mrmike

Thanks Carl! The VW Bus is almost finished. I just need to clean it up and give it a light polish. Completed pictures are posted in Under Glass. I would like to than all those who have taken the time to view and comment on my WIP.

Thanks Randy and Andrew!

At this point, I go back to the instructions looking for bits and pieces that I may have missed or would want to add later in the build. I found 4 clear lenses on sprue I and I determined that they are the side markers. There are no holes in the body from these and their placement can be verified with a side view of the VW Bus. I think I will add these a little later in the build.

Thanks Carl!

Thanks guys! I couldn't say since I have never seen the Tamiya kit up close. I started with assembly of the basic engine and I painted some of the parts needed for it with PollyS Dark Green. I also painted some pieces with gold, stainless steel, flat and semi gloss black. The wheels got a coating of flat white around the rims. I'll coat this with gloss clear in a few days. More Mini to come...

I have been picking away at the Volkswagen Bus. I installed the interior lights, the mudflaps with decals, the owners manual on the passenger seat and the trailer hitch, receiver and lights plug receptacle. More Volkswagen to come...

As my Volkswagen project winds down, my new project is the Revell Original Mini Cooper and while this kit has 128 pieces, this car is tiny when compared to the current modern Revell Mini Cooper which had less pieces when I built it many years ago. I plan on painting this Mini Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red with a Tamiya TS-26 Pure White roof. If I can scare up the materials, I may try to produce a Union Jack roof decal for this Mini. Other than the roof decal and maybe some engine wiring, this model will be built OOB. More Mini Cooper to come...

The seats have been repainted and coated with Tamiya TS-79 Semi Gloss Clear. This Tamiya clear is different from the Testors brand. I added the wheels to the tires and the axle inserts and the chrome hubcaps. More Volkswagen to come...

Thanks Carl! I have yet to see a VW T2 Bus kit in the USA packaging. Only in the RoG flat box. Keep hoping...

Thanks Mike and Trevor! I got this kit for Christmas and my wife had ordered it from Scale Hobbyist which is about a 1 1/2 miles down the street from us. Good prices, too! https://www.scalehobbyist.com/

Thanks for the tip, Mike C. I'm trying to do as little as possible painting on this model. Some parts need a little bit of paint and some are not getting any paint at all.

Yesterday, I applied the decals to the dash panel and then I added the steering wheel and column, the parking brake and dash panel support and I did a little paint detailing. More Volkswagen to come...

I learned to drive in my mother's '65 Buick Wildcat 4-dr and my father's '71 Mercury Cougar. Both were automatics and my first car was a manual.

This is coming along just fine, John! Looking good! A former friend of mine had an Hugger Orange SS396 with a black vinyl top and a 3-speed trans. He got rid of the car after he was hit in the driver's side rear quarter. He traded it in for a dark green '71 SS with a 402 and a 4-speed.

Thanks Carl! I hope for better results from these decals! I got the body, roof and doors in primer. Soon to be ready for Tamiya TS-26 Racing White for the upper half of the VW T2 Bus. The bottom half will get a coat of Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear. More Volkswagen to come...

I found new whitewall decals in my parts box and I believe they came from the Revell '68 Dodge Charger R/T. I had mounted the spare tire on the left interior sidewall, but as I looked at it, I didn't like the fact that it was too close to the sidewall. I made a bracket to space the spare tire away from the wall some. This will allow some room when the body is placed over it. I used Model Master Semi Gloss Clear on the seats and the paint ran which indicates that the clear is too hot for the paint. I'll repaint the seats and use Tamiya TS-79 Semi Gloss Clear instead, which shouldn't be as chemically hot. More Volkswagen to come...

Thank you, Ron! Nice Dodge Monaco! Looks to be a Hot Wheel size die cast. Most likely a 1/64 scale. Thank you, Chris!

Thanks Carl!

Thanks Scott and Mike! I'm not 100% sure of the year, but it really doesn't matter to me. I went and used Tamiya X-26 Clear Orange on the plain seats of the VW T2 Bus. This changed the look of the interior! I just need to tone down the glossiness with some flat or semi gloss clear. More Volkswagen to come...

Looks great! I built mine in the same color combination, but box stock several years ago for a Classic Plastic Model Club Expo Club Challenge.

Thank you David and Larry!

Thank you Larry!

Thanks guys! I want something a bit more graphic in appearance than the plain seats. I'll either get some graphic contact paper or paint the seats with a contrasting color.

I got all the seats installed on the VW, but they do look somewhat plain. I dug into the parts box and I found these decals from two Revell '29 Model A Roadsters and I thought that they would look good on the seats. That was when I discovered the two different decal colorings. Time to rethink my process! I removed the decals from the tires since I found some new decals in my parts box. More Volkswagen to come...

The Camper version does not interest me like it would for others.