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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ADAC Bus is COOL !!!! ( what's ADAC stand for ??)




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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.) is Germany's and Europe's largest automobile club, with more than 18 million members in May 2012 Exclamation
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Bob !!! Nice work on the short bus !!!


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After building the ADAC bus with Hacksaw BoB, I decided to build one for myself along more Volkswagen lines. (Rear engine, transaxle, etc.) Many parts, including the Corvair "mill," came from the reissue of the AMT Depth Charger. The only original parts from the old AMT bus kit are the body, parts of the chassis and taillights.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a Revell Cal Looker I did.

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These are old pictures. The car has had some more mods since then.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

VW 3-in-1 kit, EMPI VW

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AMT "Der Beetle Bus."

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Blue Baron, we need to meet! We both live in Tampa, and we both seem to be just as passionate about small VW's (toys, models etc) as we are about the "big ones".

I have a large kit collection (VW and others) but lost my motivation to build when I couldn't show my work off. It's a damned shame there isn't a model car club in this area Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blue Baron wrote:
After building the ADAC bus with Hacksaw BoB, I decided to build one for myself along more Volkswagen lines. (Rear engine, transaxle, etc.) Many parts, including the Corvair "mill," came from the reissue of the AMT Depth Charger. The only original parts from the old AMT bus kit are the body, parts of the chassis and taillights.

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That thing looks like it could be amphibious.....Imagine how fast it would rust then!!! Shocked
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As I step back and look at it, a few more nautical features would look neat.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a Revell VW Street Machine model I built around 20 years ago, done up in the fashion of that era.

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Note modified lowback seats and speaker tray in the back.

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Thanks to Hacksaw Bob Gilmore for help with the VW Trends window sticker.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blue Baron wrote:
Here's a Revell VW Street Machine model I built around 20 years ago, done up in the fashion of that era.

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Note modified lowback seats and speaker tray in the back.

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Thanks to Hacksaw Bob Gilmore for help with the VW Trends window sticker.


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At the time I was trying to do something I hadn't seen on a VW model before.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You "succeeded" !!!! Nice job !!!!



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blue Baron wrote:
Here's a Revell Cal Looker I did.

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These are old pictures. The car has had some more mods since then.


Damn....BRM's TOO !!!!! Cant get any more correct than that....Very Nice !!!!


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The BRMs were cast by a jeweler, who posts here as Wagenmaster. They're solid silver, and are worth over $100, sort of the scale model version of real BRMs. (Just they're heavy instead of light.)
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a restoration of a Revell Deluxe Volkswagen Station Wagon kit from 1967.
The kit was originally a 21 window, but I decided to build a 13 window instead.

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Parts fresh out of the paint stripper.

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Fixing broken door hinges.

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Parts in primer

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Cutting tinted windows from clear blue plastic.

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The instructions offered the option of a Corvair engine from another kit.

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Revell Covair engine completed. Webers are from Revell Porsche 911.

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Chassis and undercarriage.

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Engine installed

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Assembly

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Finished product

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The bug is a story for another day.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm sure we'll be waiting for THAT story as well !!! Thanks for the pics and for sharing !!!

(Silver BRM's..... Cool )


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