Gary Lewis Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 hello guys, as I promised I have some pics for you That is absolutely amazing! It looks so real! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 That is absolutely amazing! It looks so real! Now, the clear-glass windows... the hardest first - that is the frontscreen. Two curvatures on the surface will be difficult to built only with a hairdryer as tool. I tried with a water bath (for the screen ) for even heat distribution, but that didn´t work. So the hairdryer... The curvature along Y is not as it should be. I couldn´t get the pane warm enough for an easy deformation. So, first I formed Y cuvature, a R250 and than the X curvature, across the car. Of course, the R250 wasn´t longer R250... But it fits in the body and it looks quite good. The windscreen is dirtier than I wished. It should be the the dirt from street and rain and not more. But I can remove it and try again. ... and again. The clear-glass door-windows are also made. greetings, Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Now, the clear-glass windows... the hardest first - that is the frontscreen. Two curvatures on the surface will be difficult to built only with a hairdryer as tool. I tried with a water bath (for the screen ) for even heat distribution, but that didn´t work. So the hairdryer... The curvature along Y is not as it should be. I couldn´t get the pane warm enough for an easy deformation. So, first I formed Y cuvature, a R250 and than the X curvature, across the car. Of course, the R250 wasn´t longer R250... But it fits in the body and it looks quite good. The windscreen is dirtier than I wished. It should be the the dirt from street and rain and not more. But I can remove it and try again. ... and again. The clear-glass door-windows are also made. greetings, Tobias Amazing work Tobias! I'm always looking forward to your Wednesday updates... and I am never disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Amazing work Tobias! I'm always looking forward to your Wednesday updates... and I am never disappointed. Simply amazing! I am at a loss for words to describe your work, but I can say that it is inventive and amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 Simply amazing! I am at a loss for words to describe your work, but I can say that it is inventive and amazing! Hi guys, I´m not satisfied with the windscreen I had a look to my unwashed car - I guess about half a year - but the windscreen is not approximately so dirty like the rest. So I had the next try. The same color, the same amount of water but I took a piece cleaning cloth that have a special structur and soak up the water by pressing it in the wet color. You can see the pattern of the cloth on the windsreen, that´s ok. But its still too dark. Less color is barely possyble and a lighter grey looks This morning, I asked my wife if she got something like hairspray. She doesn´t use hairspray that´s the good news...but she got a fixativ for her illustrations I could use. Yes, this is what I wanted hit. So I did it with the door windows, too. Of course not the whole pane. The water flows on the front edge from the waistline up to the upper edge and in a radius than along to the back. Now I´m ok with it greetings Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Hi guys, I´m not satisfied with the windscreen I had a look to my unwashed car - I guess about half a year - but the windscreen is not approximately so dirty like the rest. So I had the next try. The same color, the same amount of water but I took a piece cleaning cloth that have a special structur and soak up the water by pressing it in the wet color. You can see the pattern of the cloth on the windsreen, that´s ok. But its still too dark. Less color is barely possyble and a lighter grey looks This morning, I asked my wife if she got something like hairspray. She doesn´t use hairspray that´s the good news...but she got a fixativ for her illustrations I could use. Yes, this is what I wanted hit. So I did it with the door windows, too. Of course not the whole pane. The water flows on the front edge from the waistline up to the upper edge and in a radius than along to the back. Now I´m ok with it greetings Tobias Yes! That's what dirty windows look like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 Yes! That's what dirty windows look like! Hi guys, some thursdays are gone since my last post and the coating is meanwhile done. Not in the way I prefer, but acceptable. I waited for warm weather for to spray the coating. So it was done, but the result was disillusioning. It shows mercilessly the bugs of sanding. To avoid this, I did several drawdowns to check the sanding but what I forget was the spraying shows much more than the drawdown with a brush. And so, I did the basic coloring in anthrazit with a brush and sprayed the matt clear coat. In the moment, I havn´t any pics for you but I will catch up next days greetings, Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Hi guys, some thursdays are gone since my last post and the coating is meanwhile done. Not in the way I prefer, but acceptable. I waited for warm weather for to spray the coating. So it was done, but the result was disillusioning. It shows mercilessly the bugs of sanding. To avoid this, I did several drawdowns to check the sanding but what I forget was the spraying shows much more than the drawdown with a brush. And so, I did the basic coloring in anthrazit with a brush and sprayed the matt clear coat. In the moment, I havn´t any pics for you but I will catch up next days greetings, Tobias Now that is downright mean! Tell us what you've done, get us anxious to see it, and don't post pics???? Ok, ok. I'll wait.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 Now that is downright mean! Tell us what you've done, get us anxious to see it, and don't post pics???? Ok, ok. I'll wait.......... Now, the waiting will have an end The basic color is anthracite for the body and black for the loading bed, both with a matt clear coating. The trimlines in alumium with gloss clear coating. The inlay of the trimline is an EPDM sponge rubber with a adhesive tape. The gap of the backlight to the body will be sealed with a thin butyl string. To get the decals was a desaster Selfprinting was no option, cause my printer was to old for accepteble quality and worse you cant´t get single sheets to print on and what should I do with an amount of unused sheets?? So well, easy decision: a copy shop but back in reality, there were no copy shop in our surrounding that was able to print a DIN A4 self adhesive in white and clear background. And the one who printed it for me not self adhesive in excellent colors - in the end I realized he modified the scale Meanwhile, my old printer had stopped work altogether so I had to order a new one. At least it was possible to print the decals on white self adhesive paper. But it is not so thin as it should be. The assebled door sealing In the follwing days I will assemble the model and make some pics for you and my book. The petrol pump ist alraedy done and it fits quite well to the truck left: nozzle hangs in petrol pump, gear for the counter is blocked right: nozzle released, gear is free greetings, Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Now, the waiting will have an end The basic color is anthracite for the body and black for the loading bed, both with a matt clear coating. The trimlines in alumium with gloss clear coating. The inlay of the trimline is an EPDM sponge rubber with a adhesive tape. The gap of the backlight to the body will be sealed with a thin butyl string. To get the decals was a desaster Selfprinting was no option, cause my printer was to old for accepteble quality and worse you cant´t get single sheets to print on and what should I do with an amount of unused sheets?? So well, easy decision: a copy shop but back in reality, there were no copy shop in our surrounding that was able to print a DIN A4 self adhesive in white and clear background. And the one who printed it for me not self adhesive in excellent colors - in the end I realized he modified the scale Meanwhile, my old printer had stopped work altogether so I had to order a new one. At least it was possible to print the decals on white self adhesive paper. But it is not so thin as it should be. The assebled door sealing In the follwing days I will assemble the model and make some pics for you and my book. The petrol pump ist alraedy done and it fits quite well to the truck left: nozzle hangs in petrol pump, gear for the counter is blocked right: nozzle released, gear is free greetings, Tobias Wow! Just WOW! I am continually amazed at the attention to detail. So very good. I LOVE IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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