Undis
Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2006
Posts: 1396
Location: Riga, Latvia & Sydney, Australia
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Happy New Years everyone. A few minutes ago, I discovered that Revell is making a T1 Samba in 1/16 scale, to be released in September 2015. I don't know if it's a Barndoor, but it probably is. They released a new 1/24 Barndoor model recently.
Disapointing, because that was the goal of this project exactly, in 1/16th scale, before they even released a 1/24th version. If I had more time to work on this project, I could have completed this much sooner. I will carry on with finishing the engine at least, and go into making some of these available. I am sure the engine will be way more accurate than Revell's version, unless their designer has been following this forum!
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I have built the 1/16 Revell Samba and I also have their panel van. The engine detail in this kit is disappointing. Also the kits are based on 1963(ish) model so not much of BD there. In my opinion the absolute best kit to use if you want a nicely detailed early engine and transmission is the Tamiya 1/16 Kubelwagen. I built the Kubel recently and took lots of silicon molds of the engine/transmission. I'm planning to do a 1949 BD prototype in the near future so the molds will come in handy.
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