.

Post by **mustang1989** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 5:45 am

More sanding on the body this morning after yesterdays priming stage. Just didn't like how the R/H side turned out and I had to dump the front fender flares as they didn't coincide with the flareless rear wheel openings so I got rid of them. No pics today but made what I feel like was alot of progress in the way of body work. I'm feeling pretty good about it so far. Next weekends push will be on the roof to smooth that all out. Till then.............it's back to the Arado............ :dancing:

Post by **Stikpusher** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:46 pm

Post by **mustang1989** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:55 pm

LOL. Is that for the Beetle Bus or the Arado?

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