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I cut the fender off, bought some throw away foil trays at the dollar store, cut one up and rubbed it out against the fender and hood until it looked right. I left the shape big enough to fold the edges over the fender and hood edges for some strength. It really didn't take long at all. I think I'll do the same for the rad support, maybe even the bumper. There's nothing on the backside of the new/wrecked panels to give anything strength - I was thinking of mixing some epoxy glue and coating the backsides... ?

Yeah, that thought crossed my mind... but this way i can rust it at the points of impact to make it more believable. That's my story and I'm going to stick to it.

Got the interior blacked out in base coat, waiting for some foil to finish it out. Black embossing powder looks almost real. Modded a dual snorkel air breather - think it's from a Pontiac? - that looks like it might belong there. Opened up the snorkels a bit too... Mocked everything up and found the engine can't go in before the body is assembled to the chassis - the Super Stock manifolds make it too wide. The rad support panel needs to go on after the engine is in place too. Not a big deal, but fitting it all together is a bit tricky.

I think I have the main body ready, except for lots of scribe work. Seats are in, look pretty good I think, with the salt and pepper carpet. All the interior upholstery is going to be primer grey. Found some carbs that might do duty as twin Solex units - better than the junky things that came with the kit. Hacked up some intake runners from a Corvette TPI set-up for the carbs to mount to.

Waiting for some parts and foil and saw this sorry looking kit in the stack. I initially thought of a body shop look - different colour door and fender, missing trim, maybe some rust, etc. Then thought of a wrecked car... have never done one, so... It's not a very good kit so cutting it up was easy!

That is fricking awesome!!!

Warmer weather slowed me down - lots to do other than play around on the bench. Chassis is just about finished. Put down a mix of black and grey embossing powder for a salt & pepper carpet - almost a perfect match to my real-life '74 Super. The really sadly detailed engine is in, not too pleased with the intake and carbs, might look for something better. Heck, anything is better than what's on there now...

Love to build one in full scale!

Very, very nice! Super paint work.

I like it. What's the kit like, good details? Engine?

Very nice job. I like it!

I'd like to find another Bug or two to build a Hebmuller replica.

On to the bodywork... I was losing sight of the lines in bare plastic and grey putty so I roughed it out and gave it a shot of primer, just to see where I'm at. Some touch-ups here and there and a fair bit of line scribing but overall I'm happy how it's shaping up.

Slowly working my way through... Modified the intake to look more Mopar-ish, built a coil, fuel line, return spring, alternator brackets and accelerator cable. Drilled for heater hoses, added the distributor and wired it up. Goofed on the firing order slightly, so it may run with a bit of a miss. Drilled out the homemade vacuum advance unit for a hose but my eyes gave up early today. I couldn't find an air breather that looked right so I'm modifying the one in the foreground. I think it's from a '56 Ford? Most of the chassis is done, but I didn't think to take any pics.

Nice. Loved that 28 Ford. Davey was one of my favourites too... wonder what Nascar and the stats ook would look like if he was still alive?

Very very nice!

Nice. I'll be watching this. I'm doing a Volks Rod pick-up from a Revell Bug kit.

Very nice! As a Beetle owner, I really appreciate the detail here - that dash looks real! Super job!

Fab'd a front bumper and mounts, looks close to original. Overall, pretty happy with how it's coming together. Re-route the exhaust and finish an interior door panel and then on to the body work. I'm used to dealing with full scale hot rods and restos, this scale should be fun!

Getting closer... trying to keep it all together for pics is a challenge! Everything fits nicely so far...

My tailgate has hinges! Rifled through the parts box and found something that will work for taillights, as well...

Very nice! Love that monster between the fenders!

Nice. One of my favorite drivers. Loved his "Got run over by a bug-eyed dummy" quote...

Yup, the engine is going to be loud and proud, sticking up for everyone to see. I toyed with the idea of building some kind of tounneau cover for the box, but haven't done anything along those lines yet. I found a blade style bumper that will work for the front, don't think I'll do anything for the rear. Thanks for all the comments. Mike

Added some material to the front and rear fenders to try and get a better shape to them. A little bit better now... Modified a parts-bin bumper that should look right at home on the Bug.