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HI. I found some time to spend on the bus.
and I felt like giving the animals some color.
also I found a new way to use a small camera stand :-D
http://imageshack.us/a/img24/9299/tzxd.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img163/9616/jjh9.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img22/8661/xv93.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img20/3167/st54.jpg
the girafs one need its ears and both a 2nd cote of paint

grtz PetervR

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Your animal-making skills are as good as your truck-building skills! Looks like you'll have a zoo at this rate! :D

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Your roof reminds me of planking a wood boat. Have you epoxied the wood or will you? Very nice sculpting with the animals. :)

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the wood is not going te be epoxied. I'm gueing alu to the side's. and I hope it stayes out of the water. ;-)

grtz PetervR

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It's summer in Holland. the kids where early to there beds, tired form playing in the pool all day. so I had time to throw some paint on the girafs.

http://imageshack.us/a/img833/7913/l0a9.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img209/2469/iee9.jpg

it didn't need a lot of time to dry with these temperatures

grtz PetervR

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I see I haven't posten my latest pictures'

http://imageshack.us/a/img18/8742/0tho.jpg
I has rear fenders now

http://imageshack.us/a/img853/3728/7pg4.jpg
the front of the roof is covered with alu.

http://imageshack.us/a/img29/1092/eyfd.jpg
and the back is coverd now too.

Im working on the hood now. getting the details and front fenders right.

grtz PetervR

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the build didn't stop.
I'll try to find some recent pictures.

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first of all
The original bus had an update.

http://www.mtc-techteam.nl/BBorgnieuw.jpg

I was lucky the model wasn't painted, so It was easy to change the plan.
matching the color was harder. I thing I'm still off by a bit.

http://www.mtc-techteam.nl/BBnieuwekleur.jpg

having a new desing on the original bus made it just a little bit easyer for me to get the print on the side of the bus.
I asked and received the design for the sides of the bus. it's not the final design. but it's close enough.
putting it on is another thing.
there was always an option of getting the design printed on stickers.
But I wanted to try something else first. and it seems to work. I found stuff called "mod pudge" it's a gleu/paint. with makes is possibe to transfer laserprints to objects.
print te picture as a mirror image put the stuff on the print and slab it on the side of the bus. or thats the idea. problem one, the mod pudge is transparant. adding waterbased white paint solved that problem. and making a new problem. the outlines of the picture must be cut at the outline. the 3th problem was the size of the pictureparts to small. it would be an never ending story. to big, it would be impossible to get it on right.
this first bit is on the large side.

http://www.mtc-techteam.nl/BBeerstesticker.jpg

there are some challenges with the mod pudge.
to get the print visible the paper had to go. that is done with water and thing it easy.

http://www.mtc-techteam.nl/BBeerstewater.jpg

to much water or to much rubbing. you will lost the picture.
like the seals head and 2 butterflies.

http://www.mtc-techteam.nl/bbeersteresultaat.jpg

if you get it right and some clear vernis over it like the last fishes and the pingins. It looks like its done by an pro ;-)

grtz PetervR

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That is a amazing build....



Wayne

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very nice build and nice Work.:jaw:

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Friend - you have a lot of tallent. Great build.

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PetevR-

Incredible build!!

-Terry