VW T3 Transporter

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by das_auto

Hi Kris!

This youngtimer bus is looking better and better.

Looking at the decals you´ve chosen. Why not make it more of a US style bus with the orange indicators on the sides and lots of chrome detailing around the windows and trim and such, just a suggestion. Since you want to go very low it would be appropriate. Many US dubs have the stance dialled and a killer low ride, lower than german style even.

Just a couple of questions, what materials do you use for polishing? and how long do you leave the TS-13 before sanding and polishing?

Keep it up, its gonna look dubalishious!

Cheers!

Emil, a fellow dubber!

Hi Emil,

I don't know what style I'm going to do now. That american DUB is also great, but I think I leave it a bit oldskool with this german look. Chrome detailing around the windows must be done with BMF and I always use BMF before the clearcoat, so it's to late for that. Maybe for my next VW Bus

For polishing the body I use the Micromesh Polishing Kit. I bought it at Hiroboy for about 14 euro. Than you get various sandingpads from grit 100 till 12000. I alway start with grit 3000 or 3400 because most of the time I have already a smooth paintjob. Than I wetsand the body with all the leftover pads till 12000.
After sanding you already see a bit of shine, but there are some little scratches which needs to be polished out. Therefore I use the Polishing compounds from Tamiya. First I use the Red one. This is the roughest of all. Than I use the Blue one. This makes a nice shine and the scratches will dissapear. Finally I use the White one. This is for the finish.
I alway add some carwax also on the body, because I have the body a lot of times in my hands and fingerprints will be wiped away easy when the body is waxed.

After using TS-13 or an other clearcoat I always wait for 6 or 7 days. Sometimes longer but that's because I have no time than

Hope this will help you.

Kris.

[das_auto]

Hi Again!

I think I leave it a bit oldskool with this german look

You do so! I´m sure that it´ll look absolutely great!

Maybe for my next VW Bus

I´m already looking forward to it!

Here is some inspiration for you.....http://forums.dubkorps.com/shots_view.cfm?event_id=22

Hope you like the pics...I sure do!

Hope this will help you.

It sure will, thanks!

Cheers!

Emil

[Mojo_stevo]

The box cover looks like a joke, but this is coming along well. Too bad you don't have a spare VR6 laying around.

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by Mojo_stevo

The box cover looks like a joke, but this is coming along well. Too bad you don't have a spare VR6 laying around.

I've a vr6 engine laying around here, but it's from the Fujimi Golf 3 and it is very bad. It's just an half engine which is only molded half. So it's worthless I think.

I've another T3 kit, and I'm planning to add an old Porsche boxer engine instead of the original engine.

But that's for the future....

Kris.

[momocorrado]

WOW! nice work so far i love the wheels and stance i can wait to see it done

[iceracer1]

I wasn't satisfied with the silvering on the decals, so i had to do something radical

Instead of a shiny good looking van, I decided to add some damage and rust on the body.

I first bought some real rust stuff.



The base coat is a thick paint with metal. This must be drying for about 12 hours before you can add the solution on it. The more solution you add, the more rust you get.

I made some damage with a knife and fire on the body. After that I sanded the body to make it flat, and added the base coat on it.



















Meanwhile the solution is doing his work. The rust is very realistic and one of the best (but expensive) i've ever seen!

Kris.

[iceracer1]

Today the rust was everywhere I really love the result cause it's real rust. The solution has done his job very well

I also painted the windowtrims already.





























Meanwhile I started on the interior. It will be flat black but with some dirt trough the whole interior.

Kris.

[tuned.by.twenty]

I wasn't expecting rust, but you did a good job on it.

[lastbilschaffisen]

Hi!
Looks very very good
If I find one I gonna build the same model



Thomas

[iceracer1]

It was a while ago I did some work on this model, but I also enjoy fishing on big carp at the moment

Meanwhile I did some work on the chassis. The chassis is modified to fit the bigger Fuchs wheels and I needed to lower it of course. It can't be slammed to the ground because else the wheels will come in the interior, and I have no place for my seats anymore ....

After painting it all, I did some rust job on it too. I also used a lot of smoke paint for the engine and exhaust.







The body needed some indicator lights and some wipers.





The engine was also finished. I used some smoke to create a dirty engine with a lot of oil. You might have seen one in real life... they always leak oil



Today I started with the interior. Main parts were painted black. The carpet is antracit.







I replaced the seats by luxery seats and painted the other seats as well.





Painted the dash, and added the decals. Nothing special.



Now the interior was ready, I found it a little boring. This service bus needed some interiorjunk, so I searched for some parts. The tools are from Hobby Design. I added some sexy magazines and a pizza box. The pizza slices are scratchbuilded











Next update it will be finished

Kris.

[jetboy2004]

Wow the rust on that thing looks fantastic. Keep up the good work!

[opelix]

That's very nice !

[Jaff_Cannon]

Very precise application of a variety of texturing/painting techniques there and I love the attention to smaller details like the pizza slices too. I particularly like those heart shaped sunglasses Looks promising, keep pressing on.