papa 695s 1/24 Samba Bus

[Gwyn]

Well done so far Ian, the weathering looks great 

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Looking real good Ian.

 

[yak face]

Great muckying up Ian! The wheels look knackered , top work! the body is going to look fantastic in that blue, cheers tony

 

[Pikeman]

Really like the weathering and what you have done so far.


great work Ian 

 

[spanner570]

Cracking job Ian, and what memories seeing the Samba brought back for not only me, but my wife too.


In 1971, during my 'surfing period', we bought a V.W. exactly the same as this model, but ours was light blue and grey. We used to transport number one son in his carry cot on the rear shelf over the engine! (nice and warm)


Ash internal woodwork with velour upholstery, a steering column gear change, a hand brake that came out of the dash board, bench front seats, a pipe with a flap for a heater and a 6v. electric system!


Best of all, just four bolts and the engine was out and on the floor......another pot three cylinder to replace...again! The poor thing eventually bent in the middle (too much salt air)


Happy days and great fun.


Ron

 

[monica]

real starting to take shape with this one,very nice work so far, 9_9

 

[Polux]

Very cool Ian. I love the weathering on those wheels

 

[papa 695]

Great muckying up Ian! The wheels look knackered , top work! the body is going to look fantastic in that blue, cheers tony

It's not going to be that colour blue on the outside Tony, I'm going make it look like it's had a respray with my own colour scheme.

 

[papa 695]

Got some more done to this, I've got the seats built and painted, started to weather the floor of the inside and painted the inside bodywork 

 

[monica]

very nice progress on this one Ian,do like the colors,and nice with the floor weathering, :D

 

[Ace]

Wonderbar interior weathering!!

 

[papa 695]

Well I've got the outer colour on, I've gone for a sixties style candy stripe blue. Still plenty to do on the outer shell.

 

[yambam26]

That paint effect is unusual "marble like"


Makes the bus pop!


Cheers,Ben

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Great job, loving the paintwork.

 

[noble]

this is looking fabulous.

 

[Gwyn]

Well done Ian, that paint job is going to look fantastic on the completed model. I will be watching progress closely.

 

[Plastickitbasher]

That paint job looks great, it's all coming along very nicely

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Very nice blue colour.


How did you get this pattern?.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice blue colour.


How did you get this pattern?.

Hi Ralph, it was fairly easy really.


1st I painted it glsoss black ( I used Vallejo surface primer gloss black ) but any gloss black will do.


2nd I sprayed it with Silver ( Vallejo Metal colour ) then while still wet I placed some cling film on it and scrunched it up a little, then pulled it off. That gives it the marble effect. But again any silver colour should work.


3rd Mixed someTamiya X23 clear blue about 50/50 with thinners then sprayed 3 light coats over it all. I used blue but you could use any clear colour you want, and that's it.

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Hi Ralph, it was fairly easy really.


1st I painted it glsoss black ( I used Vallejo surface primer gloss black ) but any gloss black will do.


2nd I sprayed it with Silver ( Vallejo Metal colour ) then while still wet I placed some cling film on it and scrunched it up a little, then pulled it off. That gives it the marble effect. But again any silver colour should work.


3rd Mixed someTamiya X23 clear blue about 50/50 with thinners then sprayed 3 light coats over it all. I used blue but you could use any clear colour you want, and that's it.

Thanks for that info Ian.


Very helpful and when I next do a car I think I will give it a go