"Bendy Bus" VW Doka / 5th wheel camper kitbash

[Neil Merryweather]

I'm really enjoying this,Andy.
It's so far off the beaten track, I love it!
I know you consider yourself a relative beginner but you are clearly a 'Natural'.
Keep it up!

[Guest]

Thanks Neil, so nice of you to say.

[Guest]

I've sorted out the floor and cupboards/drawers on the other side

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With a bit of primer and a spot of filler, it's starting to look really cosy in there. Great place for a brew. I notice from these pictures that need to notch the "worktop" out a bit to clear the door pillar, as the cupboard doesn't sit flush to the wall after it's addition.

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[outrunner]

Professional body shop work there with a bit of campervan conversion skills as well.

Andy.

[Guest]

Thanks Andy. You've pretty much described my dream job there too!

[Steve Jones]

Luvin the mugs mate. Looking forward to seeing the draws open full of scratched cutlery and utensils LOL

[Guest]

Cheers Steve. I doubt I could stretch to that, but I was half expecting someone to ask if the tap had real running water :smiling5:

[Steven000]

Great progress Andy! :thumb2:
Steven

[rtfoe]

Cheers Steve. I doubt I could stretch to that, but I was half expecting someone to ask if the tap had real running water :smiling5:

Yeah...you get some weird ones...:tears-of-joy::rolling: So can the tap handles turn then?

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

What about the flames on the gas hob?

[Guest]

I'm in consultation with JR about that Steve, it's his field of expertise lol.

The bodywork is starting to grind me down a little, mostly because I don't have any proper filler. If I could nip into work for 5 minutes and blag some Dolphin Glaze it would make this a doddle!

Since I only have air drying putties or dissolved sprue it's a case of add a thin layer, wait for it to dry, add a thin layer, wait for it to dry, repeat, repeat until it's sufficiently thick. With a decent chemical cure filler I could slap on as much as I wanted and be carving it to shape within 10 minutes, so a process that should take an hour is running into several days.

I'll get there, it's just getting a bit monotonous. Thankfully I have the fun stuff to play around with in between and I might even start splashing some paint around on the interior parts. And I must get some more primer. I've got through almost a full jar of Mr Primer Surfacer so far and there's still a long way to go. I wanted to put a coat of Stynylrez on it once the bodywork was done as a barrier between the solvent fillers/primers and the solvent top coats, but the world seems to be out of stock :unamused:

[takeslousyphotos]

I'm in on watching this. A bit late but I'm here.:rolling:

[Guest]

Cheers Peter. Always room for one more :smiling3:

[Guest]

I've done a fair bit of painting today to fire up my mojo again. In between coats of filler on the bodywork of course.

The removable floor pieces were primed, painted in MRP white, then masked up



They then had a few coats of MRP black, were demasked, and had a couple of coats of GX100 clear. There's a bit of dust in them but some elbow grease will fix that



I also got the mugs painted up. These were fashioned from some 4mm tubing, hollowed out more to give a better scale thickness wall, a bit of card for the base, and some copper wire. Primed then airbrushed with Mr Color gloss



And scratched up a gas bottle. A piece of wooden dowel, some card strip for the base and "neck", and various bits of plastic rod for the brass valve. I didn't bother drilling out the end as I'm intending to add a hose when it's in place. Lettering is a bit squiffy but it's the best I can do at this size! The white looking blob above the painted square is a reflection.



I also got the furniture painted. Light Gull Grey for the cupboards, matt white for the fridge, with a Vallejo chrome surround. Citadel Iron Warriors for the handles.

Worktop was done by applying 3 shades of well thinned down Neutral Grey in a random pattern with make up sponge sticks, then stippling with a damp soft brush to give a marbled effect. Sealed in with GX100.

[outrunner]

Cracking bit of carpentry there Andy, would you like to come and refurb my kitchen?

Andy.