Duddly01 Posted March 23 Posted March 23 (edited) Latest build on the table is a Revell 1962 Volkswagen Samba bus in 1/24 scale. Going to be Turquoise Green over Blue White. I started a bit over a week ago but had an incident trying to remove the heavy injection mold spots and I sliced a finger open and had to pause for a bit. I did just get back to it and cleaned up to body parts. I have built some cars with multiple body parts but this is insane. The instructions expect you to paint before you assemble. There is no way I could’ve gotten the panels to fit nicely going by the directions. Also I needed to remove the plastic door hinge pins and drill them out and add wire pins. Several of the plastic ones broke off even tryin to test fit the door panels. Also added magnets for all of the opening panels to keep the aligned and closed. It didn’t take much modification to get the chassis and interior panel to fit in after the body is assembled. this is where I stopped after slicing open my finger with the injection mold marks. body assembly this is the look I am going for. Edited March 23 by Duddly01 6
BK9300 Posted March 23 Posted March 23 This will be a great build for you. I like the clever placement of your magnets - not likely to even be noticeable once you've prepped the body. I'm already guessing where the battery for your lights is going to go... 1
Duddly01 Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 53 minutes ago, BK9300 said: This will be a great build for you. I like the clever placement of your magnets - not likely to even be noticeable once you've prepped the body. I'm already guessing where the battery for your lights is going to go... Thank You. I will need to figure out how I am going to run the LED wiring next.
Duddly01 Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 Thank you! It may sound like I was complaining, the body was a pain, but it really is a nicely detailed kit. Now that I have the body fitting together nicely it should be fairly straight forward from here.
stavanzer Posted March 30 Posted March 30 Beauty of a Bus. My folks had a '62 White over Red Bus. The named it "Boo Boo, the Baby Bus" WE had it until I was 6 or 7. I still miss it. 1
Duddly01 Posted March 30 Author Posted March 30 1 hour ago, slusher said: Nice body assembly, very nice color choice!! Thank You! I will be posting an update soon. I have the LED wiring harness created and body in primer. 1 hour ago, stavanzer said: Beauty of a Bus. My folks had a '62 White over Red Bus. The named it "Boo Boo, the Baby Bus" WE had it until I was 6 or 7. I still miss it. Thank You! 1
Duddly01 Posted March 31 Author Posted March 31 I have gotten a little bit done on the 1962 Volkswagen Samba this week. I assembled and organized the parts for paint. I created the LED wiring harness and the battery cover to look like a covered spare tire. I got the body in primer and ready for paint. I painted the base colors for the interior panels. I had made a mold of the surfboard from the 41 Woody build and I am going to include one in this build. I did the first pass of woodgraining. I will be adding details and stripes that match the VW. I will be putting a short pause on this build for a couple week for family obligations but will get back to it soon. 6
STU111 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 G’day Donald, I’m late to the party with this one but I like what you’ve done thus far. I love VW buses and I have this one in the stash but the multi piece body has put me off a bit , looks like you’ve got around that detail nicely. Hopefully I can pick up some tips for when I tackle my Samba bus. Cheers , Stuart.👍🏻 1
Duddly01 Posted April 1 Author Posted April 1 1 hour ago, STU111 said: G’day Donald, I’m late to the party with this one but I like what you’ve done thus far. I love VW buses and I have this one in the stash but the multi piece body has put me off a bit , looks like you’ve got around that detail nicely. Hopefully I can pick up some tips for when I tackle my Samba bus. Cheers , Stuart.👍🏻 Thank you! I really don’t like multi-piece bodies. Never can get them to fit together after paint. I don’t know why they would still be a thing with today’s tech. After you get past getting the body and door panels to fit together it is a nicely detailed kit. I certainly recommend using small magnets to get them to close well.
Duddly01 Posted April 18 Author Posted April 18 Finally getting back to the Samba Bus. Got base coat of much of the parts painted. I still need to 2k clear the body and chassis. Probably tomorrow. I am making a matching surfboard to go with it. 4
Duddly01 Posted April 21 Author Posted April 21 (edited) Got the 2K clear on the VW Samba Bus, some detail painting and separated the painted parts for assembly. 2K clear coated the matching surfboard I created for it too. Plug wires, vacuum lines and battery cables. Edited April 21 by Duddly01 3
STU111 Posted April 21 Posted April 21 G’day Donald. This is all coming together nicely, the two tone suits the bus perfectly and that surfboard looks pretty sweet. 👍🏻 1
Duddly01 Posted April 21 Author Posted April 21 8 hours ago, STU111 said: G’day Donald. This is all coming together nicely, the two tone suits the bus perfectly and that surfboard looks pretty sweet. 👍🏻 Thank You!
Duddly01 Posted April 29 Author Posted April 29 Making progress on the Revell 1962 Volkswagen Samba. Made a stand for the surfboard, added diorama sand. Wet Sanded and polished the body panels and started final assembly. 3
espo Posted April 29 Posted April 29 Been following your beautiful paint work and detailing. Like the lighting, especially the speedometer in the dash. 1
Duddly01 Posted April 29 Author Posted April 29 4 hours ago, espo said: Been following your beautiful paint work and detailing. Like the lighting, especially the speedometer in the dash. Thank You. Getting the wiring to the speedo and headlights was a chore this time around. No space really between the inner wall and front face of the bus. had to cut in channels. 3 hours ago, dino246gt said: Man that looks so cool! Thank you! 3 hours ago, porschercr said: Looks good. Thank You!
Duddly01 Posted April 30 Author Posted April 30 (edited) Quite a bit more assembly work done on the Revell 1962 VW Samba Bus. Finished up the lighting, added a few windows, bumpers, etc. I installed the side doors and even though I trial fit before paint it gave me some issues to get the to align well. Still quite a bit more assembly and some things that are not quite up to par to attempt to correct. Edited April 30 by Duddly01 4
STU111 Posted May 2 Posted May 2 G’day Donald, this is looking great. One question, the cream coloured piping around the edges of the seats, did you do them freehand with a tiny brush or some other method? That LED lighting looks really effective on the instrument panel. Top stuff.👍🏻 1
Duddly01 Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 5 minutes ago, STU111 said: G’day Donald, this is looking great. One question, the cream coloured piping around the edges of the seats, did you do them freehand with a tiny brush or some other method? That LED lighting looks really effective on the instrument panel. Top stuff.👍🏻 Thanks, The piping was freehand.
Duddly01 Posted May 2 Author Posted May 2 The Revell 1962 VW Samba bus is getting really close now. Just a few more details and fixing some things I am not happy with. 2
BK9300 Posted May 2 Posted May 2 12 hours ago, Duddly01 said: Thanks, The piping was freehand. Very steady hand(s)! Looking really good, and another well done lighting job. 1
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