Boreham

SAVAGE!!!! ;)

cool quattro's

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45715&pid=487469&st=0&#entry487469 I rest my case...

simple... therefore.... brilliant...

Also interested in this question.. It's time this ""type"" of question was discussed ,with the input of the experenced guys.. resulting in.. a thread(which is a sticky/pinned) every so often then possbily updates . member name ......../ recommendation other stuff could be. Primers. Glue. final colours. Cutting tools. ....................... etc etc each a seperate thread. this would in turn.. 1 allow new members to learn and get advise without having to post the question that's been asked 100 times 2 prevent members ignoring same 3 Premote better practices and cummunication for all

excellent model topic.. great looking car.. kinda getting AMC on the brain right now.... would love one of these kits..

didn't buy it for the badge.... medallion that's for sure..

great lookin truck... is that escort for sale../trade/barter/exchange for a letter with contents of value..??

2011 passat 2011 Superb shares underpinnings/running gear body and interior are different..

again,,, my reference to low spec ..economy ..version of the beetle.. retaining it's origins ... is far removed from the bottom of the food chain brands mentioned ..in the thread. VW bought Skoda(once the laughin stock of the EU ... along with LADA) about 14 years ago... My wife an I recently bought Skoda's flag ship..a fully loaded Skoda Superb... While deciding....we did the Pepsi challange with the VW Passat and the Ford Mondeo... the Skoda won hands down on comfort economy build and very high specification. VW launched the VW Phaeton about 6 years ago and it fell square on it's face.. the recent reincarnation of it is the Passat CC( poor man Mercedes CLS IMO). They strive to elevate the brand.. while the brands they purchase preform better.. We love the skoda...yet I'd never buy a passat....actually I detest VW and it's drivers...for what they represent.. Jumped up yuppies. IMO

now we've gone totally off topic.. please remind me again.. is it european cars that haven't broken into the American market... or is it the other way around... so back to the topic... the VW Beetle euro / german origins.

:lol: history repeating itself... after WW2 a few of the well known car manufactures...veiwed the KDF wagen..it's facility and they laughed at it's prospects... 10 years later..it stormed the world... we live now in a world of mod cons and laziness... maybe my values are unpopular.. then again My daily is 1973 1300cc escort...... gets more apprication form the general public than that beetle...

typo there Rob I'd say... subsitute the "C" for SH . . . IMO

ye better drop Porsche an Line..and let them know about it..

liking this....

personally I detest the previous "new beetle" and this is no better.. VW had a huge oppertunity to regain the iconic status that the beetle had..one time.. Despite a "trend" towards minimal and eco friendly ...lifstyles rather than grasping that... they went with the money spending vainity bunch..who spend money on the ...oh that's so chic... you know the sunglasses in the hair types..who buy and buy fashon... well this 2nd generation New Beetle is another fashon accessory. they could and should have built an minimal looking car..clean simple interior.. go nuts and have wind up windows....current stock of 1400cc and 1600cc engines and have them rear mounted... retianing the beetles orignal aspects with styling features that showed respect to the orignal.. the production costs would have been similar if not cheaper..and aim the car as it was orignally intended.. a peoples car... In an economic climate that encourages the frugal well again VW got it wrong... well there design and marketing people did.. don't get me started on the other regurgitated stuff...

I think it's s great log of yer work broken down nicely.. and you have avoided the potential for comments mid WIP form others .. which leaves you with a clean log of yer WIP. Accessed the link no problem... photo's and script are easy to follow.. nice so far..

Amazing scratch build... kerbside would have been an achievement... but now with engine and underside deail it's brilliant work...

like the scratched extra detail.. any chance of seeing your souce of refernce ...? for the benift of others.. this is missing form the hoard....but not for long..

John I think it's savage..

nice brace of Pony's

stunning looking 7 .. the Minilights..nail the look ..proper period rims..