su27rules Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Amazing work and so great details on this!! Very cool model and nice idea!! Are the surf boards from the kit or scratched ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Impressive work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eero Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 I was hoping you could reveal how you did that great looking sliding ragtop? Well, there's actually nothing special. First I opened the hood and used polystyrene to fix the hole. The ragtop itself is a piece of fabric. I just cutted piece of it, then I folded sides. I used iron to get those sharp edges. After that I folded it to "open". I used again iron to press it flat. I also added some glue to it so it stays in that form. Unfortunately there is no actual build up topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonFL Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Well, there's actually nothing special. First I opened the hood and used polystyrene to fix the hole. The ragtop itself is a piece of fabric. I just cutted piece of it, then I folded sides. I used iron to get those sharp edges. After that I folded it to "open". I used again iron to press it flat. I also added some glue to it so it stays in that form. Unfortunately there is no actual build up topic. Wow, that does sound pretty easy. A lot easier then I would of thought. I wanted to do it to my 32 but wasn't sure exactly how I was going to go about it. Thanks for all the information, I can't wait to try it out. I was thinking of making mine open and close, did you glue it or is it working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eero Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 It's not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy D Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Hello Eero, What a great build. Really cool subject and your eye for detail is outstanding!! Randy Edited September 5, 2012 by Randy D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eero Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Are the surf boards from the kit or scratched ?? Surf boards aren't scratched but I don't know which kit includes these. Still I did design the graphics to boards by myself. I printed those graphics to decal film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Outstanding VW! All these details rocks. With... bare metal foil! After I laid down the foil, I sanded it with fine paper. After that I washed it with very very very thin black. It "turns the shine off nicely. I think it's more realistic that way. <- that was my question, how you did it. P-e-r-f-e-c-t! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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