Author Topic: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion  (Read 2829 times)

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Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« on: February 21, 2021, 03:50:53 AM »
Hi all this was donated to me by a friend(he was doing it as a van) I have other plans for it, it will be a very rare custom made version (the guys at work will know where I'm going with it as we have the actual vehicle in the workshop)











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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2021, 04:19:49 AM »
More work done to this, that is the basic shape of the vehicle a few doors to add and lots of details to the bed to add.





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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2021, 01:49:30 PM »
That makes for a strange looking vehicle! Interesting, strange. Keep going my friend!

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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2021, 03:58:22 AM »
Hi all this is what I'm aiming for, it has a very unusuall way of loading cars (which i am ambitiously aiming to depict)






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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2021, 04:52:58 AM »
I need to make lots of louvers for the samba bus conversion so heres my simple answer, glue bade to base at half the thickness of a cocktail stick run that through blade then turn the resulting halves 180° and run through aginn all I have to do now is round the ends off and I have my louvres.




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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2021, 07:59:31 AM »
Cool project ... and interesting technique for louvres  :smiley:
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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2021, 04:49:51 AM »
Tried making the louvers out of quartered cocktail sticks, not very successful

I measured the louvers and they are 20mm wide the quarterd cocktail sticks are 1 1/4 mm so way out of scale.






I have another idea up my sleeve let's see how that works.

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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2021, 05:51:23 PM »
Here is one of the cars it usually carries (it also carries a 904 a 910 and another rsr cafe mexicano)


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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2021, 04:46:34 AM »
Added some of the pipework, the heater ducting and started scratchbuilding the new brake servo we've added.










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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2021, 04:45:11 AM »
Did some more work on this.




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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2021, 05:36:19 AM »
Well this arrived for the samba bus conversion, fair bit of bodywork modification needed (doing it as the cafe mexicano version) made a start on the modifications. The kit itself looks really good all the molding is very crisp and sharp and detail looks well defined.
















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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2021, 03:51:12 AM »
More work converting the 934






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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2021, 04:32:10 AM »
OK so good weekend spraying, got the base colour on this OK its not great but I don't claim to be an expert 






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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2021, 03:54:53 AM »
Hi all the bunkerwagen progresses.






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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2021, 04:07:23 AM »
More done on the bunkerwagen





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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2021, 04:04:10 AM »
So did some work on the way im going to have the bunkerwagen load cars, I think it will work, time will tell.













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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2021, 09:19:42 AM »
Don't forget to put a winch access hatch in the truck bed, otherwise maintenance is going to be a b!tch! ;)
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Re: Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2021, 03:42:18 AM »
Hi all tried a mock up of loading the car, obviously didn't tie it up well enough, bit peed off the wheels don't turn on the car as its loaded (I wonder if it's not heavy enough they turn freely by hand)I think the speed is about right.

The cab is a bit wonky will need to work on that