okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Mar 30, 2008 11:00:02 GMT -5
;D Hi there ;D Having ran out of steam with the DROPS I needed something to keep me going while I get other parts for the DROPS figured out. Pulled this kit out from my must build stash (of which I have 2 of) with the intention of building straight from the box. Having the second, and seeing how few parts there are in the kit, I decided that I would do the other at the same time though changing it into a crew cabbed pick up. I have a couple of pics of these on a Jagdgeschwader 73 (Fighter Wing 73) "Steinhoff" serving a fighter wing of the German Luftwaffe. The wing is based in north-eastern Germany at the town of Laage near Rostock. Our unit used a shed housing snow plows as sleeping accommodation (sleeping on the concrete between the snow plow blades stored in summer). A very des res! NOT!!! I got these reference pics of the same vehicles from Evil Bay adverts which help with the conversion. The basic bus in three tone colour scheme The crew cab also in three tone Dry fitting the bus body The second bus cut down to the crew cab This is quite an easy chop but will need careful work around the roof, rear cab and flat bed to get it looking right. One will get the basic green over all colour and the other the three tone colour. Haven't figured out which. Nige
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Post by fkuaso on Mar 30, 2008 21:13:58 GMT -5
awwww man i want one of those.
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Jun 11, 2008 19:42:58 GMT -5
Sorry for the lack of updates. Life getting in the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally got round to trying out my vac form machine and decided to try forming a cover for the cargo body plus the rear panel of the shortened crew cab. I used up about 7 sheets to get the practice in most of the trouble was getting the heat and timing just right. I was trying to push the former through too early when the plastic was not flexible enough. Finally got this after a ten minute heat time. I still got webbing effect as the pull was quite deep though I might be able to either apply heat locally to square off the excess, or leave the rear of the cover slightly flappy looking where the ends might be loosely tied to the cover frame. The vac formed rear of the cab is glued in place and the floor of the load area is placed on the cut down bodywork for the moment to get an idea of sizes The side panels are something that I held onto from Xmas after nicking the kids chocolates (bad daddy again) thinking they might have a use sometime. The kids got loads of selection boxes form Grannies and Granpas, and not wanting to spoil their lovely teeth I confiscated several. The clear plastic trays the chocolate bars sit in are vac formed too and are an ideal shape of ribbed pattern. This is how the load bay cover looks dry fitted temporarily. I used thich balsa wood sheet and formed a box of the same shape, then sanded the tent like profile and added creases into all the sides by carving into the balsa. In hind sight I could maybe have done with exagerating the depth of the creases to allow for the loss of depth by the thickness of the plastic itself. At least I know that I can make use of the vac former. I just need a bit more practice at making the molds. Hope to get some more work on this soon. Nige
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scones78
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Post by scones78 on Jun 11, 2008 23:31:48 GMT -5
thats looking great! i am always looking at the kids toy boxes for useable goodies,lol,its amazing what can be recycled, cheers danny
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Post by biged on Jun 24, 2008 11:19:31 GMT -5
Hey Nige. Quite a unique project, and you do some great work. Love the build so far. And Danny...ditto on the toy thing. Sometimes I find better parts on a toy than what comes in a kit.
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Jun 26, 2008 16:27:25 GMT -5
Hi Larry and Danny
Thanks for the encouragement. I have been very limited in my builds lately as I am about to get involved in a 1:1 build addition to my house that is going to take over my life for the next few months. I had been getting a couple of hours in at the model club every two weeks but it closes for summer holidays. I recon I might be AWOL for a bit unless I can get to hide away in my shed during the building works. My other DAF DROPS build stalled for the main reason that the bits were a good bit bigger than this VW build to carry to and from the model club.
I will be popping into the site every now and again to see what everyone else is getting done.
Thanks again for the kind comments.
Nige
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Post by DoubleBarrel on Jul 7, 2008 11:15:01 GMT -5
Nice work it looks good so far...... keep the pics comming.....
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Jul 8, 2008 15:47:32 GMT -5
Hi Double barrel
I am kinda over a barrel at the moment regarding any model builds just now. Builders started my house extension and I have been knocking ten lumps of hell outa the rest of the house.
Am pulling my hair out as I watch everyone else build. Never mind,,,,,,,,,,,,, only another six to eight weeks of 1:1 scale build work then maybe get back to 1:24 scale in between painting and decorating the new rooms.
Thanks for the kind comments on build.
Nige
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Post by lizardwizard on Aug 7, 2008 22:22:15 GMT -5
that vw is cool but are u going to put the boot on the frount wheel too
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Oct 8, 2008 7:40:53 GMT -5
Have been out of touch with everybody on here as I have been working on a one to one project (house extension) so only just getting back to doing a tiny bit of modelling on the VW.
Will do an update soon once I resite my PC and get it plugged into the net again. Using work PC to see how folks models are doing.
Hope everyone is well
Chat soon
Nige
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Oct 20, 2008 18:53:13 GMT -5
Hi folks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, long time no been on here! Got away to the caravan for a week and took the VW's with me to do a wee bit of work on them while my girls played at the beach. Smoothed off the rear of the chopped crew cab with a combination of squadron putty and tipex with sanding down Had to delete the handle for the sliding door that will now be a the hinged door After a coat of Humbrol dark green 30 With the cargo area side panels dry fitted It is good to be back to modelling
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Oct 20, 2008 21:29:16 GMT -5
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Nov 30, 2008 16:30:20 GMT -5
Hi folks Finally got round to doing something to the models,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, OK not an amazing amount but is keeping me a wee bit sane!!!!! I have added tie down points to the front windscreens and lights for the covers to reduce risk of glare from reflections on glass and reflectors. Very thin wire used. Also got round to scribing the lockers and engine cooling vents under the load bay of the transporter And added the new door handle to the crew cab rear door Seat belts were added using black painted ribbon (Though I can't fix the top connections to the window pillers because the body work has no glass added yet and will be imposible to add once the glass is fitted) Anybody got ideas how to get them to sit in position on the window piller? Still got all the side windows and rear windows to make tie down points. Fidely and tough getting the superglue to hold but will get there in the end. Hope to get round to more work soon Nige
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Dec 30, 2008 21:15:43 GMT -5
Hi there,,,, finally got some time to myself to do a wee bit! Had a stab at forming a canvas cover with proper frame support instead of the vac-form version. Comments and ideas welcome to improve on it. Still got to lash the sides down properly but that would be after I have finished the bodywork and painting. The plastic fabric is the stuff that nurses use to hold utensils in/on when visiting to do home surgery. @ aquired it after nurse finished dressing wifes wounds. Wire frame made out of thick stuff that held our kids toys in the packaging | always takes ages to get out and end up with miles of it | Wire held in place by holes drilled in the wood. The fabric has a nice texture to it that I quite like and has a little bit of flex to it. The finished product for now. I would be interested to hear what you think about preference of vac-form to this attempt. All the very best Nige You'll be avin a drink on me now won't yas? C[ ] C[ ] C[ ] Go on! Go on! Goon!
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okdoky
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Post by okdoky on Dec 31, 2008 12:36:09 GMT -5
Hi there folks
I am going to keep going with with both fabric and vac versions for now as i can easily swap to what I think is the better. The fabric can still be stressed in the right points if I tie down the side flaps, and having the rear tied up would allow me to show something in the load bay.
I thought about tissue paper but I think it would turn out a bit rougher than the modern canvas types. So we will see where it goes from here on.
Happy new year to you and all on here!!!!!!
Nige
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