Merry Christmas

Tis the night after Christmas and all through the house not even a creature is stirring...well except for the dogs.

The night before my birthday I got hit with a chest cold. I haven't been that sick in a good fifteen years or so. Knocked me on my butt. I still get complaints I sound like an old salty truck driver when people talk to me on the phone. Though the cough and raspy voice remain I feel 100% better than I sound. Needless to say I haven't done much physical work on the bus. I have been surfing the net and getting ideas and pictures of what I want to include so I have made progress just not any that you can see.

I've showered myself with several Birthday and Christmas presents but with the inclement weather "Santa" (UPS) hasn't delivered yet. My sister did send me two birthday cakes in 1:12 scale. I tried to get a picture of them but my camera skills or maybe my camera doesn't do them justice. If they are in focus you can't see the detail and if I get close enough to see the detail they aren't in focus anymore. So you'll just have to believe me that they are really cute.

When I last did any physical work on the bus I had sanded, puttied, sanded, painted, sanded, reputtied, sanded and repainted the outside of the bus. Because I don't want it to look like painted wood I was a bit disappointed at the end result. I want it smooth as a babies bottom and it looks more like a baby that had a major acne problem at one time. With each step it is getting smoother but I don't have a lot of progress to show everyone. This time I used Spackle to see if that makes a difference and while it is drying I'm writing this post. From the initial look of it I think this is going to be the ticket. I don't think the wood putty could get into the fine parts I'm trying to smooth out. It did great on the big parts but we'll see.

That's it for now. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and I hope and pray that everyone has a great 2009!!!!

Bus Progress

Well I've puttied, sanded, painted, and sanded again the five main pieces to the first floor of the bus. Of course each step takes time in between to thoroughly dry so it may not look like a lot of progress but it really is. After all this is a hobby and not something I want to rush just to finish. I am looking forward to seeing if the finished product looks anything remotely close to the picture I have in my head of how I WANT it to look...lol.
The inside floor section (right) and the driver's side wall section (left).

The underside of the floor section.

The passenger side, front, and rear of bus. And yes, I am a messy painter...that's why the cardboard covers the table:)

That's it for now...later all.