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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 23750 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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How about something a little different ... in 1/32 scale.
This is the Airfix, which represented a British right-hand-drive Beetle, and was one of the most attractive
small Volkswagen model kits of the 1960s. (It was also offered for a time by U.S. model company MPC.)
This kit has been reissued several times over the last 50 years. _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 23750 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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jody714 wrote: |
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The bug is a story for another day.
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I'm sure we'll be waiting for THAT story as well !!! Thanks for the pics and for sharing !!!
Jody |
Looking back, I realize I never followed up on photos of this model, so here's the EMPI street modified version of the old Revell VW 3-in-1 kit.
_________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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volkaholic1 Samba Member
Joined: October 31, 2004 Posts: 781 Location: ohio
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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chromed out motor, very 80's, I love it. I am quite obsessed with the 356 carrera 4 cam engine, I just can't seem to get enough, too bad a real 1 costs more than my house. _________________ Volkaholic |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 23750 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:05 am Post subject: |
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The chrome engines are found in the Revell dune buggy kits. (So are the Sprint Stars.) _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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volkaholic1 Samba Member
Joined: October 31, 2004 Posts: 781 Location: ohio
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Here is 1 I did 20+ years ago. Silver bug with turbo motor. I carefully cut out the doors and put in hinges, it turned out pretty good.
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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I've never seen a Revell bug with the doors opened. I'd have probably had to use two bodies. _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
Heinz Nordhoff |
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volkaholic1 Samba Member
Joined: October 31, 2004 Posts: 781 Location: ohio
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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No, that it was done with 1 body, I got some super thin saw blades, like exacto blade type, just lots of slow careful cutting. The hard part was making new hinges, I ran a wire inside a plastic tube, glued the tube to the body and filled it in smooth. _________________ Volkaholic |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 23750 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:10 am Post subject: AMT BUGABOO Volkswagen model kit |
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AMT BUGABOO traditional version
BUG OUT and BUGABOO
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volkaholic1 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:55 am Post subject: |
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great slicks and parachutes! every car need those. _________________ Volkaholic |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Just followin' the directions. _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 23750 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:38 pm Post subject: Revell VW Beetle Van model kit |
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I built this for a fellow collector. It's a resin body based on the Revell VW.
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volkaholic1 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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cool,, I dig it _________________ Volkaholic |
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jack1448 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2012 Posts: 271 Location: Northern NJ
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: Model Building |
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Wow - a lot a great builds here. Lots of inspiration to try my hand at one. It has been a long time since I last assembled a model, but I used to build quite a few of them.
I noticed several posts about re-building models, which reminded me that I always wondered if there was something that could be done about this one. I have two of these, one never assembled:
and another that came like this:
Lots of glue was used on this one! |
I thought I'd give an update on this project. After a lot of careful work with razor blade and exacto knife, I was able to get the model apart with only a few broken parts. It probably took me about 3 hours to get to this point.
After hours and hours of scrapping and sanding glue off various surfaces (and I thought taking it apart was going to be the hardest part!), I decided to try the hinge repair. As you can see, the lower hinge on the left cargo door was a massive melt of styrene and glue.
First, I thought I could use a similar style hinge from a plastic box that thumb tacks came in, but unfortunately it was way too large compared to existing hinge. The pivot points would not line up and the door would never rotate properly.
So I did a simple pin-in-cup style hinge using wire and thin brass tube that I had leftover from another project. Not the most elegant repair but the door opens and closes smoothly.
The model (as I received it) didn't have a steering wheel so I made one from a decorative cap. Still needs work but you get the idea.
I wasn't sure what to do about the driver door hinges. Three of the six tabs were broken off. Finally I felt I had no other option but to try to make replacement tabs. I should have included a penny or something for reference but these are really tiny. The two small tabs were made out of 1/16 inch round styrene stock that I bought at hobby shop, which I then sanded and filed down to ~1/32 inch thickness before I even started to add in the details. The first tab took about 3 hours and many many failed attempts, but eventually I got down to the shape I needed. The next two went faster, maybe an hour on second tab and 30 minutes for the last one.
In the photos below the new tabs appear to have a blue tint. In reality they are white, but hopefully you can see the new from the old.
I have to say I'm pretty proud of how these turned out. Now I'm wondering if I should go back and redo the hinge on that cargo door.
Many thanks to Blue Baron for his help and suggestions! |
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Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69733 Location: Phoenix Metro
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volkaholic1 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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great job on the hinges, amazing amount of work, it is going to end up nice _________________ Volkaholic |
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volkaholic1 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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another "set the way back machine" - Revell white bug convertible, 1:24, basically stock with 911 rims. I built this in the early 90's
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volkaholic1 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:04 am Post subject: |
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early 90's Split Window VW Beetle model, 1:35 scale. The funny thing is the box art called it a SPRIT window instead of a SPLIT window, because the Japanese automatically change all "L" to "R" when they write in English. I always get a kick out of calling it a Sprit window.
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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volkaholic1 wrote: |
early 90's Split Window VW Beetle model, 1:35 scale. The funny thing is the box art called it a SPRIT window instead of a SPLIT window, because the Japanese automatically change all "L" to "R" when they write in English. I always get a kick out of calling it a Sprit window.
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Here's my post on that one from earlier in this thread.
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Since there is another model build thread (in the Reader's Rides forum, no less), I guess this has sort of become my own blog.
Here's the LS "Sprit Window" model in 1/32.
I built this one a long time ago, so I guess I need to narrow the front end for it to look current. |
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jack1448 Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Model Building |
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jack1448 wrote: |
After hours and hours of scrapping and sanding glue off various surfaces, I decided to try the hinge repair. I did a simple pin-in-cup style hinge using wire and thin brass tube that I had leftover from another project. Not the most elegant repair but the door opens and closes smoothly.
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After fixing the front door hinges and other broken bits, I decided to go back and rework the cargo door hinge. It seemed a shame to leave it like that after all the time spent on this so far. I tried to make something that was closer to the original Revell hinge, even if I couldn't make something quite so small.
I was planning to add another support piece below the door hinge, just like the original, but the door seems to work fine without it. It still needs a bit of filler and sanding, but the good news is that I nearly ready for the next phase - primer! |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Nice solution.
If you plan to paint the model, remember not to make the tolerances too tight on the hinges. They must fit loosely to compensate for the thickness of the primer/paint. If the fit is too tight, the repaired hinges can break off as you try to refit or open the doors. _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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