The Creative Explorer

30ml seems a bit low, I think 60 should be able to do the body and pieces needed. But it also depends on color and how good the paint is. Some paints need a lot more layers to get a equal color and therefore use also more paint.

No, All parts seems to be pretty straight, even for those big pieces. And I have not seen a copyright date on them, but haven't looked very much into each single part. Although I would think there would be a date somewhere. I don't think it looks 90% the same, even though it appears to be the same, all the parts are more detailled than the 1/24 counterpart. It is not as similar as the 1/12 Mustang and the 1/24

So, after a long period of waiting after the rumours started, the moment was finally there, I got my hands on the new Revell Samba bus. It is an all new tooling kit, but there is more new than just that. Starting with the boxart, it has a new style for the European Revell modelkits, I have seen it on a few more new models, so I guess it is the new corporate style for the European market. As usual, it has a very nice box-art on it. The box is also nicely filled, what a good thing is, is that the box is perfect in size. The parts are not cramped together, nor completely loose. Next are the many sprues, all are nicely packed. No more than 2 sprues in one plastic bag. The chromepieces are packed seperate The decals seems to be nice, but for this size of a kit, I would've expected more decals Unfortunately, the clearparts are packed together, I would've liked to see that they were seperate. As you can see, the 1/16 is based upon the same construction as the 1/24 ones, multipiece body, but it is more detailed And another new for Revell; a new style manual. In colour! I must say that I really like it, these are the color outings And this is the new style construction drawings. They have been using 3D digital drawings for a while now, but with adding color, it looks so much nice. I am very happy with what I have found in the box. The parts look nice and I have no doubt they will fit together nicely. However; I am somewhat dissappointed in the little detail on the technical side (engine, suspension etc...) They could've gone a few steps further in this scale. But it does look better than the 1/12 Mustang. I also find the price a bit steep, over here the going rate is 70 euro's retail. I have seen a little lower prices, but still around the same ball game. I think 50 or so, would be a bit fairer in price.

I bought the Renault 4L from Domino's in Belgium for 17 euro's, I expect the HY and the Mehari won't differ much from that.

It is not the filename, you can googlesearch with the image itself and find similar images. Too bad Harry, I am sorry it had to go this way, I know you've been dealing for quite some time. That being said; I do hate to see it to go, I wouldn't mind to take over.

Over here in Europe, nothing but mirrors are allowed to be bigger than the car's body, thankfully. Imagine this in our traffic.....

I believe I was the last post before it dissapeared, I made two posts; first posts had some explanation of three kinds of crowdfunding, but was quoted from a website (with source for more deeper material) My second post was my opinion on what would've been the best option IMHO; Debt-crowdfunding, but not in that form. With debt funding one invest money to receive money. What would work in my opinion is money for kit, that makes crowdfunding basically a pre-paid modelkit for the consumer and a short-term loan for the manufacturer. The way to get in is to buy 'bricks', every brick would be let's say, 25 dollar, for every brick will be a modelkit in return, where one can purchase as many bricks as one would like. The manufacturer sets a target and as soon as the targets hits, he starts the process. If the target doesn't work, the consumers get their money back. A very low risk situation for everybody involved.

The bus side of the rear ramp, which will get a mesh insert, so people can step on it. The whole ramp, hinged closed And hinged in rest position Some strengthening for the hinges. I use a long rod, that way I know everything will line up later on. And the whole ramp, completely open. Should be adequate haha And in closed position.

Thank you guys again! @Robert; I don't think so, Google didn't come up with anything. I know we do convert regular busses in transporters, but only for one car. One week further and I was able to get some steps done, but the big steps that I could take before have been minimised to small detailwork. I worked on windowframes on the divider, to give it a bit more depth And added crossmembers for the ramps Than started a long and tidious project, getting the ramps to hinge. I used a fairly simple, but effective system in making my own hinges out of copper tubes The top ramp has the same system, but over the whole length The divider, the door opening got the same treatment too. I wanted to make a compartiment for the hydraulic jacks that are needed for the ramps, because I want it to look a bit crude, but that's for later. I found quickly that this compartment is too small, or at least not deep enough So I got it out again This is something that I will be doing for quite some time through the project; filling! The drivers side divider got changed too, since I want the driver to get into the workshop, I opened a hole And gave it some steps. Some more work on hinging, this is for the rear-ramp

Thanks guys! I enjoy you enjoy it haha. I must say; this kit is so good, that even with serious butchering the kit is still fitting together very nicely. And I must be doing something right this time, since usually my scratch work is always off. I forgot a few pictures, so as a added bonus for today:

The ambiance I 'had' to work in, not that bad eh ;-) I put the drivers cabin together, to see how it would relate to the work area and what work has to be done. After adding a guiding edge to the upper swingramp, the fit got too tight, so I have to adjust that. At this point I started to make a dryfit of as many bodypanels I could get. To see if everything was still straight and true. But also to see if I made mistakes and how to solve them

