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WIP: VW Samba Custom Triple Cab Pickup - Kindigit Design style
finished finally
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That is a pretty special build mate. The thought, and craftsmanship you have put into this great to see,
and ending up with a top notch build to be very proud of......
My hat goes off to you, a very impressive build Michi...
thank you for your kind words, Dale!
many greetings from Austria to Australia!
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again i wanted to make something special, this time from a 1/24 revell VW samba bus kit.
from the beginning it was clear for me to use a cheap old 911 porsche model as a donor for engine and wheels.
first idea was to make a shorty bus, as gas monkeys did. but soon a shorty bus equiped with a powerful porsche engine became a stupid idea for me. also playing around with ideas of choping or shortening just a little didn't make it into realisation.
i ended with the plan to make a triple cab pickup, as only single and double cab versions were produced by VW. the interior and exterior design i stole from Kindigit Design.
the cassis had to be modified to lower the stance and to accept the wider tyres and the 911 engine. from the body (a multi piece body i had to glue together first before making the mods) i cut away 2 windows and made the pickup bed and a new rear window panel from styrene. also the roof was shortened, but i kept the sunroof in full size and most panorama windows. the front doors were converted into suicide doors.
i also used the front seats, dashbord and steering wheel from the porsche and modified the original rear seat benches. the bed was covered with coffee stir sticks. many smaller parts had to be scratch built, like the flat screen or the exhausts. rear lights and an antenna were frenched. finally a friend of mine 3D printed me a new front logo.
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This is incredibly cool. Beautiful work. I love the layout, the integration of the new frame with the engine block, the seat and suspension scratchbuilding...Very clever and nicely packaged; I love the proportions and paint scheme.
I've never built a motorcycle before, but seeing things like this makes me think I should give it a whirl someday!
thank you very much for your kind words, chris!
honestly i have to admit it took me more than 2 years from the initial idea to the final result, simply because i did not have the right idea how to make the frame. i started several times but my approaches always failed. as soon as i could solve this major issue, the whole build was done within 2 months.
therefore - never give up, you will succeed one day! -
this is very cool
thanks, Mark!
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This is awesome. Great design!
thank you!
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You are most welcome.Your inclusion of the engine as part of the frame structure is interesting.If I tried that mine be be very crooked and akward.Nice work.
well, not really my own idea. because this ducati engine is designed to hold the swingarm pivot on the motogp bike. therefore it was clear to use this as the connection to the rear frame. but that means: you can never make a rollin chassis, you always need the engine.
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Thanks for posting your project.Your fabrication and finishing skills are excellent.
thanks a lot for your kind words, tom!
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a mostly scratch built boardtracker-style custom bike, featuring a ducati motogp engine (gp4), girder fork, plunger suspension, diagonal tyres, mechanical drum brakes and wire-spoke wheels.
everything except engine and wheels is scratch-built or kit-bashed.
WIP:
finished model:
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Oh it's going to have a lot more body mods, using this as my guide.
for me the the body looks chopped, are you planning a chop, too?
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WIP: VW Samba Custom Triple Cab Pickup - Kindigit Design style
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looks great - yellow and black is always a good contrast! personally i would have lowered the stance a little, at least the front. and maybe a bit wider wheel track.
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i like it a lot!
your reference car has the wide body kit painted in body color, but i think using semi-gloss black or carbon fibre decals would rock even more.
here's a sample of what i mean: -
... The reason the sftermarket sprocket is so much smaller than the kit sprocket is because the next size up for the Grandt Line sprockets would have been bigger than the kit sprockets and so would not have fit under the chain guard. So I had to go with a smaller sprocket to avoid scratchbuilding new chain guards.
would be interesting to know, how much you changed the transmission ratio. normally, with a smaller front sprocket, the car would go slower. so a bigger rear sprocket would be needed. for a car that is supposed to break the landspeed record, this is a very important issue!
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you have a cool photo shooting location down there in southern france!
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i like your approach - not oob but make the maximum from nothing. i personally would have also modified the stock exhaust into lake pipes or bellflower tips using pieces from the kit's molding frames.
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very sharp!
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I've decided against it.
The rivets molded onto the body are very small, but looking at my reference photos, they are actually pretty much in scale. I'm going to use a black wash to highlight each rivet and panel line.
use prototyping, as we IT-guys do. with this i mean to add some rivets to a spare part and then compare your result with the molded rivets. you should see then which one you like better.
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amazing to see on your pics that the drivers legs were the first thing behind the front wing. in these days when you hit another car or the railguards your legs were gone ....
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onother model that already appeared on escale.
i found this kit, partly started (just glued the fork, no paint):
i haven't made a scrambler so far, the model is already vintage (because the Z1 is a bike from the 70s), so i soon found where i want to end up with this build:
did not look to dramatic to transfer the Z1 into this retro scrambler, except 2 minor issues: cylinder #1 and #4. the Z1 is an inline-four, whilst a scrambler is a single cylinder or a parallel twin (like this one). i thought this will be a challenge for me, which could result in a failure. but it turned out to be a simple job, just a little planning where to cut and very soon the block, the crankcase, the head and the valve-cover where shortened.
to achieve a slim bike i also narrowned the tank, the seat and the engine covers. exhaust was scratch built, also the engine protector. the other parts where modified according to the photo reference.this pic shows the first mock up:
unfortunately the stance was the one of a chopper and not of a offroad bike (although i already extended the length of the rear shocks). after shortening the forks and building 3 further sets of shocks i was happy:
and here is the final result:
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Cool cool cool. I've loved Fiat 500s since I worked for a company that raced them back in the '70s, and I've loved 911s since about the same time. I can't imagine a more fun car to drive than a 911-powered 500. Great idea, great model.
oh i would love to see some pics of the racing cinquecentos from the old days!
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i had the same issue to fit the 911 engine into my fiat 500 body and i also eliminated the clutch in order to fit the drive shafts in a proper angle.
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cool idea!
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VW Samba Custom Triple Cab Pickup
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thank you Gene