| Jon65 |
Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:28 pm |
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| Just awesome! |
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| Der Bugmeister |
Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:24 pm |
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Wow, fantastic detail and technique. I'll be watching this one!
I'm slowly working on the same kit myself, but I'll be hard pressed to match this quality of finish. |
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| OvalinAz |
Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:27 pm |
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| that is so Sweet!!!!! i wish i had your skills! cant wait to see the finished model! |
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| 1972super2110 |
Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:25 am |
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| It's so dark, almost like Tim Burton had his hand in the choice of paint for the interior! Love it! |
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| tacochris |
Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:02 am |
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O My God this suitcase! The scratchbuilding is off the charts....
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| Siara |
Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:09 am |
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Thank you guys! :D
Next stage- headlining. To cut the story short i modified the shape of the kit part, added ribbing, scratch built the dome light, and assist straps with the coat hangers. All the seals in the windows were scribed as the kit part is lacking the seals altogether.
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| OvalinAz |
Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:26 am |
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=D> =D>
Nice man! Love the detail!!!!!! |
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| Jon65 |
Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:47 am |
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| Awesome. =D> |
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| Siara |
Sun Dec 02, 2012 7:05 am |
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:D
Next in line is the body of the car.
Lot of work awaits here, and i'm starting by removing the strengthening bars from the doors, and the luggage compartment:
The roof was drilled for the sun roof opening:
The hole is done:
Insides of the luggage compartment. I didn't strain myself here, as the bonnet will be shut:
I also bought the range of blue colours, and few shades of brown for rust effects. Im slowly getting the picture in my head of how i like this bug to be painted:
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| plasticman1432 |
Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:09 pm |
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| I feel bad for not posting sooner......I love it! |
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| Jo.R |
Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:59 pm |
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| Ahhhhh, I can almost smell that interior :lol: |
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| Siara |
Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:03 am |
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Crotch cooler.
As it comes from the box- uninteresting:
...cut out:
driver side flap in closed position:
passenger side in slightly open position:
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| tacochris |
Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:48 am |
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Siara wrote: Crotch cooler.
As it comes from the box- uninteresting:
...cut out:
driver side flap in closed position:
passenger side in slightly open position:
ha! How did I know you'd eventually open the crotch coolers.....Lol Beautiful... |
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| Siara |
Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:28 am |
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First shot of the custom photo etched parts especially designed for this model.
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| Stetoppingphoto |
Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:52 am |
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| Loving the detail 8) |
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| Jon65 |
Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:59 am |
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| Sweet. Can't wait to see it when it is done. |
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| OvalinAz |
Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:31 am |
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| :shock: Those Etched parts! man those are sweeet! looking forward to an update!!!!! 8) |
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| Patty B. |
Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:19 pm |
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This build is pretty fantastic!!
You also have great 'weight' on the T-2! |
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| Siara |
Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:30 am |
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At last the PE part is ready:
I set to improve the most difficult part of the build- the engine grilles.
Here how it looks like straight from the box:
Holes were drilled:
...and the original grilles removed:
...after marking the outside of the PE part on the body the groove was cut for the PE to sit flush:
New grilles in place:
After some filling, and sanding it should look just OK:
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| Siara |
Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:37 pm |
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Front of the car needs a lot of attention.
The horn grilles are wrong shape for the 1950 split.
The cast is not perfect here also, as theres lot of imperfections due to the molding process. The area around the lights in particular being really bad.
Only way to tackle this was to remove the piping from fenders, and filling the grilles.
The rear piping also gone.
After filling, and sanding i sprayed the body with gray primer to look for more imperfections:
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