1/10th Scale RC Bay Window

[blue72beetle]

Recently I've taken up the RC car hobby, specifically the 1/10th Tamiya VW's. Since I own a 71 Bus, I needed an RC version of course. However I've found that no one really makes a nice 1/10th Bay Window body for RC. So after much searching I found this 3d printed model that I could upsize to 1/10th.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/vw-volkswage-panel-bus-tooned-model-kit-1-12

It was a lot of work, still a few little things left to do, but it's pretty much finished. I modified a Tamiya chassis to go under the bus, and it sits really low. But it was my first 3d printed RC car, and I learned a lot for the next project.

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-Andy-
-1970 Ghia-
-1971 Bus 1776 Microsquirt EFI-

[EverettB]

Wow, that is super cool.

I looked at the print file you linked and it says

[blue72beetle]

The original model was intended as a static display model, and the magnet is for the sliding door so you can display it open or closed.
I use the sliding door as access for the rc gear and battery.
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-Andy-
-1970 Ghia-
-1971 Bus 1776 Microsquirt EFI-

[Blue Baron]

That's pretty impressive!
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