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Scratchbuilt 1/87 Bus

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  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Scratchbuilt 1/87 Bus
Posted by allan on Monday, January 26, 2009 8:49 PM

Its a Victory Liner bus still plying local roads.  The bus was one of a batch of second hand units imported from Japan, converted into left-hand drive units, and pressed into local service.  While the unit came with an overhead airconditioning unit, the bus is operated as a non-airconditioned service.

The model is made from sheet styrene, clear acetate from my daughter's Barbie doll, cast resin wheels, and a little metal.  The decals were printed from a computer.

Here are some in-progress pics:

 

Comments very much welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    October 2003
  • From: Southern California
Posted by ModelNerd on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:26 PM

This is absolutely gorgeous! Excellent scratchbuilding! Just beautiful work.

Kind regards-

- Mark

  • Member since
    September 2004
  • From: Utereg
Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:39 AM
Very impressive build of an unuseal subject!

  • Member since
    January 2008
  • From: Tulsa, OK
Posted by acmodeler01 on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:26 AM
Wow, that is really cool! 1/87, too! That's got to be about 12cm long? That's a lot of detail for something so small. Very well done!
  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:44 AM

 

Thank you very much for the compliments.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Austin, Texas
Posted by Lt. Zogg on Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:27 PM

Beautiful work Allan!  Can you post a photo of it next to something like a quarter, ruler, or exacto knife to get a sense of the size? 

Jeff

  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Charlottesville Va
Posted by Stern0 on Friday, January 30, 2009 7:52 PM
Incredible work Allen.....What was your time spent on this build? Amazing!Thumbs Up [tup]
Always Faithful U.S.M.C
  • Member since
    October 2005
  • From: New Port Richey
Posted by deattilio on Saturday, January 31, 2009 1:24 PM

Incredible job!

Any plans to put a jeep-me beside it?

 

WIP:
Trying to get my hobby stuff sorted - just moved and still unpacking.

 

"Gator, Green Catskill....Charlie On Time"
 

 

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Monday, February 2, 2009 11:31 PM

Thanks again, for the kind words. 

  

Jeff,

I will do that, as soon as my home PC is fixed.  I couldnt upload new photos ever since my home PC konked out.

Daniel,

You mean a jeepney?  Ive always planned to build one, and hopefully I could finally start after Im done with my on going projects and commitments.

 

Steve,

The project took me about three, four months, on and off.

 

 

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: Colorado
Posted by Panzer_Blitz on Thursday, February 5, 2009 1:07 PM

BEAUTIFUL work Allen, I especially like the in progress pictures.

I build in 1/87 also and will have to post some of my work......although it's HO trains, I'm sure some of the modelers here would appreciate the work.

Your scratch building abilities are very evident here, and the bus looks simply awesome !!....VERY impressive work !

Jerry

  • Member since
    February 2009
Posted by biswasg on Monday, February 16, 2009 5:00 AM

 allan wrote:

The model is made from sheet styrene, clear acetate from my daughter's Barbie doll, cast resin wheels, and a little metal.  The decals were printed from a computer.

Dear Allan, This is an excellent piece of work. 1:87 interests me very much as I am into HO gauge model railroad.

The images are also very useful. Being a noveice in scratch building, I would very much appreciate it if you can give a little more details on the construction steps- how and from where did you convert the scale, tools used, casting. how did you make the seats, etc.

Thanks for sharing

 Gautam

  • Member since
    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:45 PM
  Hey ALLAN !! That is one beeeyutiful bus!!!! I too biuld in 1/87 scale ,but ,I do ships .I,ll post some pics as soon as I get MINDSHIPCO NEPTUNE finished    tankerbuilder
  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Sunday, April 26, 2009 10:13 PM

Thank you, for the compliments.

 Smile [:)]

Tankerbuilder,

Id like to see the ships you build.  Looking forward to that.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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