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HunterCottage
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 07:35 AM UTC

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Waaahey... Slipped past the rules

If it is any consolation I started the built well within the campaign runtime. First pictures I took were from 12 Jan... started building 2 days earlier.


Robert: Well then I really don't see that there was any "rule bending" you started within the time constraints for the Group Build...

Great looking build!! Enjoying it tremendously!!
HunterCottage
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 07:37 AM UTC
Hakan: I'm not familiar with the Trabant, are those tailpipes out the back? Or what are those things then?? Looks great no matter what!!

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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 07:58 AM UTC

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Hakan: I'm not familiar with the Trabant, are those tailpipes out the back? Or what are those things then?? Looks great no matter what!!




Nothing Brian..
I fill the holes for rear bumper...Will be cut out and sanding for flat surface...
HunterCottage
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 09:06 AM UTC

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Hakan: I'm not familiar with the Trabant, are those tailpipes out the back? Or what are those things then?? Looks great no matter what!!




Nothing Brian..
I fill the holes for rear bumper...Will be cut out and sanding for flat surface...


Sweetness!! What a great way of filling holes!!! I thought they looked like booster rockets or something!!! Too funny!
FAUST
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 09:59 AM UTC
Nice Trabant Hakan. Makes me remember a tour I once had through Berlin in one of the Little Trabbys... Lots of fun that was.

Got a bit of an update. Starting flinging paint at details that needed to be an other color then grey. Every thing is still in basecoat but it gives you an idea which direction it is going.







More paintflinging will follow soon. After that washes, filters, pinwashes and an assortment of weathering. With a sidedish of mud.

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 12:13 PM UTC

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Sweetness!! What a great way of filling holes!!! I thought they looked like booster rockets or something!!! Too funny!


Knowing the Trabi, booster rockets would definitely be needed if you want to take it on the Autobahn.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 12:18 PM UTC
So will this

be the lead character in Cars 3?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 03:39 PM UTC
Jessica you have an eye for detail!! Looks like a great character! Cars 3 - An European Tour, I can see it now...
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 06:01 AM UTC

@ Jessica.

I had not even spotted that.. Sharp eye.
"Carl Benz". The evil guy in the new Cars movie
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 06:31 AM UTC

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"Carl Benz". The evil guy in the new Cars movie


"Ve haff vays of makink you walk!"
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 07:09 AM UTC

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Sweetness!! What a great way of filling holes!!! I thought they looked like booster rockets or something!!! Too funny!


Knowing the Trabi, booster rockets would definitely be needed if you want to take it on the Autobahn.





My second project is a new Trabant then...But this time with V8 engine w/blower...
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 04:01 AM UTC

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Sweetness!! What a great way of filling holes!!! I thought they looked like booster rockets or something!!! Too funny!


Knowing the Trabi, booster rockets would definitely be needed if you want to take it on the Autobahn.





My second project is a new Trabant then...But this time with V8 engine w/blower...


I actually have an extra blown Ford V-8 427 that I can throw in...
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 07:52 PM UTC
Hello All am still waiting on my kit to arrive hopefully next week i,m going to Build the Opel Admiral Saloon A DML kit if I remember right cant wait to get started, all the pic's ive seen look really cool I hope to be able to Build a Good kit I am still relearning weathering and the like. cant beleive how much has changed and how much i have forgotten in 20+ years. well good luck and Have fun I will whenever the Postal gods bring my kit to me lol
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 04:52 AM UTC
Hello Folks lots of great progress here
I dont know when I will get to restart this progect but my camera has been absconded for the next few days so here is what my kit looked like last night

I'm leaning to an off white gloss black paint scheme
mmeier
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 08:28 AM UTC
Yes, the Trabant would need a JATO booster to reach proper autobahn speeds. A few rounds of 90mm Rheinmetall prior to running it over with a KaJaPa might also work

From a "near miss" experience in the early 1990s many Trabbi drivers didn't care about lack of speed (and other features) and ran
strongarden
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 04:16 PM UTC
Finally some (small) progress to share!

I've had this kit for years and always wanted to open it up. I'm planning a small garage-dio scene...

First off is to convert her to a 'ragtop'

Rounded the windscreen sides, removed the lip at its btm,
and sanded the roof's leading edge.



Filled the incorrect bumper and tailpipe openings (sorry, no rocket boosters), and opened up the decklid.



Even tho it was delicate surgery, this was fun to work on, I haven't done any type of car conversion, bash, scratch etc in years!

comments, q's, critiques encouraged. Thanks -
Dave
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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2013 - 02:57 AM UTC
hello,
Robert ,very nice Mercedes. here is my progress
steph


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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2013 - 08:26 AM UTC
Started with the body.
Because I find out it's going to be a lot of sanding to get it right.
This is how it looks right now.
But as to be completly smooth.
Why?
In contrast to the Beetle's machine welded-body with bolt-on fenders, the Karmann Ghia's body panels were butt-welded, hand-shaped and smoothed with English pewter in a time-consuming process commensurate with higher-end manufacturers – and resulting in the Karmann Ghia's higher price.
So that's why
Photo's.





First problem.



A bit of plastic is missing.



It should be like this.



That's going to be sanding and filling and sanding and filling and ..........................................

FAUST
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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2013 - 10:52 AM UTC

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"Ve haff vays of makink you walk!"


@ Jessica


@ Sascha
Excellent choice. It is either the ICM kit or that of Revell which is the same kit. They are the only ones selling an Admiral.

@ Sal
Awesome choice. Those are really nice 170V Kits. Looking forward to the work on it.

@ Steph
Thanks for the compliments. And great start on the Admiral. I sold that kit couple of weeks ago and now I see your built I kinda regret it.

@ Eric.
Wow that is some bad molding you got going on there. Indeed a lot of sanding. You probably could beat out a new carriage out of aluminum in the same amount of time. Looking forward to how you are going to save that.

Ok I got a bit of an update. I detailpainted everything. Some parts are taken over from the Civilian version to show the heritage of the car before it was pushed into service. and then I began weathering of the car starting with the wash. I also aged the leather seats and gave them a more used look. And I made the radiator cover look more canvassy.

A view on the dashing dash. The dials are kinda resemble the real deal but the details are not that visible in the end so I did not spend a lot of time playing Rembrandt.


And then starting the washes





And this is about the cleanest this car will ever be. From here it only goes downhill.
17741907
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 07:26 AM UTC
Some update with paint and clear coat...

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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 08:03 AM UTC
Robert, nice job.
It's really looking good.

Hakan, that's a clean trabby.
steph2102
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Posted: Friday, January 25, 2013 - 09:33 AM UTC
hello, here is my almost finished editing before painting
steph
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Posted: Friday, January 25, 2013 - 12:50 PM UTC
looking good Steph...Clean and sharp...
mmeier
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Posted: Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 09:15 AM UTC
For all those breeding a Beetle or two

Details

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HunterCottage
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Posted: Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 10:23 PM UTC
Steph: I'd lose my head and my arm too if I had such a beauty besides me... Great build! Looking forward for the paint!

MBR: Great sites!! I never knew I was missing them! But now I know better!!

I was planning on building some more on my project but a cold has set me back a week... next window of opportunity for me is Wednesday!
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