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[ij001]

So I wasn't expecting to get any 'me time' until Sunday at the earliest, however two big appointments postponed this morning which suddenly left me with six hours to myself - well there's a shame !

So in that six hours, I applied three (brushed) coats of Johnsons Klear to the Lumina (roughly 45mins between each coat), walked down to my local 'Toyworld' and bought their last can of TS42 'Light Gunmetal' and home again to spray my next project.

The Tamiya '66 Bug had been de-seamed sanded and primed a few months back. Most of the sub-assemblies are done and all of them primed too. So here's the result of two overall light coats of TS42, photos don't do it justice, it's silk smooth and very shiny already. Next I'll mask and spray the second colour - yep it's going to be a two-tone Beetle !!



Ian.

 

[moon puppy]

'Bug'

Beep Beep...

 

[sharkman]

'Bug'

Ha! I was reading your post and saw the car on your monitor and was thinking to myself, " that's not a bug, what the hell is Ian talking about?" .....Then I scrolled down!

Looks great so far!

 

[ij001]

'Bug'

Cheers Warren
The desktop pic is a McLaren 570GT (not the 570S). But as there's no kit of the GT, you can guess as to a near future build somewhere on my production line.

Sprayed the second colour on my Beetle yesterday. Pics later along with completed Lumina photos.

Stay tuned.


Ian.

 

[Stoneboat]

'Bug'

Nice.

I went through 4 bugs, a 65, 67, 69 and a 72 Super Beetle. The 65 was my first car, 36 thundering horses, I seem to recall. No gas gauge, there was a one quart aux tank that got you to a gas station if you ran the main dry. It had a manual choke, and if you got stuck in a snowbank, simply pull the choke a bit to keep the engine running in 1st gear, and get out and push. Care must be taken not to fall on your butt and let the car escape all by itself. :S

 

[Captain Cook]

'Bug'

Too shiny!!! Needs RUST :-P

 

[ij001]

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No rust here, but looks like somebody spilled some Tamiya Mica Red all over my poor wee Beetle !

Don't touch that dial...

Ian.

 

[lupanzer]

'Bug'

Very nice

Luiz.

 

[moon puppy]

'Bug'

 

[Heavens Eagle]

'Bug'

That old beetle is looking pretty good Ian!

Doing old bugs is a simple/hard thing for me. Have tons of info and tons of experience with the old beasts. Really should dig out the 1/9 scale Kubelwagen and hit it hard. Have the tools now and still have the info. It's just that everything except the body on that old thing is crap and wrong. Will think about it and maybe go work on a famous ship first.

 

[ij001]

'Bug'

VERY close to final assembly now:

Busy weekend and an exam on Monday, so probably won't get any bench time until Tuesday. No matter it will get done, and I'm already eyeing my next build... :v

Have a great weekend everyone.



Ian.

 

[ij001]

'Bug'

Engine, interior & chassis assembly started this morning after we got in from football (US = soccer):

And then finished in a second session this afternoon:

Next I'll polish-out the bodyshell, dip the transparencies in Klear and carefuly, very carefully squeeze the wheels on to their axles. Stay tuned, more tomorrow hopefully.


Ian.

 

[moon puppy]

'Bug'

 

[nsmekanik]

'Bug'

Nice.

I went through 4 bugs, a 65, 67, 69 and a 72 Super Beetle. The 65 was my first car, 36 thundering horses, I seem to recall. No gas gauge, there was a one quart aux tank that got you to a gas station if you ran the main dry. It had a manual choke, and if you got stuck in a snowbank, simply pull the choke a bit to keep the engine running in 1st gear, and get out and push. Care must be taken not to fall on your butt and let the car escape all by itself. :S

Don't forget the Gasoline Bomb.....err fired heater under the front hood, I found out the hard way that the Transmission input shaft grew by roughly 1/4" from I forget which year to the next which just happened to be the difference between the year of the engine and the car I was trying to put it in ahh those were the days ldguy

Beautiful work as always Ian
:drinks

 

[sharkman]

'Bug'

Looks great Ian!

 

[Stoneboat]

'Bug'

Great work Ian.

Don't forget the Gasoline Bomb.....err fired heater under the front hood...

Never happened to me, but I knew a guy who had one let go on him. He pulled over to the side of the road and shoveled snow onto the thing to put the fire out. :S

 

[ij001]

'Bug'

...and done !

As ever all abuse, questions and comments welcomed.

Ian.

 

[Stoneboat]

Fantastic job Ian.