[Revell] VW Type 2 (T2) - WIP

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June 13, 2024
Washed.
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June 13, 2024
First, I trimmed down the parts that needed to be colored.
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June 13, 2024
The marked area was not a perfect fit, so I applied heat to correct it.
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June 13, 2024
The passenger side doors also needed fixing, so I taped them up and put them in the food dryer for a few days.
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June 13, 2024
The driver's door fit perfectly.
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June 13, 2024
I ripped the handle off the engine compartment because it was in the way of the polish.
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June 13, 2024
Since I plan to paint it a light color, I painted the inside black surfacer to prevent sub-surface scattering.
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June 13, 2024
I covered it again with white surfacer.
I forgot the engine compartment cover shown.
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June 13, 2024
I then painted it a glossy white color.
I thought about patterning the sheets, but I couldn't be bothered, so I painted them yellow.
The colors are really pretty, but Scalemates makes the photo appear darker than the original. 🙁
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June 14, 2024
Masked for two tone color.
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June 14, 2024
Painted orange color.
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June 14, 2024
Removed mask. I like it.
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June 14, 2024
The parts still don't fit together perfectly, so I have to re-tape them and put them in the food dryer.
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June 14, 2024
I bought white toner and made a floral decal. (motorart.tistory.com/772)
Because it is a laser printer toner, the bright color is bound to be light, but it was made into a floral pattern so that it would not look awkward even if the density was light.
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June 14, 2024
Other side.
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June 15, 2024
Interior - racing white.
And, a part of the back of the chair was hidden in the corner of work table.
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June 15, 2024
The areas where the masked line was not clean were cleaned up with a brush.
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June 15, 2024
1st. clear coat.
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June 16, 2024
2nd. clear coat.
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August 13, 2024
3rd. clear coat.
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August 13, 2024
After dried for a many days.
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August 13, 2024
The decal was quite thick, so I sanded it down.
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August 13, 2024
Last clear coat.
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August 13, 2024
Sanded again.
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August 13, 2024
I used rough compound.
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August 13, 2024
And I used various compounds to achieve the final shine.
The surface isn't completely flat because of the decals, but I decided not to bother anymore.
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August 13, 2024
Banded... 🙁
I wish Revell would pay more attention to the packaging of their products.
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August 13, 2024
I tried to bend it in hot water and it broke when I bent it impatiently.
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August 13, 2024
I cut the transparent pla-plate for restore it.
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August 13, 2024
I rounded off the corners to make it just right.
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August 14, 2024
I tried to express the rubber of the window frame by cutting the plastic into thin pieces.
As expected, when I used non-resin adhesive for this project, it broke at places where I bent it too hard. In particular, quick-type adhesives seem to have a much higher chance of breaking.
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August 14, 2024
I changed the plan and used super glue.
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August 14, 2024
Some of the plated parts were not molded cleanly.
Because of the location of the gate, it will have to be stripped and painted anyway.
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August 14, 2024
As expected, the primer does not come off cleanly.
The bigger problem was that one of the wheel covers came off when I washed it in the sink.
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August 14, 2024
I used silicone putty to replicate the lost hubcap.
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August 14, 2024
This time, I had to duplicate both sides, so I made a mold for the back as well, and dug a path on both sides so that the resin can escape when the molds are overlapped.
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August 14, 2024
Curing did not proceed properly. I tried again by changing the hardener ratio to 2:1, but it did not harden at all and even the mold was damaged. The resin I have is about 20 years old, and I think it's because it's so old.
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August 14, 2024
I remade mold only the front side and copied it this time with UV resin.
And then I dug out the inside of the other side.
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August 14, 2024
The reason I had to dig out the inside was because of the orange part seen on the right.
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August 15, 2024
These parts require detail-up.
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August 15, 2024
First, I worked on a simple room mirror.
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August 15, 2024
I used cloth pin and very thin aluminium plate.
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August 16, 2024
And I sanded the end of the aluminum rod into a round shape.
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August 16, 2024
Then, when assembled, it will look like this.

Kommentare

36 13 June, 16:23

gorby
Nice work so far. The colour and the flower motif really suit the vehicle.

15 June, 08:06

Rui S
Looking Great, indeed 👍

15 June, 11:30

Martin Oostrom
Gotta love a T2

15 June, 12:18

bughunter
Again a wonderful build of a famous car 👍

15 June, 14:04

Bill Newcomer
I had some adventures in a microbus with some of my cousins back in the early 70's

27 June, 00:20

Martin Oostrom
Now there's a sentence that can be misinterpreted on purpose 🤪

27 June, 18:47

MS K
Woops. Fixed a typo of #15.

27 June, 19:39

Glenn
T2 Judgement Day

27 June, 19:51

Stéphane Jayet
Once again, a fantastic job !

13 August, 08:00

Christian W
This looks pretty good! Nice with all those flowers 🙂

13 August, 10:54

Michael Kohl
I am in.

13 August, 14:19

István Szücs
Another masterpiece is borning!

14 August, 09:02

Bozzer
Sorry to chip in, MS, but this may help you in the future.
When you remove the chrome, there's a residue underneath. That's sometimes, the reason why there's imperfections in the chrome. The residue is some form of clear coat, that's used before the chrome? That can be removed by soaking in brake fluid, for a while. I've had this issue, mainly with Revell chrome, and it doesn't look great. Sometimes, there's a huge blob, and they just chrome over it. Quality control, needs a kick up the butt, at the factory.
Hope this helps you.

14 August, 21:20

Spanjaard
looking really good

14 August, 22:01

MS K
Oh, Thanks Bozzer. I'll try it next time. 🙂

14 August, 22:16

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

15 August, 17:23

Robert Podkoński
I'm a little late, but from now I will be watching this talent show for sure 🙂

16 August, 06:24

Matteo Pescarin
thanks a lot of sharing, now I'm intrigued... what printer do you have you can use a white toner with it???

16 August, 12:12

Bruce Huxtable
Liking your 'no problem is insurmountable' attitude, and the results 🙂 Inspiring work for sure 🙂

16 August, 12:22

MS K
@Matteo Pescarin - There are printers that can use white custom toner. However, it is not as opaque as the commercial decals, so it honestly falls below my expectations.
What I use is ghost white toner.
At first, I planned to buy an Alps printer, but I had no choice but to give up because it only supported Windows XP.

16 August, 14:07

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