papa 695s 1/24 Samba Bus

[Guest]

Wonderbar interior weathering!!

[papa 695]

Well I've got the outer colour on, I've gone for a sixties style candy stripe blue. Still plenty to do on the outer shell.

[yambam26]

That paint effect is unusual "marble like"


Makes the bus pop!


Cheers,Ben

[Guest]

Great job, loving the paintwork.

[Guest]

this is looking fabulous.

[Gwyn]

Well done Ian, that paint job is going to look fantastic on the completed model. I will be watching progress closely.

[Guest]

That paint job looks great, it's all coming along very nicely

[Guest]

Very nice blue colour.


How did you get this pattern?.

[papa 695]

Very nice blue colour.


How did you get this pattern?.

Hi Ralph, it was fairly easy really.


1st I painted it glsoss black ( I used Vallejo surface primer gloss black ) but any gloss black will do.


2nd I sprayed it with Silver ( Vallejo Metal colour ) then while still wet I placed some cling film on it and scrunched it up a little, then pulled it off. That gives it the marble effect. But again any silver colour should work.


3rd Mixed someTamiya X23 clear blue about 50/50 with thinners then sprayed 3 light coats over it all. I used blue but you could use any clear colour you want, and that's it.

[Guest]

Hi Ralph, it was fairly easy really.


1st I painted it glsoss black ( I used Vallejo surface primer gloss black ) but any gloss black will do.


2nd I sprayed it with Silver ( Vallejo Metal colour ) then while still wet I placed some cling film on it and scrunched it up a little, then pulled it off. That gives it the marble effect. But again any silver colour should work.


3rd Mixed someTamiya X23 clear blue about 50/50 with thinners then sprayed 3 light coats over it all. I used blue but you could use any clear colour you want, and that's it.

Thanks for that info Ian.


Very helpful and when I next do a car I think I will give it a go

[papa 695]

I've got the seats weathered and fitted, I also panted a gold trim rather than silver on the out side and added a little rust spots on the bodywork.

[Gwyn]

Hi Ian, this is progressing well. Was the gold line just done using masking tape? 

[papa 695]

Hi Gwyn I masked off both sides of the line then sprayed black, then Vallejo Metal Colour Gold.

[Paul Davies]

just finished one of these. Its a nice kit but dry fitting the sides roof and doors is a must to get them fitting properly

[Guest]

Coming along real well Ian.