Golf War Reloaded, Pt. II

[tigrazor]

H'llo all.

The Mk. I is almost completed, so its time to continue with part 2. More details soon - stay tuned!



Lucas.

[Mence]

Woohoo, Golfest continues...

[tigrazor]

Exactly!

[tigrazor]

The kit itself is pretty well in shape and has some great details. But the seats really could have a better fitting. Revell, you hear me?!








Nice little 1.8 engine! But big enough to have some real fun! Testors Magnesium is the basic tone, with a "polished" cylinder head made from Testors Aluminium. Here its really easy - not the case with the real thing of course (I know what Im talking about - polishing a cylinder head takes HOURS!!! )







And thats how its supposed to look like. Or at least something like that.





Last but not least - the grille. Even the "GTI" and the "16V" logo are detailed here - youll have the choice to paint it or decal it. Well done, Revell!

[bullardino]

Oh, I must have missed the first part of this. The first car I really owned was a Golf II series (not a GTI tho).

Count me in

[tigrazor]

Me too. 1.6l, 75 PS if I remember that right. And no servo steering at all! Here is Pt.I:


modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/7580/golf-reloaded-brown-blistering-beast?page=1

[bullardino]

Mine was a 1.4l, GL. Full electric and heated external mirrors, trimmable wipers speed and lots of goodies for a small car

Heading to read Pt. I

[tigrazor]

And thats the dashboard so far...

Simple parts, those chrome rings - but they make such great detail even in 1/24.   The cable is simple copper wire btw - a practice for the engine so to say.

[deafpanzer]

Ipod and cable?!?!?! God, how freaking cool!!!

[wbill76]

Got to love the 'adapter' for the iPod!

[tigrazor]

Hehehe... The SP sheet features even car model kit boxes. And a PS2.

[bullardino]

Great idea the iPod

Dashboard looks great.

[tigrazor]

Thanks Luigi.

Next step: The grille. There are some fitting problems, but only small ones. The headlights are the same like the ones I used for the Mk.I - theyre just too cool

[wbill76]

Coming along nicely there Lucas!

[tigrazor]

Sorry for the late pics. That has several reasons: After an almost-catastrophe with the Golf (putty cracked at the rear, massive damage!), some other projects and an upcoming move from my hometown to my girlfriends castle I put this project a bit behind.

Anyways, the almost-catastrophe had been prevented and the Golf didnt went into the bin. No, not THAT project.

Hell get a pretty flashy green metallic from DupliColor and I tested the color on the hood (clear coat still missing). What do you say?

[tigrazor]

Front bumpers needed loads of putty as well. NARF! I added a scratched lip here and a (Mustang) cooler made from the cooler itself of course (had to sand and cut it too). The tubes are plastic profile, the connections are thickened with wood glue.




Lets do it the "Milky Way". Although Ive shaken the rattle can, the clear coat got milky. But all went well and the result is a pretty good one.






complete view::

[deafpanzer]

Making nice progress on the VW! Drove my brother's Jetta back in NY few days ago...

[tigrazor]

Pictures or it didnt happen... Which one btw? As far as I know EVERY generation (except Mk.I) is called "Jetta" in the US, right?!

[tigrazor]

PHEW!

Finally the chassis got some paint, too. Unfortunately you can see some dents and scratches and the surface is far away from being perfect imho. Anyways, the sanding/putty/sanding/putty part due to the bumpers etc. took far too long. Hope you like it anyways...

[deafpanzer]

Man, really like the color you have chosen... it fits you somewhat!

[Foenetik]

coming out great!