GeeBee Posted January 28, 2014 Author Posted January 28, 2014 sorry, I didnt want offend you, I am newbie on the forum, it was just a question No offenced caused .....
GeeBee Posted January 30, 2014 Author Posted January 30, 2014 model revell has created. It is indeed a nice model, if Revell keep bringing out more classic kits, I'll be buying them, can't wait for the Trabant kombi to come out later this year ....
GeeBee Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 Got the body, body parts and all the small parts in primer today ....
GeeBee Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 Are you scratchbuilding the front trunk? Not with this one, but it's something I'm thinking about when I do the Cabriolet version .....
dublin boy Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 Geoff doing a Cal look Beetle. That'll be the day! LOL Nice start mate.
GeeBee Posted February 2, 2014 Author Posted February 2, 2014 Well after the primer had dried out I wet sanded the body and body parts using 2400 grit paper, all of the body parts got their colour coat today and will left to dry out for a week before being wetsanded again and polished out ....
hjracing Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Great paint job, really shining! What paint do you use?
Lovefordgalaxie Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Great color choice!!!! It has a very period looking colorfulness that modern cars lack.
GeeBee Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 Great paint job, really shining! What paint do you use? I usually use cellulose lacquer, but this one I used automotive acrylic lacquer
GeeBee Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 Got all the smaller parts airbrushed today .....
Zarana-X Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Paint looks great! I believe the VW color was Clementine Orange.
GeeBee Posted February 3, 2014 Author Posted February 3, 2014 Paint looks great! I believe the VW color was Clementine Orange. That was a slightly earlier colour, (1970-71) Brilliant orange came out in 1972, which was the last year of the 1200A using the old body and torsion bar suspension
GeeBee Posted February 4, 2014 Author Posted February 4, 2014 Got to thinking how I was going to do the chrome hubcap on the Beetle wheel, mask off and airbrush it using Alclad ? a bit long winded, in the end I settled on the BMF, Just another three to do .....
blubaja Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Not with this one, but it's something I'm thinking about when I do the Cabriolet version ..... Sucks, they went through the trouble of molding the trunk separately, and gave up lol. This is coming along great!!
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