Been working on this for the last 3 days now and this is what I put together. Hope you all approve. If you look closely you'll see some bird eggs inside the right side headlight. The wheel lugs or bolts are on the ground next to the tireless axle.

Hi Charles,

Poor bus, what a way to die.
I like your base, ground work and trees. I love the paint and rust. well done a great model.

Wayne

Real nice change of pace, well done.

Very nice idea, and presentation.

Thank you gentlemen.

Perfect setting for the 'ol VeeDub bus, Charles. The details are excellent, great job!

Much appreciated.

Another amazing piece Charles. What technique do you use for rust work?

Thank you Jesper. I basically use the hair spray technic/salt but other wise I stick to the spray n scrape method, just before the paint has a chance to completely dry.

Decided to take it one more step. So I cut of the area that represented the closed sky view canvas and replace it with 3 braces and worn out canvas. Hope you like it.

Charles, that is the most original base for a dio that I have ever seen ! Awesome little vignette ! Thanks for sharing!
Tom

Thanks. It seems the base is more popular than the vignette. Glad you like it.

The only thing missing is a Grateful Dead bumper-sticker. Great job. Al

haha. Glad u like it.

Some more updates. Sorry for the photos. The storage compartment door is closed halfway and the back right lights(broken are in place. Also toned down the rust on the on the right side a little.

Unfortunately the time out for editing a post is too short, otherwise I would not have to make a new post every time I did some changes. Oh well.