cjstranick

I think there are people selling some rabbit/GTI down at H20. I live in DE so I'll be down in Ocean City, starting Monday, all week long. And no worries, I doubt I'll have the car done any sooner, trying to make a set of coils now to make it lower. And my paint keeps messing up on me I can't figure out why. I think my basement where I doing it is too cold. I've been working on it, painted a few parts, got some stuff put together. Forgot pictures, I'll take some later. I may be able to repair the roof, but all the pillars are bent so that when the glass sits in they bow out from the window leaving a gap.

@vwrabbit if you could that would be awesome. if not ill do what I can with it. also I have a mk 4 jetta are you gonna be down at h20i?

By the way, I'mm be stopping by Hobby Lobby today, so more progress pics later.

True I did pull the window off, though the roof had already cracks at that corner before doing so. The glass was barely held on. The A pillar is bent, B pillar was bent as well as broken off. C pillar was cracked when I saw it but when I took the window out, which came out easily, there was a piece of the roof that fell off. I'm sure it was a shipping problem, and not the seller. Though the item could have been packaged better, it was just inside another box. Pieces were loose and inside of it as well, which makes me think i may be missing some small pieces. I did inform the seller of how it looked when I got it, but I'm didn't ask for a refund, because I may have made it worse when I took out the window, I could have fixed it easier with it in (not what I thought at the time). It lookes eaten up because I was stripping the paint so it is smooth there now after removing paint and sanding. I think I'll try DeathGoblin's idea of molding a small bit of plastic back to it. Hell, I may even chop the roof off and just make a roadster out of it too. And @Bryan_m It will be a gunmetal color with black and brown interior.

I can see what happens. If they don't take it back how could I fix it?

This is so amazing, I wish I could do this!

So, just starting out doing this again. And just received my kit that I bought off eBay. Used kit got it pretty cheap....now I know why haha. This will just be a progress of what I'm doing with it. Parts were already preassebled in some cases, though being shipped they either broke or I'll be changing them. Here is the kit. Parts I noticed that are missing or damaged: Glass Body ...That's it so far haven't had time to really sit down with it. Custom parts: New Suspension (Custom coils for moar low) Figure out something for replacing glass Headers and Exhaust Intake (hopefully) Gunmetal Body color Here is a picture of the body damage....how would I go about fixing this? The B and C pillars are broke off, and the roof line is missing some material. I was thinking aobut just molding some back onto it and scuplting it back together. Also the A pillar seems to have been bent, would heating it up a little and bending back into place fix this?

I just finished Micro by Michael Crichton. Great book, been reading a lot of his as well as the Jack Reacher series.

I plan on taking my time haha, I don't want to mess it up. Thanks for all the advice. I've already started looking at some guides and how-tos. YOu'll be sure to hear some questions from me I'm sure.

I've noticed, there are already a few things I've seen others do that I want to try and do for this model or maybe another that I'm currently tryig to get, which is a model of a Celica GT-Four. One of my favorite cars, just wish they had them in the US.

I like the red wheels better. The wheels don't look so sucked in then. And it's not just a japanese style, it is prevalent in Euro scene as well, trust me I see enough of the aired out/stanced euros. I love this build by the way. I really like the faint sharks mouth thing going on the sides.

I've always enjoyed model cars. Built a couple when I was younger, though they were never that good. Been looking for a hobby besides drawing and working on my actual car, and figured I'd get back into this. Just purchased a model kit off eBay to start the hobby. It is an old Saito BMW M6 model kit. I want to try and find some Volkswagen kits, mainly from the body style that I own, which is the mk4 or 2003-2005 model years. But any would do. Here are some pics of the model, I haven't received it yet but I can't wait till I do.