Sixties Sam Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hey guys, I finished this VW Beetle Baja racer a couple weeks ago. Here's a small diorama I made for it showing it in a race. It's just a piece of Styrofoam covered with dirt, a few plants, and rocks. I used a heat gun to make ruts where the wheel tracks are. For the blue sky photo background, I set up an old ironing board my wife painted. I dirtied up the Bug a little with some real dirt. There are driver and passenger figures inside. This was an easy and fun project. I hope you like it! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Good job ! I like it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randx0 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 That's pretty cool. It makes me want to build one also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Hey! You weathered it! It looks awesome! Plus the diorama and its over the top! Cool! ? Edited June 18, 2015 by mustangdude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrecker388 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 That is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkocamaro Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Very Cool, nice Job! Too bad you couldn't figure a way to have dirt kicking out the back of the tires. hmmm... Cheers, Lance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 Lance, I'm going to experiment with making dust clouds from the tires by stretching out cotton balls. I've seen burnout smoke done this way, and it looked pretty good. The trick might be getting the clouds the right "dust" colors. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 cool !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 Here's an outside shot I took today in partial sun. Amateur mistake - The object on the far left is the windshield of my pickup truck! I had the diorama sitting on the hood for the photo. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Very cool Sam, great job. The blue ironing board sky actually looks like a large body of water to me, a lake perhaps, it's still very effective that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 As with the other post, superb dio as well. Yes when I take pics outdoors I normally get something that I didn't want that's far out of scale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian-w Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Looks perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughn Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Great work Sam ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Thanks a lot for all the compliments, guys. I'm currently rebuilding an old Meyers Manx into a desert racer to put on the dio with the Bug. I had fun building the Bug and the diorama! I'm glad you guys like it! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davewilly Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 that looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthsideous Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atmobil Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 This looks really good, I got some similar plans myself aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 UPDATE: I added a Meyers Manx to the diorama. Looks like a close race! The Manx is a resin body mixed with a chassis and parts from an old 1960's Manx kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gilkeson Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 looks great. ;-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepxj Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Very cool,great job on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Norton Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 ...........that is about the neatest little thing I have ever seen,,,you said...I hope you like it....no, I JUST LOVE IT.......terrific build all round........the ace........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Nice job on this, Sam.Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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