Volkner Mobil (inspired) luxury RV WIP/build thread

[Sven J]

I thought you were just trying to avoid "camouflaged advertising"...

And as you see - your model is recognisable without explicitly saying what it is. I would consider that as a compliment.

Edited September 28, 2021 by Tenderlok

[Dazzzy]

On 9/28/2021 at 10:21 PM, Tenderlok said:

I thought you were just trying to avoid "camouflaged advertising"...

And as you see - your model is recognisable without explicitly saying what it is. I would consider that as a compliment.

Thanks man!  I appreciate the compliment 

 

 

I've had a little break from doing the Volkner Mobil RV, but managed to do a little more over the weekend.  There's still loads of stuff to do and solutions to be found, and i am finding it a bit overwhelming, as it'll be the biggest moc i've attempted so far.  Having said that, i'm glad i've decided to go the less complicated route of keeping it all hand operated. 

I've started building what i can in real bricks, but it's looking a right mess at the moment, as i only have about a quarter (if that), of the needed pieces, and they're mostly the wrong colour. I will take some progress pics (hopefully next week), as i should hopefully receive a few more useful parts that i've ordered.  It'll still look like brick vomit though. 

What i've discovered so far from building what i can of it in real brick are these two slight issues. As some of you were probably suspecting, the weight of the little sportscar is actually quite heavy. So it is causing the slightest bit of sagging to the lowerable tray. It's not too bad (about half a millimetre gap at the centre of the bowing). It really isn't that noticeable though, and is helped when the tray is screwed tight to the RV's main body. 

The other issue is with the car doors. Have had to change it slightly as they wouldn't sit flat against the sills. It was a fairly easy fix, but now leaves a gap similar to that of the back of the doors. 

I haven't rendered any pics of the door changes to the car, but i did make a quick render of the car in a different colour combo. I should be getting both red and white pieces for it, and will be playing around with both colours, to see what works best.  Pic:

 

With regards to the RV itself,  I decided i'd make a start on the exterior.  That way i can see what space i have to work with, to be able to fit what i want inside of it.  There's still a lot of work need for the chassis, and i've somehow got figure out a place for the HOG steering. 

Pics/renders:

 

[Jurss]

Nice.

I would preffer something not so grey.

[Sven J]

That looks very, very promising!

Personally, I like the red+black version of the barchetta best. It's a nice contrast to the RV's white/gray.

[Dazzzy]

23 hours ago, Jurss said:

Nice.

I would preffer something not so grey.

Thanks @Jurss   And yes i hear you on that one.  I would actually prefer to do it in a different colour as well, but medium stone grey is the colour i have the most bricks of already, (won set 10262 Creator 007 Aston Martin DB5, in a contest a few years ago), and i'm trying to keep the costs down as much as possible. I do plan on printing some stickers though, to help add a little colour to the sides of the RV. I was thinking of going with a dark grey and red colour scheme for the graphics, (unfortunately though i can't print white). 

19 hours ago, Tenderlok said:

That looks very, very promising!

Personally, I like the red+black version of the barchetta best. It's a nice contrast to the RV's white/gray.

Thanks man!    I've rendered an image of it in red (like it was before), and i think you're right, it does seem to go better with the grey of the RV. 

 

It may not look much different (the render below), but i managed to do quite a bit of work to the RV. Can't see it as it's covered up by the body though. 

 

 

Edit:  There's quite a bit of artistic license going on, but i had to firm up the lower U framed tray carrier. It's far from being close to the real thing, but i can live with it. 

Edited October 20, 2021 by Dazzzy