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I like it!
Keep going and the devil will be in the details.
I am working on a RM myself off and on.
Painting the figures is taking longer than I thought... but a bus is worthless with out people in the seats.
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Or in your case, race cars on the ramps and tools on the rack. ;-)

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       Erik,

             This project of yours is looking really good . I do have a question though. On the original model . Is there one or two stairways to the upper deck?

 

 

    Be Well

    Gator

On the original London bus there is only one stair case at the rear that curves up

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Thanks guys for the positive response!

@Jairus; where did you got those figures from? I really like them and they look quite british, could be a nice touch to this project.

 

After I stopped working on this project in early march, I wanted it to finish it for the Jabbeke show in Belgium and I started to notice that I took shortcuts and did started to rush, I put it next to me and it has been there ever since. I did manage to finish the Turbine car and I am now in the middle of my engine-casting project.

As soon as I have that good on the rails; I'll start to tackle this huge project again.

 

But I do have a update: I bought another (the third, can you believe it?) London bus, It was partially started, so a bit cheaper. But when I saw the ad, I directly got an idea for it; I want to make a trailer for my transporter. A trailer with on the upper deck some spare parts and on the lower deck it will have a workshop/tooling area, where the side will fold open, to make it to a roof where it can be worked on dry.

It will be difficult and comprehensive, but I think it will be a nice addition.

This will give some of a idea:

 

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Finally, after a busy period, I was able to re-start the bus project. Last night I started a little bit with the trailer and with that still in the development-stage, I took up the transporter today and started working.

I don't much big work needs to be done, but to me, I think it is best now to finish the lower floor and go from there, that will include detailing and weathering, even before the construction work is finished; means challenge haha.

The kit I got for the trailer was partially started, therefore it has some paint on it, this is how it should be

And this is the first step; putting the saw to work

First I thought to leave the chassis like it was, letting the wheels stick out, but it looks odd and decided against it, giving me a lot more work....

Some rough idea's

 

The original chassis

Cut in two pieces

And shortened 65mm

Putting it on the floor

Drew the cutlines

And voila; more pieces to the puzzle

Today I started on the bus; started the weathering

Adding some furniture

Some washes

More washes

And even more washes

I also gave the furniture a worn or used look.

 

 

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It's been a couple of years, but the Routemaster is back on the workbench.  I really had to dig into the project-post and the pictures to get into this complicated built again.
I think I am on the same track as where I left. Work halted last time on detailling the workplace; making a diorama is not my forté. But it had to be done before I could go further and that is why it was stopped.

But since I finished a couple of projects, I wanted to start working on this monster of a project again

 

I also noticed the pictures got moved on my server, this is where you can find all the pictures from this project: http://www.firerods.nl/wipgallery/routemaster-cartransporter/

 

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The workshop is almost finished, just needs a little bit of weathering and detailling.

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I also started on working on the hydraulic cylinders for the lower ramp, these will be the first to do, when I figured this out and have them done, I can do the other cylinders as well.

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