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VW Bus
So I have had this model saved for quite a long time now. I have been wanting to build almost since the time I got it. There was also a build thread of it started in this forum not too long ago as well.
Any way, I am going to have my kick at the can on this one too. The model is available free at VW Samba Bus paper model Möwe Verlag KdF-Wagen |
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I am going to start with the wheels. There certainly appears to be enough parts to these just by themselves.
My printed out copy of the instructions are very faint and I had a difficult time deciphering the small print with any real certainty with regard to the wheel construction. Therefore, I made a larger copy of just the wheel instruction and then determined where the parts were supposed to go. This is what I came up with. |
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I did the tire sidewall first with the mounting ring base.
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Next, an inner rim wall was added.
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Now the other tire sidewall was made. This was made up to the same level of completion as the first side.
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I then went on to make the wheel covers, but I wanted to pretty them up a bit so I applied an aluminum tape to it. Nice thing about this was that in addition to joining the cover together with the little joining strip, I was also able to let the overlap of the aluminum tape do some bonding work too. I glued the joiner in after the tape was holding everything together. I opted not to show the paper VW center piece and insead covered it in aluminum tape as well such that the entire cover now has that chrome look.
Last edited by Bluenoser; 10-15-2010 at 10:22 AM. |
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Great model and very good start. I'll be watching this. Love the Samba - both music and bus.
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Thanks Blue, I have this one too and would like to get started on it, but it did seem a bot complicated at first glance. Can't wait to see more pics of this build.
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Floor beams placed on chassis. Eventually this is going to be invisible as a floor pan will cover it all.
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Herr Bluenoser;
Glad you're the guinea pig on this model. . .All the compound curves found on Volkswagens have kept me away from trying this one out (we owned a late model '74, but I much prefer the original split window buses). Good luck. . .I may download this one. Following with interest, cbg
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