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It doesn't really matter. Those two just stuck out to me but anything really goes.

I did know about the Woody being closely related to the custom Mercury. Although that hasn't been since in over ten years as well.

I thought that it would be interesting to talk about the kits that were only ever made once/twice. I know that not everything can be a '57 Chevy or '69 Camaro but it feels weird to spend the money on the toolings and only ever use them once. To start off, I'd like to bring up Revell's '49 Mercury Woody and '50 Olds.

One thing that could possibly be done is to just have the archives available to browse and/or download on the website

Those are exactly the problems that I had with mine. Good to know that I'm not alone

Got more work done to the Beetle. The chassis is pretty much done, more filler was added to the body and it was given a quick coat of Tamiya primer to highlight any parts that were missed, and I painted the wheels. The color looks very green in the picture but it is more of a teal, the camera isn't accurate.

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I was able to get more stuff done. I got the body to the point where I felt that I could cut the doors off. Here it is with putty applied. I also started with the interior color on the chassis. For the eagle eyed, you'll notice that the engine cover has been glued on. It's unfortunate but the engine in the kit I got was just too poorly molded (for me anyway) to make displayable. I decided to just make it a curbside so that I could spend the time that I would have used up fighting with the engine on the body. The Tamiya silver came out pretty good over Badger's black primer, I think so anyway.

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I didn't get as much done as I wanted to but that's fine. The engine parts are back in the bleach, this time contained in one of those tea balls, set aside to soak again. In the mean time, the Beetle has gotten a haircut. You can also see where I started to reconstruct the backseat. I don't want to cut the doors open until I finish the back to retain as much structure as I can.

I just looked the picture up again, it says that it's a 59 Fireflite. Whether or not it actually is, I have no idea.

Cool project! Out of curiousity, could there be anything usable from the "Christine" Plymouth kit? 58 Fury 59 Desoto I'm not gonna lie and say they're identical but it could be a start, y'know?

I think I have made up my mind regarding the length. I think I'm going to keep it shortened as I have managed to find pictures of an actual Volkswagen Jolly and due to it being on a stock Volkswagen pan, it looks way too long, especially compared to the much smaller Fiats

Thank you for the offer but you don't have to. (Although you could probably post those in the reference section for others who want to do something like that) The idea that I'm heavily considering is to build something "jolly-like". Perhaps the creation of someone who wanted the fun of a Dune Buggy and the practicality of the Volkswagen Body. That's why I'm debating whether or not to stretch the body and chassis

As cool as Bugs on the track are, the vibe I'm heavily considering is more... "beachy" than track. Of course, that is entirely subject to change.

Huh, I stand corrected! I didn't think that you could build a gasser with the engine in the back. That was my point in the original post by the way, that AMT called the kit a gasser even if it didn't make much sense

I got the Coke version of this kit at an Ollie's and decided to have some fun with it. Not quite sure how you'd make a "gasser" out of a Volkswagen, hence the quotes. The picture is of all the engine parts ready to sit in some bleach to take the chrome off. Being the Coke version, everything is cast in yellow plastic, so that's great I think I know where I want to go with this thing but I'm still on the fence, debating whether or not to stretch the chassis and body back to normal.

One thing that's common here is the act of cutting up a body and somehow putting it back together. The question I have is what sort of things are done to keep the body together? I have heard of people using things like Super Glue, the red Testors tube glue, even not using glue entirely and melting bodies back together. I would really like to know what some methods and techniques are. Thanks.

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Hi! I am a fairly new modeler, (I'd say I've been in the hobby for a year or so.) I lurked here for a while and eventually gave in and signed up. My interests would have to be American cars from the 60s/70s/80s/90s, and other things that don't fit cleanly into that category like mini-trucks and the occasional import. One thing that I want to learn is advanced scratchbuilding and kitbashing.