Mr.Zombie Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 Thanks guys, I'm happy that so many of you like it.
Christopher J Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Absolutely stellar build. The weathering on this is amazing and looks very accurate in its placement. I grew up in San Francisco and we'll remember how the salt air would just "destroy" cars. Love this build!
Mr.Zombie Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 The comment about the placement makes me happy. It was a part of the whole process to find out where and how beetles rust. It makes it so much more real when the rust ain't just slabbed on wherever.
Tom Geiger Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) The comment about the placement makes me happy. It was a part of the whole process to find out where and how beetles rust. It makes it so much more real when the rust ain't just slabbed on wherever. I agree 100%. I see too many models with rust in places cars never rust, and pristine parts where that specific model rusted every time! I'm a student of rust and notice these things immediately. When I was building my '59 Chevy junker, I copied the rust patterns exactly from my 1:1 '60 Buick, which essentially is the same body structure. I opened the doors on my Chevy and took a door panel off. I copied the door inner structure from the Buick. People did notice. Guys who had experience with the 1:1 cars were happy to tell me I had it right! Edited January 11, 2015 by Tom Geiger
Jeff Johnston Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Dang. that is just plain awesome ! Easily the most authentically weathered model I've seen...well maybe ever. This is just great. Every detail, right down the the carpet in the interior, the fuzz coming out of the seats, to the rust patterns on the bumpers and hubcaps, to the welded body panel are soooo well done.
Mr.Zombie Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 I'd say it's behind my 1929 Ford weatheringwise .
Mattblack Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 That is fantastic! The way you have got the paint faded and matt in places is spot on. (I have a 32 year old red car that lives outside in the British weather and never gets washed, so I know!)
Mr.Zombie Posted January 12, 2015 Author Posted January 12, 2015 I had two red cars in my life, especially the roof is painted the same rotten way my old Granada was. I'd like more pinkish shade in some places, but well... Next time...
Jeremy Jon Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Fantastic workmanship Adam, amazing model !!
Mr Stock Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Superb work Adam, very convincing, I have seen laods of Beetles down here in Cornwall that look just like that.
Dominik Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Well done! It Looks really really used...like it.
mikemopar70 Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Your weathering is wonderful. It looks real!!
Mannyp1980 Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 The bug looks awesome, love all the details.
christian-w Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 This is really beautiful Like the used look and all the details (sponge, Teddy sticker in the windshield ..) Very well done. A cute detail are the eye stickers on the bonnet - so cute. The rusted bumpers and hub caps are awesome. All the other rusted spots are quit right positioned. It's just right, not to much. It looks so real.
jbwelda Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 fantastic look on that bug! really nice job of detailing too, is that wire coiled around the engines ventilation tubes to look like the real stuff? nice effect! jb
Mr.Zombie Posted January 19, 2015 Author Posted January 19, 2015 The real ventilation tube is just a "slinky" covered in kind of foil something, and it messes up as soon as it was touched once, I wrapped the original parts with wire and thick paint to get that.
Dublover1970 Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 Hervorragend! Now everyone's going to look up what that means... This is a fantastic build. @Intmd8r: I hope you were joking! Bugs may not be the prettiest of cars, but the most reliable ever built!
Filter Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 really really really great! authentic in every way - perfect!
drifterdon Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Fantastic build. One of the most realistic finishes I've ever seen in a car model. How did you do your carpeting? They looked just like the ones I had in my '71 Bug.
Mr.Zombie Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 Don, the carpet is... Velcro strap? Is that how it's called? These straps that stick together and can be taken apart making this rrrrrrrhhrhrhr! noise? These: And the plastic (on the pic the lower one) turned around is the carpeting...
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