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Working on the helmets - bunging up holes, trimming back, filling, sanding:

Had trouble with the styrene tube I'd used for the rollcage - as usual Poly glue, superglue & Araldite just didn't work, and even Plastic Weld (Dichloromethane) wasn't up to the job of having the interior wiggled into the shell ... in the end I used strips of cotton cloth & epoxy resin as reinforcement - hopefully it'll just look like padding when everything is painted; oil cooler & fuel tank also added:





Added a filler neck to the fuel tank:





... and air horns:

same the horn pipes

I don't seem to have taken any photos of applying Milliput, wet smoothing it, or sanding it afterwards ... just a few pics of putting filler on that, and the body parts in primer after that

Finished all the aerosol work:

VW Alpine White on the body, roof # plate & lower exhaust

Clear on body & roof # plate

Satin black on tonneau, front license plate, top 1/2 of exhaust, window nets (really not convinced by those)

VW Mars Red on the "fire extinguisher"

"Chrome" on back 1/2s of lights

"AA Van Yellow" on front 1/2s of lights



The plan now is to concentrate on getting as much spraying in on other projects as possible before the weather turns (several driver figures, Blackfoot, Wild Willys IIRC).

When comes the built? It is so realistic. I would like to do a like level model.
I am crazy by your fast and quality work.
Jonny you are an ARTIST

Do you use a paint cabin?

I have no painting facilities at all, I spray bits outside.

Paint for my Wild Willys failed to turn up so I started the detail painting sooner than expected...

Not so much on the interior as lots of layers need doing:

Drivers:
- base colour for driver suits was 2/3 XF-3 Flat Yellow, 1/3 XF-4 Yellow Green,
- highlights 2/3 XF-2 Flat White, 1/3 above yellow mix,
- lowlights 9 drops above yellow + 1 drop XF-68 NATO Brown
- wash = 9 drops above yellow + 1 drop XF-52 Flat Earth + 3 drops water

Dash:
- base colour: 3ml X2 White + 1 drop X-9 Brown
- Radio: XF-69 NATO Black
- details: X-11 Chrome Silver
(still need to make clocks/gauges)

Oil cooler: X10 Gun Metal, X-11 Chrome Silver

Fuel tank: XF-9 Hull Red, XF-69 Rubber Black, XF-16 Flat Aluminum (sic)







Exterior on the other hand is basically done, though I still need to make a shorter front body post & make holes for it:






Door window apertures & tonneau: XF-69 Rubber Black;
Door handles & front license plate back: XF-69 NATO Black;
Front indicators: X-26 Clear Orange;
Sun Visor: XF-56 Metallic Grey, edge with black 0.7mm Kyosho Micron line tape;
Air Horns: X-7 Red + X-11 Chrome Silver (masking was a little tricky):






Left sill (supposed to be where chromed trim has fallen off revealing surface rust & dirt underneath): dry brushed Humbrol Acrylic #113 Rust + XF-69 NATO Black/water wash:






Right sill (chrome still there): Aluminium foil tape:





Rear Lights: XF-16 Flat Aluminum base, 3 coats X-27 Clear Red, Aluminium foil tape:






Exhaust: XF-69 NATO Black, then X-22 Clear:

AMAZING!!!!!!!!