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Sure looks great Jeff !!

yea, Steve's right, they did come in whatever color plastic they had on hand that day. It's not uncommon to get a chrome tree in a different color as the bodies either. Even swirlie plastic in 2 or more colors isn't that uncommon for those old JoHan chrome tree. The 2 '62s I have now are shown in the pic and I had one back around '77 or '78 that was molded in red too.

After looking at the pics of the parts etc., I still say that except for the euro spec bumpers, it's a pretty accurate representation of a Canadian spec '79 GTi. The early Canadian GTis were built in Germany, not the USA. I had a base model 4dr '79 Rabbit back in the mid '80s and it used the same engine as the Canadian GTis , looks exactly the same engine as on the parts tree in the pics. Also, since Canadian VW dealers stocked the euro spec parts, it was possible [though I've never seen one] that a Canadian Rabbit could have been refit with all the euro GTi parts. Maybe instead of marketing it as a "California Wheels" kit it should have been a "Vancouver Wheels" kit. LOL

Reading through this thread and it's occurred to me that no one has mentioned a glaring mistake in the newer kits. The top of the rear fenders is way off. There should be a smooth transition between the sides and top of the fenders, not a kick-up on top like on the kit. I'm not sure if it would be better to sand the "mini tailfin" off or try to fill in the channel it has created. I see a lot of pics of the real cars where it looks like the kit is correct but it's just how the body catches the light in the pics. Hopefully, this pic will show how the body should look.

Thanks guys. Been busy this afternoon. This is about it for the cowl. I now need to hit it with some semigloss black and foil the wipers and stainless trim strip at the bottom of the glass.

That's just some amazing work. A lot of the pics don't show up for me but I sure love what I do see.

Man ,, That looks fantastic ! you really nailed it !

Thanks Carl.

Finished up the resin interior today. Just paint detail some foil and flocking. It's painted with the same dark blue I used on the body. It's actually a pretty good match for the dark blue used in the 1/1 cars. I cut the sides from the rest of the bucket to make it easier to detail. Also added a couple resin arm rests I had on hand. I also added some simple wipers made from plastic strips to the scratch-made cowl area.

Like the guys said, MCW makes one. I got one several years ago but never built it because the roof conversion was done so poorly.

I think the main reason the Tamiya clears have a bad rep is the way people use them. Most times I hear someone trying to tint a window with them by hoseing it on the part and hoping it dries nice. You wouldn't try painting a body or engine like that so why would someone think it would work well on anything else? They work just fine if you use it like any other paint [which, of corse it is] and airbrush on a few light coats letting them dry a bit between coats. when you get the darkness you want, clearcoat it and polish it out. That's how I did the light grey tint on the rear windows of this Rabbit. If I wanted a darker tint I would have just put a few more coats of smoke on the glass before I clearcoated it and polished it out.

Yes, definitely leave it as is as a memory of your father. You'll be glad you did someday. It's actually pretty close to the drag version of the kit. I only see a different injector/scoop on the engine, everything else beside the paint and decals is how the kit came.

Looks pretty good to me. One question though,, why didn't you foil the windshield frame? Just seems odd as you foiled the rest of the trim.

Love to find a '69 Bonneville re-builder relatively cheap.

yup, what Snake said. I'm working on one right now. MPC body and interior from Missing Link resin. I'm using an AMT Chevelle chassis because it's what I had handy but there's other more detailed options.

I'd bet 1/2 my collection that R+R GS was copied directly from one of the Perry's Resin kits. It even had the same incorrect flattened front bumper and grille. Don't know if Perry's still makes it but I understand wait times from them are VERY long.

That's what I did Mike. Let me try again with a different song , , <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/d8TGFsLXoRo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Rule #1 is you never ever talk about Fight Club.

Thanks Miles. I'll have to get you [or someone] to walk me through posting videos sometime. I have no idea what I was doing wrong.

Just for the record. We had GTi Rabbits here in Canada in '79. Looked pretty well like the box illustration except for the larger North American bumpers. It had the standard 1.6 engine though.

Not sure what I'm doing wrong Miles. Can you see it 'caus all I see is the code I copied. http://youtu.be/mVm4uc_zHmM

Ventilator Blues by the Stones.

Guess that didn't work, can anyone tell me how to post a video?

Not sure I can get this to work but,, Sound of Contact This is their second relese from their album "Dimensionaut" The lead singer may look a bit familiar to some of you. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mVm4uc_zHmM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I had the same problem when I rejoined last week. All I had to do was to go into "tools" at the top of the page and add this site to the "compatibility view settings" and everything works fine now. [bTW, I'm using Internet Explorer 8]