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with Swedish meatballs

Thanks. I can't imagine driving in the winter, but they obviously did! I already made gloves, will also throw a blanket in the cargo. Oh yea, make a scraper. Appreciate it. Yea, that sort of thing can put a project on hold indefinitely. But I have a deadline on this one. The Desert Scale contest also has a VW category, so that's another inspiration to complete this. LOL Still need to make the ski rack, make ski boots, a little bag with some chains hanging out.....

to save yourself

That's cool, mixing work with your hobby! Look forward to the finished model. Do you know what the tow vehicle is?

Pele' roasted everyone

Pretended I was a body shop, fixing the fenders. Since I had to use the Splash paint through the airbrush, I did the wheels too, and made interior door frames too. The wheels were a PITA, the paint was not staying on the resin wheels, any tape would pull off the paint, so I made a mask from thick foil glued to a stick. It's a bit sloppy, but since I'm weathering with frozen slush, it should be disguised. Of course I had to clear it, am happy I didn't have to wet sand. Reassembled the tires to wheels and valve stems, this looks so much better. Now that I'm caught up, moved ahead with another detail, the fuel pump. I used stretched sprue, which happened to have a bubble that helped for drilling out, and the Waldon punch to make some disks. I superglued the tiny parts together, then dipped in baking soda, then sanded to final shape. Added a photo-etch nut just because, will use more with the copper line. I scrounged the decal stash to make the air filter label. I probably shouldn't post the reference picture of a 1960 engine, because I see more changes that should be done, but I do want to finish this project, the plug wires will be fiddly enough.

I'm skeptical of using any sort of tape, the adhesives can gum up, leach out, dry up, over time. The worst is masking tape. I've had good luck with paper, and I found a nice color and texture today at Hobby Lobby. It can also be wet a little, which helps it conform to shape, and when dry it stays. Stay tuned. Thank you very much!

dipped in diesel

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement. Too bad I couldn't hide it with the headliner. Yes, I'm contemplating doing this out of paper. Found a pattern too.

Thanks. I guess it also depends on the year, the instructions for the '66 say semi-gloss black. This might be the last WIP that I show every freaking step of the way. Today it was a total *bleep* up, realized that I superglued the turn signals way too far back. I made an assumption, that the locating pins on the kit part was at the front where it's wider, but upon looking I saw it's not, then I looked more carefully at pictures again, and it's really obvious they are almost over the headlights. Since I had filled the holes, I had tried to measure and locate, but blew it. So of course the paint got *bleep* up. Then a little wet sanding, using a cup of water instead of under the faucet. Then risking the tape ripping up the clear coat, masked along the fender welt lines. The primer will need some sanding, then color, then clear. So one step forward, four steps back today.

burning teak furniture

ski resort. Perhaps

I need to pick your brain again. After I detailed the wheels, and painted all white, then put on the tires, they didn't look right. So now that I'm really looking at the pictures, it looks like the rims were also blue. Is that correct?

from Polar Eclipse

Thanks! Wait a cotton picking minute! Check this out, I'm eating these brownies, and noticed the package.

Since I can't find it on the Hobby Lobby, and Michaels websites, I see this store carries it: Jo-Ann 8"x8" .020 25 pack is $27.

I asked for this at Michaels today, nothing without pretty scrapbook junk printed on it. I ordered this Evergreen .015" the other day, got it yesterday and then saw this topic. Yea, looks terrible, now I'm ticked off. I will look in my stash, think there is just enough of something that is nicer, but I'll be lucky. Bill: This what you are talking about? [...] Heavyweight .020” film is available in 12×12” packs of 4 sheets also in 8×8” and 12×12” packs 25 sheets. [...] Grafix: Craft Plastic Film

according to sundial

Worked on the car today. Ordered Bare Metal Foil just for this project, it's been years since I used it, and the last sheet was a bad batch with no adhesive, so this time it stuck and almost had too much residue to clean up. I'm trying out these Micron pens, to add the rubber that's between the window chrome and body. I also wanted to make the fender welts black, a detail nobody does. I assembled the tires to wheels, made valve stems, needed some modification for the hubcaps to fit. Next are the windows. The day I got the Evergreen .015" clear plastic, someone started a thread showing it sucks. Now I need to hunt down a better material, acetate?

inspectors, too nosey

Thanks for those links. Snagged some Paris-Dakar pictures that I haven't seen before. If nobody flips the model over, then you're good.

Awesome!

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poster, with volumpuous

Cool, another diorama you will build! Building the bridge should be fun, you have a real one for an example? I've done only one with water, need to check my notes to tell you the product, worked well for dirty flood water.