Stopped by to see the latest (I get your VW builds mixed up sometimes). Considering your paint battles, I think it's turning out very nicely. That's an interesting idea - replacing the kit windows with a sheet of clear evergreen. Seems like that would be a lot of extra work.

Erik - what's going on with your VW builds? Taking a break?

Yep - I am in need of spareparts for both airbrushes, and the importer is taking his time. I may have to revert to brushes. . . .

Well, keep checking @eb801 and @fiveten, all of a sudden they pop up again 🙂

(I have commisioned some other tyres, but they need to be made first, so no rush to get the rest done)

Thank you for the support!

Erik: yes, time is always a continual problem especially at this time of year. I remember a great line in a movie where the daughter asked her Korean War vet depressed Dad why he never had a “real” job. His answer was something like “Because a job (work) prevents a person from accomplishing what they really want to do in life”. Actor Sam Elliot in “Off The Map”.

What a long week, lasting a little over half a year! I had my airbrush thoroughly cleaned today, taking it completely apart, reassembled it and - no such luck. . . .
It spluttered all over the place, so now I will throw out the needle and cap, renew everything in front of the paintcup, and see if that does the trick (did have a go at my old Badger, but the result was not at all good) I have been away from the paintbooth far to long.

@airbum - Nice to see you're back on this again. What did you think of that Molotow chrome? I find as long as I don't touch it with my fingers ever, it's not bad stuff. Chrome paint is hard to get it just right. I have yet to find the secret.

@eb801, I tried the molotow pen on handles and headlights, and it seems to be a matter of just add, then stop and leave it - it flows nicely to a uniform appearance as it dries. I still have to try to glue the glass to the headlights, and if all else fails they can have some paint to simulate blackout headlights. @fiveten, @holzhamer, @michel-verschuere, @jamesb, thanks all for having visited this build now and then.

Today I had a letter that I have been very keen to get. . . .

Civil wheels

Today a letter arrived

It contained three different sets of wheels I had commissioned at a 3D designer in France that also creates resin stuff. We have been working on these for a long time, the designer obtaining the original dimensions and all.

There are three different hubcabs to choose from

And the pattern look a lot nicer than the original kit wheels.

I testfitted them on my pickup

With the originals on the other side.

They seem a bit oversize

So now it is back to the drawingboard.

I will make a OOB build to compare them, but right now I think they need to be smaller, at least for a civvie. They may be cool for a typ 82E though. Stay tuned. . . .