I also made the swing-ramp for the lower deck, made it a bit trapezium shaped, for easy entrance and for the upper swing-ramp. A little template for adding the right rear of the bus, getting rid of the big curve, this will add more space for loading. This will be the upper deck, with the upper swing-ramp in place. A view simple pieces of PS, but does look nice. Dryfitting time, looks pretty good to me It really starts to look like something I added quarter rounds to the upper ramp, makes it look a bit more realistic

Some strutting for the ramp And the drivers wall got a open space, so he can get into the drivers seat from the work area. Entrance of the work area from the left side Workdesk Fits snugly in the corner. And from this point down, it was all done yesterday, went we had a modelshow nearby, where I actually do model. So there's about ten hours of work below... I started with making some storage space for the work area, it has to be cramped ofcourse.

Thanks guys again! @Gaute, a little bit, but not too much. I am planning to make my transporter quite different. So, no biggie. @Tom; Well, don't forget I am living in Europe, they are quite less expensive. I think I paid around 50 dollars for it. Time for a huge update, lots of pictures too. I started with making the ramps on the lower deck inside, these will be fixed ramps. Added a guide edge to it I made a new wall/divider for the lower deck, this will divide the car from the small workarea/storage. Including a door Dryfitted together I started with swapping the door and window area on the left side of the bus The window is now moved one slot to the right and in the remaining hole will come the door.

Thanks guys @Terry; That was kind of the idea, but it has to be periodic correct. Still figuring that out, but not until I have the inside ramp finished. @Marc; It is an good suggestion, but I have to be realistic and use the original tyres, they have to carry quite a load and small wheels/tires will look off. I think the room is sufficient. After all; it's the sixties, who knew anything about health and safety codes anyway? haha Being smart this time, I decided to take little steps in building up. so I worked on the upper deck and get that nice and smooth. [imghttp://www.firerods.com/unfinished/Routemaster CT/slides/rtmct014.jpg I added some styrene to cover the gaps And glued the longer strips whilst the bus was somewhat mocked up, I don't have carpenters fingers, so in order for everything to be straight in the end, I thought it was smart to do it this way. And I keep fitting the 275, it is my benchmark and if this one fits, the smaller british cars will fit too. Important was some clearance on either side of the Ferrari

Ok, here's a wacky idea; how about a car transporter, made from a Routemaster, or London bus? Somewhere on my vacation-break I got this awesome idea and started playing with it, I bought another London Bus kit from Revell (I kept the first one to be build stock) and got it yesterday evening. I was all excited at work to start with it, couldn't wait and have now the first 2 hours in it. It isn't all that difficult if one went the easy route, hop in a ramp, change the back end and done. But I plan to go somewhat further and make it technical possible, so I need to take in account all dimensions, angles, room etc... not cutting corners, at least not too much. On with some pictures: The familiar box The top floor, seems to have enough space for a E-type and a Morgan This has to be cut, in order to change it into a transporter Than I realised that the wheel wells? are quite big in the Routemaster, so I mocked-up the bus and see if a sporty granturismo would fit between the roof and the wheels, albeit a bit low, it seems to work out. A bit more overall picture And what a great view for people looking at the transporter! A door in the side is also convenient to get to the storage area, fortunately, there is a door size window on the side and would make a great door. Unfortunately it is too far to the rear, so I will swap the two windows. The door will move one spot to the left. The ceiling and topfloor are 2 parts, so twice the cutting and now past the point of no return! A mock up again This is how far I am going, I calculated the angles the Ferrari could handle and used that as a guide for calculating the ramps angles. unfortunately, the distance between the rear of the bus and the rear wheels is too short and gets too steep, so I have to think of a solution for that.

Or get the newer Revell bus and try to find the panel delivery roof, should be available through Revell.

They are both horrible, it may be nice for a Citroën collector, who is not going to build them. But anybody who is planning to build one, don't get those 1/16s

Robert, I'm not planning for eBay, don't want it to be on an auction either. I'll put it on some sort of Craigslist. More interested to sell it to a fellow modeller for a reasonable price. But that is also the problem, I have no clue what would be a reasonable price for both seller and buyer.

Not something I'd be normally doing, but I have to sell some kits unfortunately. One of them is the MPC Rolling Thunder, what can I expect for this kit? I see ridiculous prices on eBay and don't think they are anything close to realistic. I do understand the model isn't very common, but I hate the term 'rare'. So, it isn't rare.... ;-) I am not trying to push the most possible out of it, just figuring out what a fair price would be.

Thanks Jonathan!

Thank you guys, I am not that unhappy considering it was a 24hr build @Skip: yes, It is the Revell reissue of the old Heller kit. Has a lot better decals (I think cartograf) and it is a nice little kit.