Progress Pics of new Beetle with body work.

[COZMO6476]

not sure about the interior just yet.. i was planning on creating a more accurate RSI after i finish this model. i will flare the fenders on the next incarnation. this model is a bit of an experiment. plus, your next model is usually your best model.

[zangief]

looks awsome ...good work witht the styrene...u have any tips on how u mold the styrene and make the form stay as it is ...im new to this so any help would be great

again wow good looking project

[Jay!]

I'm just wandering by to say 'nice work!'

[COZMO6476]

hope this is helpful.

Originally posted by zangief
looks awsome ...good work witht the styrene...u have any tips on how u mold the styrene and make the form stay as it is ...im new to this so any help would be great

again wow good looking project

[zangief]

thx that helped alot

and one other thing! u do the rest of the bodykit by putting putty on the styrene after it takes the formand sanding and forming them into shape?

and looking forward to see some more progress pics

[COZMO6476]

most of what you see on the surface is styrene... the putty fills it in underneath.

[COZMO6476]

Hi all,
here are some more progress pics of the beetle. i'm working on the wing. its a bit more complicated than i originally thought. i couldnt think of how to bend a piece of plastic into the shape of it so i decided to do it the hard way. what complicates it is the curvature of the wing when you look at it from the top. its not like a simple straight piece that can be bent easily. it must be bent with a curve. I stacked cuved pieces of styrene like i did in the diagrams below and glued them together. i then went at it with my dremel to smooth out the "steps". finally i went at it with some low grit sand paper, puttied it and sanded some more. Its held in place with some double stick tape right now. let me know what you think

[5ynergyx]

THIS IS A PIECE OF ART !!!!

[bigfrit]

It's freaking fabulous!!

Awesome work!
That bodywork is so clean!
Olivier

[mstngcobrasvt98]

Great Job on the wing, and nice explanation pics.. Looks like the kit is coming together very well. Have you started modding the underside yet?

[bah humbug]

Awesome work!!!

I still don't like beetles though.

[zangief]

damn man u seem to be good at everything huh first the kit then the bodykit then the step by step help and now even cad!....my god ur a monster

keep it up

[COZMO6476]

here are some long overdue progress pics of the beetle. i've been quite busy with work and school. or should i say school and school since im working and studying as a teacher. anyways, i've taken some time to put the rear bumper together along with the exhaust. bear with me on the pictures, i know that things may seem a bit out of alignment, but nothing is permanently attached yet. it took a good three hours to do what you see in the pictures below but i think it came out pretty good. i took out the spare tire and placed a piece of styrene. i cut off the original muffler, extended the pipe a bit and attached a new muffler with dual tips to fit in the rear bumper. im not sure how accurate it is or if it is possible at all to have a muffler like the one shown. i scowered the internet for pictures of an RSI exhaust and came up with nada. so i based the muffler on the drawing kindly provided by mstngcobrasvt98. let me know what you think. soon i will be at the priming stage! oh wait, i have to work on moding the interior for the open doors... doh!

[Chain]

Power!

Great graphic illustrations and work details on this project.

[flyonthewall]

Your getting very good at this Great work on the wing, that's not the hard way, that's the easy way!!! That's exactly how its done and the best way to create curves and contours.