Moon Bug part 4

I have been building a rear door and finishing up the external detailing on the Moon Bug project as well as starting the interior of the cabin.

Rear Door.

Right side.

Left side.

The picture above shows the louvre arrangement of the roof over the rear door.

I also added a second smaller grey blister to each side. 

These blisters are made from plastic measuring spoons with the handle sawed off. The nub of the handle was then sanded back to the contour matching the oval shape.

Some detailing has been added to the underneath of the hull front where it meets the chassis. I also added a few bits of detail underneath along the sides to fill in some gaps that could be seen through the chassis. I have some small tanks (not shown) made from PVC pipe end caps which will be affixed to the chassis after they are painted.

The cabin interior still needs some control consoles to be made up with some backlit screens and some arm rests for the seats.

The Bruder figures seem happy with their new seats. The padding for the seats is made up from half round ABS strips.

 

Through the door in the middle and down two steps is a back wall that will look like a transverse corridor to the interior of the vehicle. The back wall has been detailed with a recessed section. There is some 12 volt strip lighting in this corridor which hopefully will be brighter than the cabin interior which I plan to light just from the as yet unmade console screens.

I have also made some detailed inserts for the cockpit sides with kit parts mostly from the Tamiya 88mm Flak kit.. 

I am a bit concerned that perhaps the detail is a little too fine scaled for the vehicle and looks out of place compared to the rather chunky detailing elsewhere.

I will reserve judgement for now and wait till some primer goes on to see if some alternative inserts need making.

This model is getting close to completion of the build phase with a bit of piping to do, the cabin sides to think about and the consoles to sort out.

 

 Thanks for looking.

More soon...