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Post by kabdriver on Sept 15, 2017 17:39:56 GMT -6
This evening's project! I just sold 3 of these on eBay then got my name and realised I needed one for the name I pulled out for myself:  Lets Showrod this thing up a little! Not sure how yet...but I'll figure something out!  |
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Post by bugaboo on Sept 20, 2017 15:06:48 GMT -6
This evening's project! I just sold 3 of these on eBay then got my name and realised I needed one for the name I pulled out for myself: Well, aint that typical... I just got my number 2 of that kit... Its a very uncommon base for a show rod, and I have to say, I am very excited to see just HOW you will showrod it up... Bring it ooon...  |
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Post by kabdriver on Sept 22, 2017 8:56:07 GMT -6
A little airbrushing to start the day...   I'm going for a tatty rusty look on this build, so this brown will be the first of many coats to get this where I want it. |
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Post by johnverkerk on Sept 22, 2017 9:49:05 GMT -6
You got my curiosity up as well!!
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Post by kabdriver on Sept 23, 2017 9:31:58 GMT -6
Just messing with some weathering for this thing - it's gonna be that rarest of rarities - a real crusty nasty looking showrod. All punk rock and dirty and brash...but first, a little mild rusting as a canvas for the rest...   |
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Post by kabdriver on Sept 27, 2017 16:11:57 GMT -6
I'm waiting for a couple of parts and some paint to arrive for my other Name Game build, so I did some work on this dirty old Beetle today. I decided I wanted most of it to look fairly old and terrible to fit the theme, so I've been weathering parts as I go. The best way to do that convincingly is lots of washes, dry brushing, salt technique-ing and brushing on pastels and powders but it takes a long time because of all the steps - almost harder than doing a nice shiny paint job! Here's the bits I have so far though...     This one is gonna take a while to do but I'm glad I have a second project on the bench for when I'm stalled on the first one. And I've got a THIRD one that I'm collecting some parts for that I'll post some pics up of soon. This is a BLAST! |
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Post by spencermoparfan on Sept 27, 2017 20:04:05 GMT -6
I want to do a rusty corvette . p**s the purists off somewhat ;-)
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Post by "ScratchFever" on Sept 27, 2017 20:44:16 GMT -6
Looking good my friend
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Post by kabdriver on Sept 27, 2017 21:29:43 GMT -6
I want to do a rusty corvette . p**s the purists off somewhat ;-) Not sure how well fibreglass rusts... 😂😘 |
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dirtydave
Showrod Builder
Scurvy da Clown is in da' Cornizzle.
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Post by dirtydave on Sept 28, 2017 11:24:14 GMT -6
I want to do a rusty corvette . p**s the purists off somewhat ;-) Not sure how well fibreglass rusts... 😂😘 It always cracks me up to see diecast corvettes with metal bodies and plastic chassis. |
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Post by bugaboo on Oct 4, 2017 3:29:54 GMT -6
Nice weathering, it looks really good |
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Post by chromecop on Nov 21, 2017 8:12:15 GMT -6
Any updates??Always interested in VW-builds!
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Post by Dennis M on Nov 23, 2017 20:18:56 GMT -6
Looking good.
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Post by kabdriver on Nov 25, 2017 15:06:05 GMT -6
Any updates??Always interested in VW-builds! I got quite a bit more done on this, yeah! I didn't wanna post too many updates on this one as it not quite a showrod...more a themed build I guess? Got the chassis completed...    Then got the interior done     And then started some of the bodywork and other bits that'll be hidden most of the time   And this is where I'm at now...  The plan was a double build of Beetles, with this kinda being the 'before' version and the second one being the showrodded version. The showrod version isn't coming on very quickly though . I'll post a thread for Bug #2 shortly though, once I've got anything done worth showing... |
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