Daxman Posted January 22, 2018 Author Posted January 22, 2018 17 hours ago, Antikainen said: Something like this: The rims that you used to make the intake side of the turbine are perfect! As well as the chrome center cap. Looking good!
Daxman Posted January 22, 2018 Author Posted January 22, 2018 Added some details to the rear side jets.
Richard Bartrop Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 How flexible are you on your definition of a "rocket cat"? I got one of these with the intent of turning it into a retro futuristic flying car.
Daxman Posted January 23, 2018 Author Posted January 23, 2018 6 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said: How flexible are you on your definition of a "rocket cat"? I got one of these with the intent of turning it into a retro futuristic flying car. If you're adding an existing car to it, I'd say it would be fine. Seems like a good platform to start with.
Antikainen Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Daxman those redesigned rear side jets on your VW look way much better now.
Daxman Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 I added these cool intakes under the front fenders. I might put radiators behind them.
Antikainen Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 I agree, those intakes are cool. Hopefully I´ll have some time next weekend to build my `37 ragtop
Daxman Posted January 26, 2018 Author Posted January 26, 2018 More intakes! It needed more air for the two main turbines hanging out the rear. Plus, I like intakes.
Lunajammer Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 Yeah, over the top cool. If you like intakes and want to toss an amusing nod to VW heritage you could throw on a window air conditioning intake.
Daxman Posted January 27, 2018 Author Posted January 27, 2018 9 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Single turbine........RocketWagen is not impressed!
Daxman Posted February 19, 2018 Author Posted February 19, 2018 I covered the rust colored primer with a few coats of dullcoat. I used blue tape to mask off the areas that I wanted to remain rust colored. Then applied white acrylic over the entire body. I waited about an hour, then painted the blue. I used a 220 grit sandpaper to cut through the acrylic, then used a fine sandpaper to get the rough spots and scratches out.
Foxer Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) This is pretty cool and creative! It defies all those Category Stuffers Edited February 19, 2018 by Foxer
Daxman Posted February 25, 2018 Author Posted February 25, 2018 I added the visor and headlight assemblies last night. It's getting close to being done. I think this is the quickest I've built a model in years. Thank you for the comments!
Daxman Posted March 4, 2018 Author Posted March 4, 2018 RocketWagen is done! This was a fun build. I'm very happy with the colors and the weathering. I'm also glad I went with the wings in the front as opposed to turbines. Plenty of random hoses. When I trimmed out the middle section of the body, I had no idea it would make the bug look so aggressive.
Pat Minarick Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Daxman said: RocketWagen is done! This was a fun build. I'm very happy with the colors and the weathering. I'm also glad I went with the wings in the front as opposed to turbines. Plenty of random hoses. When I trimmed out the middle section of the body, I had no idea it would make the bug look so aggressive. Very cool and different.
Daxman Posted March 19, 2018 Author Posted March 19, 2018 Back to the 1st bug again. I really didn't want to start this, just after completing the last bug....I got two new models that I was excited to start. A 75 Datsun pick-up and a 41 Chevy pick-up. Somehow I ended up back on the original bug. I'm a big fan of intakes and hinges. I still want to make it some kind of race craft. Numbers and decals on the sides. Some kind of racing graphics. Some wear and tear.
Daxman Posted April 5, 2018 Author Posted April 5, 2018 I thought about the race car theme for the past few weeks. I wasn't confident enough to try race style graphics and decals. I just couldn't come up with anything that worked with the rounded shape of the Beetle. So it went from this: To this: I'm going to paint the rims bright red, leaving the center caps chrome. Probably going to add some weathering. Not a ton. I want it to look like it's used.
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