GeeBee Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 Finally got the body in primer Looks o.k after a light sanding, still haven't come up with a colour scheme for it Made up a template for the floor that needs to me made from plasticard Inner wings and bulkhead fixed together, these are supposed to go in as separate parts after the front transverse leaf spring and engine block have been fitted, but holding them in place and fixing them together makes for a stronger joint and also gives a better finish when painting, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublin boy Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Tamiya Candy lime green Geoff, and a V8, tubbed rear end, slicks and wheelie bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) Tamiya Candy lime green Geoff, and a V8, tubbed rear end, slicks and wheelie bars. You been on the Guinness again ?? Made a tidier template, the other one was made out of quite a few piece of cardboard, this one will make it easier to trace round the shape onto plasticard, I haven't seen a photo of the floor of a Trabant van, but if it's anything like most vans, it will have strengthening ribs along the floor, so I will try to add these to a sheet of plasticard after it's been cut out, using thin strips of plasticard Edited August 2, 2015 by GeeBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublin boy Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 LOL, no harm in trying! It would look good though, the V6 in your Opel GT kit might be a better fit, six injector stacks coming through the bonnet. Crank up your Skype later on Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 your work looks very good Geoff! Keep it up, like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 this thing is screaming at you to be a Gasser looks col though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Geoff, looking good so far, keep it going.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 this thing is screaming at you to be a Gasser Well if it is, I must have gone deaf, this one will be be completely factory stock .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hosted on Fotki Geoff- Here's how I did the bed. As you said, I don't have any information and am assuming it would be a ribbed surface. I used an Evergreen pattern for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 Well a few weeks ago i popped into HobbyCraft, but they only sell styrene sheet these days, no strip or anything that would make the floor panel the easy way, so I bought some 40 thou' styrene sheet and ordered some 1.5mm strip on eBay, I spent this afternoon glueing and cutting strip to size, i will leave them to dry up before starting to sand their edges to take off the squareness of them, as I would imagine that being a pressed panel they wouldn't be square in profile, the centre rib has been already profiled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 Got a little bit done on this over the last week, but sadly my Mom passed away last night, so won't be spending much time in the hobby room for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Geoff, nice as usual, I like your attention to detail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Condolences to you and your family Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Very sorry to hear about your Mom. Your work here looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Is Softon plus filler available in the US? I've searched online with no success.Jim HeikkalaEvercoat Euro-Soft sounds like it would be pretty close. Call your local bodyshop jobber, they should have it.Neat project, Geoff.Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublin boy Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Sorry to hear about your Mother Geoff.Skype me if you want to chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) Got a little paint on the body, it's genuine Trabant glacier blue, once all the body parts have been painted, they'll be put away until there dry, which can take a millennium, this is the only automotive paint I've used that you can thin and clean up using only white spirit, no a bad shine straight from the airbrush, but it will be a while until it's ready to be wet sanded and polished Edited February 2, 2016 by GeeBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTJUNIOR Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Looking great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Managed to get a few parts in primer this morning, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Neat little car. I've been enjoying watching it come together. Paint looks great, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Got all the parts that needed to be done in body colour painted and set aside to dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob29579 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Fantastic job on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Fantastic job on this one.Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'm not sure if this paint, although made by the same people who originally made the paint for the real trabants, but this was airbrushed last night in body colour, and I managed to mask it up to paint the satin black floor, by this time, the blue had dried rock hard, and masking tape didn't peel any of the paint off, I had so much trouble early on with the Capri green Universal, I had to decant the paint into a glass bottle, as the valve had gone faulty, but the paint hasn't started to cure like the green and also the beige paint had started to do nearly straight after I had decanted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 A little progress .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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