In progress - Tamiya VW New Beetle

This is a photo of my semi-completed VW New Beetle. I temporarily used the motorized chassis from another Tamiya New Beetle, just for photo shooting. The body is painted in Tamiya spray Italian Red and photo contrast is enhanced with Adobe Photoshop.

I have yet to complete the chassis painting & assembly, and the interior passenger compartment an dashboard. As for the body shell I have completed everything except putting on the antenna, which I am still apprehensive as I know if I spill glue or if the antenna drops before the glue dries...

http://www.toycube.com/gallery/vw_newbeetle/vw_beetle03.jpg

As per my earlier thread on chassis painting, I am having a hard time to make the chassis paint job look "acceptable".

Anyway, this is my first attempt at painting and modelling a car. I did this with tips from what I have read in AF and esp. thanks to folks like "primera-man", "the syndicate", "daggerlee" and other regulars.

Nice shine you have there.
or was the shine make using photoshop?

Yes, the shine is helped by photoshop (so I cheated :D), otherwise I found the photo too dark. Below are the shots without "curve" correction.

http://www.toycube.com/gallery/vw_newbeetle/vw_beetle01.jpg

http://www.toycube.com/gallery/vw_newbeetle/vw_beetle02.jpg

lookin great

even without the photoshop help :rolleyes:

Originally posted by RaceMySS_454
lookin great

even without the photoshop help :rolleyes:

I second that. Great job.

Thats a cool Beetle :coolguy: Nice work!

-Pille-

Thanks for the compliments.

This is my first car model kit (to be completed yet) and I chose the Tamiya new beetle because it is soooo cute. I also choose Tamiya because the kit is so sharp and accurate. I always dreamt of seeing a beetle in chilli red unfortunately those red new beetles I see on the roads in Singapore are of a certain hue that is slightly dull and off the primary red colour. And thats why I choose Tamiya Italian Red for this new beetle --- to fulfill my dream in 1/24 scale :D

Originally posted by shieldwulf

This is my first car model kit

:eek2: :eek2: i wish my first model looks like that even the models that i make right now!

you are VERY skilled!!!

great clean job

I love the work you did on this nice beetle !
It looks so clean and crisp! I creally am tempted to make one now !

Great job, especially for a first car model !

Bravo.

Olivier:cool:

Looking excellent! :)

great work so far!:)

Very nice Beetle, even without the software correction. ;)

That was your first model??? If u did not tell us I would have thought u are a veteren. Great job. I'm looking forward to doing one too in yellow but... no time.....

nice work, you can use white glue to stick the atenna on, get it tacky then stick it on.. if you mess up,, you can always wipe up with water, wont mess up the paint job

Originally posted by shieldwulf
Thanks for the compliments.

This is my first car model kit :D


:eek: :eek: man you look like a pro:D

Finally after a long while! I have completed airbrushing and assembling the dashboard & steering wheel. Here is the photo:

http://www.toycube.com/gallery/vw_newbeetle/dashboard.jpg

You can see that the VW logo on the steering wheel is little too low (should be directly on imprinted circle instead), but too late the decal has dried.

wow lookin good......its ok with the decal.....you can try to rewet it since it is a small one.....if not than hey....we learn from mistakes:bigthumb:

:bigthumb:

Finally! After ordering a new chassis replacement part for my melted and failed paint work (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104621), this time I really took a lot of patience and time (Thanks to all your advices and encouragements).

This shows me doing the masking for the bottom part of the chassis.
http://www.toycube.com/gallery/vw_newbeetle/chassis_masking_01.jpg

The result after airbrushing with Tamiya Chrome Silver.
http://www.toycube.com/gallery/vw_newbeetle/chassis_completed_02.jpg

Here is the chassis with completed painting. The whole chassis was airbrushed using Tamiya Acrylic Semi-gloss Black, followed by masking to airbrush Tamiya Enamel Chrome Silver. Edges with paint oversprays are touched/cleaned up using a fine paint brush dipped in Tamiya Enamel thinner.
http://www.toycube.com/gallery/vw_newbeetle/chassis_completed_01.jpg

Well done :bigthumb:
Can't wait to see more.. :)

Some great time and work going on this model :bigthumb: :bigthumb:

This is turning out to be nice little car. Nice choice of colour! It does seem to a little dark for Italian Red though, well as compared to the Ferrrari I doing which is painted the same colour.

Great comeback with thisone:bigthumb:

nice clean lines on the chassis. Good work on the masking

That is a great looking bug :D I'm building my first model too, so I feel us connected :D Keep up the GREAT job, I'll try to keep up with you..:iceslolan

Originally posted by pettercardoso
That is a great looking bug :D I'm building my first model too, so I feel us connected :D Keep up the GREAT job, I'll try to keep up with you..:iceslolan

I'm glad! Please keep us updated on your progress...but no need to rush. I started this since April and now left with the task of completing the passenger compartment.

This project is finally completed! (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t126263.html)