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Thanks Cookie, very pleased with them both, the de icing boots and antiglare panels have had their first coats too. Chris

Wow P. Some great work , looks fantastic , its great to know the jig you use is from every day items too, thanks for sharing .. What a cracking model. Chris

Thanks Paul, very kind indeed. Chris

Wow, Jerons this looks absolutely fantastic, great scratch building, this is going to be very impressive indeed. Chris

Thanks Othertales, I will finish the chassis work then get some bodywork taped together to sort out the front and rear supension/drivetain to get the right height etc. Lots to muck around with. Yes can be confusing, but always referred to them as Splitty or splitscreen bus. Thanks Neddy, been wanting to tackle this one for a long time. Wow what great memories of these you must have. I wish I had a barn and had bought a load when they were £300 back in the 80s, would be minted now. Thanks Zephyr, I am slightly daunted by the amount of work, but when Revell released the camper version a lot of the work for the interior and window cut outs was done for me, so I have to attempt it. Oh man I remember being embarrassed by Dad's car when I was a teenager until he got into Rovers. My mate's Dad had a 1977 bogey green Combi and used to go in thst and I loved it. My uncle had a 59 Beetle when I was really young and used to love doing in ghst with my cousin as I could fit in the luggage area behind the back seat and listen to the engine. Test and the toy Beetles my parents got me , really got me into the VWs. Thanks guys Chris

Great work on the P40, looking great so far, the reusable masks are a great idea. Hope you're recovering well CC and the nerves heal quickly fella. Chris

Great start Fred, this looks like the Smer Piper Cub kit, builds up well. I did the Sabre Kits release with extra parts to convert it to a J3. Really enjoyed it. Hope you're having fun with it. Chris

It is the first one I've seen. I do love those rear lights. Chris

Looking great so far Neddy, great job on this one . Those wheels look great too. Glad you were able to get the exhaust manifold section wrestled into place. Chris

Fantastic exhaust work, looks phenomenal . Great work Chris

Both looking superb Cookie, lovectge effects on the anti glare panel and well fought against the decals. Cracking work Chris

Thanks Johnny, the engines are lovely, very pleased with them, the kit ones were not great and I just had to replace them . I do love the Nimrod although the centre section of the upper wing will be fun to rig. Thanks Chris

I will get a tin of rattle can spray mixed up and use that Keith, I sprayed my stalled bug replica build with a rattlecan, will add some pics of it posted on here too, might even restart that one too . Thanks Chris

😄 phew thanks Keith. Yes I'm sorry for the delay in getting this one underway. I thought if I start a thread then I will have to do more. I just hope I can pull it off. Chris

Hi all I have been wanting to do a vehicle for ages so what better start than a replica of my mate's 57 Bus. Being called 57 there are differences to the later splits. Rear lights, rear tailgate. This one also has Airstream caravan windows, which might be functo make. I believe this might be sunnier and it is similar in layout to a Westphalia bus. I have had the wheels 3D printed for scale correctness. I am using the newer Revell kits forv this, the Westphalia SO42 turret top release for the interior and side windows and the Panel van kit for the roof. I plan on doing this for his 50th Birthday as a gift as he has helped me out with the Porsche and the Fastback and I want to give something back I started by removing the Belly pans as his bus doesn't have them , this meant I needed to corrugated floor so I cut the floor from the front and rear sections and then was able to turn it over. It was all a bit weak at this point so I had to be careful cutting the engine bay section out. Don't worry about the chassis rails as I will make new ones later. There is an oil cooler set up along one of the belly pans on the near side which I need to replicate Cab floor glued along with now upside down floor added , this is now a very strong assembly . Revell provide rounded tubs inside the front arches and these are not presentbon the real thing so they had to go. One down got the other to do . I have removed all of the mounting for the kit rear suspension and drive train ready for a Tamiya Beetle engine and lots of 3D ptinted engine parts plus some scratched bits . The 3D engine bits are lovely and I was helped out greatly getting hold of them by Bruan @rockpopandchips, who was brilliant in getting the online files printed and sent to me. So Brian thank you so much , I really appreciate you help. Thank you for looking in and j hope you don't mind an Aircraft modeller invading the vehicle section. Best wishes Chris