crazyrichard

looks awsome

its not as wide as on the boxart but thats a good thing ! and the wheel size .. i think lowering it a bit will solve that problem ?

haha awsome thinking , engine i the back exhaust to the front .. thats crazy >>> i love it

ooh yes , my cup of tea i love old vw ~~ owned a classic bug and a mk1 but always loved the old vans and this karman ghia's going to be sweet

thats really cool !!

awsome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well nothing to do then continue this theme of rust then seriously the grainy effect of the rust seems rougher on pics then irl .. irl it looks much smoother used the mercedes headlights from the kit , painted them chrome and weathered them hand painted white walls , still wet here need more work after drying washed the deep part of the rims with black added a red edge , outer edge is chrome .. need more wathering after drying made the window frame rusted and placed it safari style just have to make the best of this kit now after the set back

thnx guys ... and rust well depending on the effect i use some styrene sand dust , so sand some styrene and talke the fine dust then i paint a base layer of brown rusty looking enamel paint and sprinkle the dust on it , spreading it with a brush then after drying some drybrushing with a slight black and maybe go over it with a cloth.. last is a acrylic paint thats really bright rust color and i just drybrush that .. its just a case of trying out some stuff... but now that you mention rust man...... i had a slight accident when fitting the interiour and udercarridge , to avoid fingerprints i held it with a cloth .. and i had to press real hard to keep the contact / glue spots in place due to some minour deforming .. then the bonnet had some inprint of the cloth .. if i would have kept it like that nobody would notice on pics .. i had to polish it and then the difference was to big and i could not rub it out .., so did the bonnet and rear door rusted .. here i will start slow so you guys would go like right away bit clearer then hated it , the contrast of the high reflective paint and rusted parts looked to forced and on purpose so i did what was my pla in the beginning.. just a base to start , some ereas need to have the rust spec efefct toned down so sorry for the gloss lovers .. i never did the hairspray technique .. maybe i try it on this one and hit it with some color and make it look chipped ??

looks great like the sanded look 1!

awsome just love it !!!

and a bonus in the garage , loved teh reflection of the windows on the paint

well it was dry and the paint hard so i started adding some very mild rust , imo it looks great on that green gloss / reflection is really strong ..no clear coat just the paint did the rest in a base layer of matt black started to weather the undercarridge , will add some structure later on and some silver details .. and some more tones dryfit with the interiour and made the panellines black steering wheel will get some chrome on it

thnx jose

stunning and so realistic , just love it

thnx ryan

came out awsome , looks great !!!

awsome job as usual , love the contrast of the evry bright red against the other tones you rock !

well still have ot forgot this one here as well would love to see this continued

nice paint

thnx and well tbh looking at it now i wish i just had done them running through more normal .... but well i went like this now .. i dont dislike it but its turning out quite vintage looking and teh fenders dont really match that way now in the rear still a quick build so > i wanted a rougher paintjob a bit like in the old days ad maybe do some mild rust in corners of lets say a door or fender .. but it turned out smooth as glass actually so ..... with different light > its really green this shows the finish good and its hardened already its baked on the radiator with the heat turned high .. its paint with gloss already in it , i want to make shop decals / logos and also do those in teh garage dio. but i dont have a printer atm ..so when i can make them i can put them on and i can add a layer of clear later some panellines are still a tad white , no wonder without primer but no worry those will become black still thinking of doing a tiny tiny bit of rust , not much and maybe like barely noticable like where the hinges are or in a small corner

looking great

ooh yes another awsome build !!!

hmm very different and although the skull theme isnt my thing in real life i think this in scale is going to look sick !! out of the box coolness if you ask me

looking very good

ooh yes pics ... been waighting for those awsome