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Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 11th, 2017, 6:56 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all well I've nearly finished the cops car so I thought it was time to start the robbers van, it's going to be my favourite style old and beat up.
I wanted to show the scrapes and scratches on the bed of the van so I thought I would use the same method I used for the dent on the Honda tank and the dent in the fender of the traction avant.
I covered the floor pan with foil.
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Sprayed it with the body colour then stained and scratched through to the foil.
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I've started scruffying up the body.
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Tried the floor pan in the body to see the effect
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I may go further with the wear and tear on the transit, a few dents or maybe more rust but I'm happy with where it's going at the moment.

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 11th, 2017, 8:13 pm
by iggie
Loving the Transit!
We used to go all over the country in a Transit, and it had tonnes of rust. We also filled the back doors with concrete to stop them falling apart completely and rattling all the time :shock:
We had an old horse hair stuffed sofa in the back for seating which went up in flames when a cigarette fell into it; we stopped on the hard shoulder on the M45 and left it on the side of the road..... the burned out skeleton was still there two weeks later :oops:
The bonnet used to fly open from time to time as well; intetesting at 60 on the motorway :-D

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 12th, 2017, 4:01 am
by Gregers
That Rangie looks superb. Just needs ecilop on the front :grin: the trannie is looking great. Typical of thousands on the beasts that were hammered all over the country. Don't forget the almost obligatory bald tryes, old copies of Sun newspaper and chocolate bar wrappers on the dashboard and spotlights (err, I think I'm starting to describe my old Transit.)
This kit is crying out for a SKGB

All the best.

Greg

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 13th, 2017, 2:30 pm
by syd-baines
in answer to your decal problem, make sure you have the right decal paper for your printer ie. ink jet paper for ink jet printer, set the printer for transfer paper or photo paper glossy then print your design and leave it for the ink to dry i usualy leave it over night when ink is dry spray it with the spray you can get for it (sorry i can`t remember what it is called ) i have been told you can spray it with lacquer you only want a thin coat as this final step is the thickness that the decal will be this is just to stop the ink running when you soak the decal to apply,i hope this helps, the range rover is looking good, also you have made a brilliant start to the transit i have one in my stash so looking forward to seeing this progress

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 13th, 2017, 5:49 pm
by ShaunW
There's some great work going on here, KP. The Ford Transit has long been a favourite of the crimmer classes!

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 13th, 2017, 7:54 pm
by Gregers
ShaunW wrote:The Ford Transit has long been a favourite of the crimmer classes!
And I just admitted to having owned one :oops: :grin:

All the best.

Greg

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 13th, 2017, 8:03 pm
by iggie
Gregers wrote:
ShaunW wrote:The Ford Transit has long been a favourite of the crimmer classes!
And I just admitted to having owned one :oops: :grin:

All the best.

Greg
Oi :shock: I might have been a scaffolder but I wasn't a criminal! :-D :-D :-D

To be fair though, a lot of transits were to be found outside sub post offices with their engines running...... :roll:

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 14th, 2017, 3:01 pm
by ShaunW
iggie wrote:
Gregers wrote:
ShaunW wrote:The Ford Transit has long been a favourite of the crimmer classes!
And I just admitted to having owned one :oops: :grin:

All the best.

Greg
Oi :shock: I might have been a scaffolder but I wasn't a criminal! :-D :-D :-D

To be fair though, a lot of transits were to be found outside sub post offices with their engines running...... :roll:
I've driven Transits on a number of occasions over the years but, I hasten to add, never at speed away from a post office or high street bank with several police cars in hot pursuit :ha:

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 17th, 2017, 8:02 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all well I've dirtied up the bottom and started ageing the interior of the transit I think it's a great little kit although I would have liked a full engine more.
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Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 17th, 2017, 8:39 pm
by Gregers
Great work on the Transit. That thing looks rattier than mine did. Incidentally I am working on a model of my old one. Including converting the rear doors and getting rid of the drivers side sliding door. I need to convert the drivers seat to one from a Ford Granada and add sunroof and spotlights. Oh and rust.

All the best.

Greg

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 17th, 2017, 9:19 pm
by kpnuts
Sounds an interesting project, I did that with a 750 Honda kit.

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 18th, 2017, 7:53 pm
by kpnuts
Hi all well her is the robber and his moll
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Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 25th, 2017, 6:10 pm
by ShaunW
Oh man, you've got to love the Transit crim and his babe :grin:

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: October 25th, 2017, 7:01 pm
by gnomemeansgnome
I love it! This dio is going to be great. I didn't even know you could get scale models of a Transit. I once had a Corgi Juniors one as a sprog, though.

Re: Revell London bus

Posted: February 14th, 2018, 9:48 pm
by ronbow
I love the whole idea! where did you get the figures? I am building the bus at the moment and would like to put a crew and passengers on it. Im also working on putting lights in. Are you doing scenery all by scratch?