1/24 Samba "Sleepah" ZZZzzz mph

[papa 695]

It’s still looking great Gavin looking forward to the next update.

[Snowman]

Hi Team!

The Samba body has been painted and the weathering has begun. I still need to finesse the rust some more , but as such I have made a start.




Thanks for looking!

[papa 695]

A great start on the rusting and weathering Gavin.

[Snowman]

In the meanwhile, the dash is ready with a few subtle and one very obvious embellishment.

[Mini Me]

This is "Bad *ss"! and I'm glad you are going with the original sleeper concept. I had a friend who stuffed a Big Block Chevy into a four door Chevy Nova, bench seats and all . He even left the stock hubcaps on the wider than stock wheels. Very convincing and very deadly. Cheers Rick H.

[Snowman]

This is "Bad *ss"!

Thanks Rick, much appreciated! :thumb2:

[Snowman]

....and the rust work continues.

[Mini Me]

Very impressive! Rick H.

[papa 695]

Looking very rusty Gavin, great work.

[Jim R]

Hi Gavin
Looking really good. It's not easy to get a "wreck" to look realistic.
Jim

[Snowman]

Looking really good. It's not easy to get a "wreck" to look realistic

Thanks Jim, I hoping not to wreck it too much. I holding thumbs that I can pull it off.

[Bortig the Viking]

All very nice, this is the standard I would like to get myself, the weathering/rust especially. Need to move on from factory fresh type models, they look to clean, but I will continue practicing until I'm satisfied.

[Snowman]

I will continue practicing until I'm satisfied

Where there is a will, there is a way.... :thumb2:

I'm not big on practicing, I tend to jump in with both feet and pray I don't muck it up. Likewise with my Valkyrie build, I watched an on line tutorial and plowed straight in - not perfect, but I generally achieved the look I sought.
So yeah, I was happy with the result! pre-shading, post shading, bleaching, etc!:astonished:

[Snowman]

The base is now ready...

I've just gotta finish the body and put it all together:tongue-out3:


Thanks for watching!

[Mini Me]

That is going to be a wicked little street machine when you complete it. Cheers, Rick H.