Current project: Teardrop Trailer , complete scratch building (!!Long thread!!)

[deedlit]

No, unfortunately no progress for the moment.

If you follow my sig, you have probably seen that it's now 'Back soon' and no more 'On hold'.
In fact, I've closed my modeling club. We had lots of problems in the club and then I lost my motivation (too many reasons to explain to you). I was president since it's foundation, so it pissed me off to close but .... that's life
Now I've found a new club where I'll join next week (www.lesdinguesdukit.be.tf) . I'll only be a member so no responsabilities. I will only be responsible for the colour of my car.
Now that I've found them, motivation comes back and I hope I'll finish it soon. I feel now a new excitation to work on my models.

Xav

[vwman]

Sorry about your club . I'll hope that your ne club is nice!

[deedlit]

Hi all,

after all the latest events (birth of our first child, the house we bought, my club I closed,...) I had no more time to work on my projects. Now that everything is slowly coming back to normal, motivations come back and I can find some hours to work on.

So, here is the latest progress.

The interior is 99.9% finished. I've painted the thin border around the seats in white (in french we say: 'le passe-poil', I don't know the english word for this). The seats are glued on the chassis.

I must still add a PE road book with reduced maps in it, place the vase on the dashboard and find a very small (real) flower to go in this vase.





I've done the compound stage on the body but I did it too much and went through the paint to the primer. I must now completely sand it and repaint it.

About the chassis of the caravan, I had replaced the bolts done with stretched sprue by PE bolts, a lot more beautiful. I have repainted the frame in black (aluminium looked too 'toyish') and have already done a drybrush with Enamel. I have still another drybrush to do with silver powder. It will highlight the details a little more.




Xav

[hrmodeler]

Once again I must say: Wonderfull project! :-)

[vwman]

That's soo coool!!

[deedlit]

Thanks guys

[Orion37170]

great project, i love the idea of the vase with the flower

[deedlit]

Be carefull: 'Sarcastic' Mode ON

So, I had a lot of time to work on my models, full days of work like a slave, my projects are allmost finished.
Be carefull: 'Sarcastic' Mode OFF

Yes, just kidding, in 3 weeks I only found 3 hours to work on my models. So, here is what I did during these 3 hours.

I completely sanded the blue on the beetle. I worked in another way this time, I used the colour from the spray and took it to airbrush. The result is then mat. I'll now put the BMF on the details and after that, clearcoat everything to seel the whole thing.




I drilled and painted the vase, I also put the BMF on the holding support. I found the smallest real flower possible, a flower from Gypsophile, and put it in the vase. It's now glued on the dashboard.




I painted my PE Road Atlas, I inserted some thin white paper (cigaret rolling paper) and a reduced map (from a 1/35 set) . The map is almost out to represent as it was ready to use.



So, here is how I used my lonely 3 hours

[Towelboy80]

[ol' dude]

Been watching the progress, looks awesome, can not wait to see it finished!

[Cychalen]

Glad to see some progress. There is always time for modeling.

[hrmodeler]

I can't add anything more than usual: WONDERFUL!
I hope so that we will se it finished soon.

[{(itchy)}{finger}]

Your cars a freakin' awsome!!!

[deedlit]

Thanks to all of you guys

Sorry if I didn't thank you earlier but I've been very busy at work.

I worked a bit on both models recently:

- BMF 99% done on the Beetle (what a pain in the ass to do the boardwalks)
- joints between the fenders and the body painted black

There are still some little parts to do with BMF and I can clearcoat. All those chromes are so annoying so I left it on the side and concentrate back on the caravan.

On this one, I did the frame for the backdoor with Evergreen profiles and plastic sheets. Now this frame will be painted wood color and then, I can glue the aluminium sheet and fix it on the hinge.

Unfortunately I have no pics to show but I hope to present some next week.

xav

[vwman]

Great work!!

BTW: just had to