Matt P Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Just finished this excellent kit and unlike some other car kits this went together like clockwork. Will be part of a scrap yard diorama so was done fully rusted and abandoned, using mostly Mig Ammo rust acrcylics, AK Interactive chipping and crusted rust sets, and blue Pebeo acrylic artists paint. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCH Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Will it fire up? I'll give you $400... ok $500. Geeze, not a penny over $600! Really cool build! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Nice! I bet the battery is sitting on a replacement piece of metal because the floorboard beneath it rusted out! Brings back memories. My 1st car was a 1962 1200. Perfect car for a student. Cost $400; I could get home for the weekend with $1 of gas. My uncle had a parts yard in The Bronx that provided replacement parts when needed. Pitiful heat, I was scraping ice off the inside windshield during one particularly bad snow storm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 That looks really good. My second car was a Beetle, but it was a bit older than that, a '55 model 1200cc with an oval rear window. I could be tempted to reproduce it. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Looks like a candidate for a major refurb and a 3 litre flat six in the back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Nice rusty VW - couldn't help but notice that the pics were loading slowly. I tested some of the pics, and some were 500kb and others 700kb in size, which is pretty large when posting up on the internet. You should be aiming to save your files to around 200kb optimally, give or take a bit. To accomplish this, you can reduce the size of your pics, as anything over the recommended 1024 x 800 maximum we advise, it's wasted bandwidth and storage space useage. Most people view these pics on phones, tablets and 1080p screens, so huge photos of 1800 x 1400 px will have to be shrunk down by the forum software (load on the server and delay for the user), as well as the extra bandwidth that is uses up (10x what's necessary). The downsides of this from a viewer's point of view is the waiting time before you can view the pics, and some people might get bored and click away. From the server's point of view, it's wasteful of bandwidth, storage size (we cache images to improve speed), and it's also wasteful of the server's resources, which means a slower experience for all of us. This isn't meant as a "telling off" BTW, more of a bit of useful advice to help you as well as help us. If you can size your pics to the recommended limits, we'll be really happy, and so will the members 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco F. Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Well done Can't wait for the planned diorama Marco F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 7 hours ago, Mike said: Nice rusty VW - couldn't help but notice that the pics were loading slowly. I tested some of the pics, and some were 500kb and others 700kb in size, which is pretty large when posting up on the internet. You should be aiming to save your files to around 200kb optimally, give or take a bit. To accomplish this, you can reduce the size of your pics, as anything over the recommended 1024 x 800 maximum we advise, it's wasted bandwidth and storage space useage. Most people view these pics on phones, tablets and 1080p screens, so huge photos of 1800 x 1400 px will have to be shrunk down by the forum software (load on the server and delay for the user), as well as the extra bandwidth that is uses up (10x what's necessary). The downsides of this from a viewer's point of view is the waiting time before you can view the pics, and some people might get bored and click away. From the server's point of view, it's wasteful of bandwidth, storage size (we cache images to improve speed), and it's also wasteful of the server's resources, which means a slower experience for all of us. This isn't meant as a "telling off" BTW, more of a bit of useful advice to help you as well as help us. If you can size your pics to the recommended limits, we'll be really happy, and so will the members Hi, Thanks for that. I usually resize pics before putting them on but completely forgot this time so will gladly take a slap on the wrist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exidor Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 If you're sharing from flickr, I find it's better to upload the full size version there so people can zoom in on the details. When you click the little sharing icon there, it gives you options to pick the image size you want to link to from the BBCode tab. Back on topic, it's a great build and I love the detail of the mossy window seals. I've got that starting to appear on mine after 5 months of lockdown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyChiken Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Great weathering, bugs are cool, and yes Tamiya's is well engineered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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