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1974 Volkswagen Golf Mk1

Started by krishna.iskandana, Sep 04 2012 11:55 PM

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#1 krishna.iskandana

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Posted 04 September 2012 - 11:55 PM

Hello again guys,

Here's an old curbside kit from tamiya, a VW golf mk1.
It was originally a racing car but I decided to build it as a street car.
I changed the wheels to 19" inch pegasus wheels (I forgot the type).
The body was spraypainted with tamiya bright mica red and clearcoated by gloss clear from gunze sangyo mr hobby.

Let me know what you think and thanks for looking.

Regards
Krishna Iskandana
Perth, Western Australia

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Posted 04 September 2012 - 11:58 PM

Love it - Nice Racer

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 02:20 AM

That is a really cool looking little VW Krishna! I like the size of the wheels on it,but they may be a little too blingy for a race inspired car. ;) It's still cool as all get out and makes me want to go buy one!

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 02:22 AM

Nice clean build. Paint looks good.

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 03:48 AM

Tee-Totally sweet. Love the stance of the car, the color and all around look of GET THERE NOW !!! You're wheel choice was dead on ..
Those are D'z,s by the way. Thank's for the look see.. B)

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 03:56 AM

Sharp build, great paint and color..

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 04:31 AM

NICE BUILD!!!

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 04:54 AM

Very nice!

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 05:12 AM

I am a bud man at heart... and boy o boy did that get me all excited lol... i love everything about this build you did a amazing job... :)

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 05:25 AM

As always nice ,clean build. I would like to see some work in progress because I suspect there is a lot more going on than just painting and slapping on some different wheels.

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 05:36 AM

Did you mean to say 1984? I love it, just don't remember a VW Golf in '74. We had a new Rabbit in '81, the US version.

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 05:45 AM

I like it!!

Did you mean to say 1984? I love it, just don't remember a VW Golf in '74. We had a new Rabbit in '81, the US version.


No, he means '74; the US market didn't get the Rabbit(Mk1 Golf to everyone else) until '75, but it was around before then in other countries. My family's earliest was a '76, followed by a '77 shortly after

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 06:59 AM

Thanks Dave, I wasn't aware the Golf had been around that long. I bought a new Super Beetle in '74 and something didn't line up for me. :lol: My bad. Nice model none the less, didn't mean to take from that.

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 01:34 PM

Awesome!

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Posted 06 September 2012 - 09:30 AM

Wow that is freakin cool!

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Posted 06 September 2012 - 10:15 AM

Clean build! I've seen the Tamiya box, but never the model. Love it. Oh, and seconding what Dave said.

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Posted 06 September 2012 - 05:40 PM

Thanks for the kind appreciations

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Krishna Iskandana
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