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#361 jaydar

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Posted 08 December 2012 - 04:49 AM

Well I received the engine upgrade set from R&M. It is great! I boxed up the harley and the vette and it is full tilt on the Manx.
Joe.

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Posted 26 December 2012 - 11:53 AM

I am nearing completion on this one and i must say it holds the record for having the highest percentage of parts needing substantial clean up efforts, nearly 100%!!! I am happy to have had an opportunity to learn and use the Don Yost lacquer thinned enamel technique. I need more practice. I also used my first Miniatures and Replicas resin set. It certainly will not be the last. Norm, you rock!
The molding of the kit is just terrible.

Happy to be almost done.

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Posted 26 December 2012 - 12:10 PM

Any in progress photos ?



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Posted 26 December 2012 - 12:58 PM

Any in progress photos ?

 

So we're at 19 pages on this thread, but I haven't seen any builds.

 

???



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Posted 26 December 2012 - 03:29 PM

Here's my build, finished back in July.

 

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Posted 27 December 2012 - 02:20 AM

 

So we're at 19 pages on this thread, but I haven't seen any builds.

 

???

 

The finished builds have been posted " Under Glass " .  I finished mine 6 or 7 months ago !

 

Edit - You need to look again !  There are builds on the following pages : 8 - 10 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17

 

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Posted 27 December 2012 - 03:07 AM

Mine is still in the box.



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Posted 28 December 2012 - 02:32 AM

I finished mine in April; it's the yellow one on page 17.

 

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Posted 28 December 2012 - 02:51 AM

I've also got a pearl Green version on page 17, but I'm looking at building another with the minimum of paint. Firstly I've just had delivered a package from the partsbox in Australia, with various size turbochargers (up to truck size!). So with photos from a VW engine builder, I shall be bending a few pipes soon to fit one turbocharger to the aircooled motor. I shall be fitting the bomber seats I've bought from Crazy Jim above...........

 

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and I'm covering the whole body with carbon fibre decal from Scale Motorsport! I have also obtained big and small front and rear wheels and tyres from Hobby Link Japan. But come on Crazy Jim get that kit out of the box and give it some!  


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Posted 28 December 2012 - 02:54 AM

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Didn't get much building done this year, but I did finish this one.

I used some Tamiya Beetle stuff I had in the parts box. 



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Posted 28 December 2012 - 03:09 AM

I'm getting parts together here and there, Patrick.  I have some Weber carbs (look like 48IDA) and some air filters; found a set of paddle wheel tires for the back and still looking for a set of smooth tires for the front.



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Posted 02 January 2013 - 09:27 AM

Any in progress photos ?

chassis and body
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engine with Replicas and Miniatures upgrade parts

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Sorry this took so long.

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 05:44 AM

Almost done. Where do the seat belts attach???

thanks,

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 01:32 PM

Almost done. Where do the seat belts attach???

thanks,

joe.

As these were homebuilt cars anything goes! Mine are bolted to holes in the side of the frame tunnel, and to a reinforced body bolt just ahead of the roll bar. I have seen them bolted to the seat tracks and just into the floor sheet metal, not every builder was skilled enough to to a proper job..



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Posted 16 January 2013 - 02:08 PM

As these were homebuilt cars anything goes! Mine are bolted to holes in the side of the frame tunnel, and to a reinforced body bolt just ahead of the roll bar. I have seen them bolted to the seat tracks and just into the floor sheet metal, not every builder was skilled enough to to a proper job..

I was thinking that would be the case. Thanks Craig.

Joe.

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:35 AM

Almost done. Where do the seat belts attach???

thanks,

joe.

 

On the stock Bugs, the seatbelt mounting points were on the transmission tunnel near the handbrake and on the bottom of the B pillar on the body.

 

Great looking buggy!  The extra engine detail looks great.

 

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 02:35 AM

Looks really good with the upgraded carbs and filters !  I'll have to order a couple sets .

 

My Dad and I built one in '69 and it didn't have seat belts ! !  I remember holding on really tight !



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Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:13 PM

 

On the stock Bugs, the seatbelt mounting points were on the transmission tunnel near the handbrake and on the bottom of the B pillar on the body.

 

Great looking buggy!  The extra engine detail looks great.

 

David G.

 

The part of the tunnel where the bugs belts mounted is in the section that is removed when the chassis is shortened, and the B piller is part of the body that the builder removes. And most buggys were built from beetles too old to have been built with belts. The buggy builder must do his own mounts.  I have seen some nice three point belts in buggys using tht roll bar as the upper point.



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Posted 18 January 2013 - 04:23 AM

thanks for all the comments and the responses. I am working on the belts now and will post pictures next week.

joe.

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 06:03 AM

Great artical in this months Hot Rod mag (May 13), history and pictures of traditional Manx and the newer ones.