David G.

Nicely Done! David G.

Excellent work! Well worth the effort. David G.

Nicely done! Everything looks very solid. David G.

Time for a little update To bring out the relief detail of the seats and door panels I lightly traced over the pleats and seams with a mechanical pencil then washed most of it off with dish detergent and a toothbrush. Revell thoughtfully provides a decal of the Wolfsburg crest for the horn button. It's probably not factory correct for 1968 but I had a '72 Super very close to this color and it just feels right to me. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

Thank you Carl, I'm glad you like it. David G.

Impressive as always G! David G.

Thanks Ron! Thank you Túlio. I agree with you on the wipers, they're clunky and tricky to mount. One of the thin, delicate locating pins on them had broken off in transit and the one that remained didn't provide didn't provide a strong indication of proper position in relation to the windshield. I ended drilling them both out and pin-mounting them with wire. But that's all a part of building them, eh? David G.

Thanks Bill! David G.

Thanks for the tip David, I'll look into that.

It's an uncommon kit but it was not one of the more popular kits of the day. It took a couple of years of keeping my eyes open before one turned up at a swap meet for $50- not too expensive for a forty year old kit. If it were up to me, I'd surprise him with the kit and give him the option of building it. Most craft stores should have suitable paints and supplies, of you're lucky you may have an old fashioned hobby shop nearby. There are also a lot of online vendors of paints and supplies. I have a couple of great hobby shops close by I don't buy very much online but a google search should turn up a number of options. Good Luck, David G.

Time for a little bit of an update: Wheels on the ground. I always consider getting the wheels mounted the unofficial half-way point. Chassis- complete with frame horns and lightly seasoned with weathering pastels. Started detail painting of the interior. I painted seats and most of the interior in Tamiya white primer with the intention of using that as the Flat White in the color call-out. It looks like I'm going to have to use a wash or some kind of weathering to bring out the relief detail. Test fit the bits. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

Very cool, nice photos too! David G.

Looks great so far! David G.

Thanks John. That's exactly what I did. After painting the engine case and trans-axle with a combination of Testors Aluminium Plate and Titanium, I used a thin wash of Tamiya Flat Black Acrylic on them. The heat boxes are painted with some old Poly Scale Rust and dry-brushed with Testors Flat Light Tan Enamel. I then used various shades of powdered artists pastels to even everything out. Thanks Bill. The rear frame and suspension are installed as a unit, sort of K-frame style. Thanks everybody for your comments. I hope to be posting more pictures soon. David G.

Cliff and Brian- Thanks, I'm glad you like it. David G.

Nicely Done! David G.

The next kit on deck is Revell's 1968 WV Beetle. This is a reboxing of Revell of Germany's Euro-spec Type 1 in 1:24. Most of the cars I build are 1:25, but most people would never notice the difference between the two scales. This is a decent representation of the standard Type-1 engine. There were of course, a few compromises made in creating the kit, but nothing that detracts from the overall impression. The tan things that look like bratwurst are the heater boxes. The instructions called for them to be painted steel colored. Anybody who has ever built an air cooled VW engine knows that it only takes about three day's worth of driving to start to turn the pretty new heater boxes to a chalky rust color. Not exactly true to an 1:1 VW chassis, but good enough for this model kit. So there's about ten hours worth of work. I may get this one finished this year. As always, please feel free to comment and thanks for taking the time to look. David G.

Looks great so far. David G.

Nicely Done! David G.

Looks great! Love all the added detail. David G.

That's a really good looking set- and welcome! David G.

Awww, I was hoping for another update What you've accomplished so far is nothing short of amazing! I hope you can soon find the time to continue this worthy project. David G.

I'm always impressed by your excellent paintwork and attention to detail and this one is no disappointment. David G.

Thank you Oscar Thanks Rick. When you do build yours, be sure to test fit everything. Nearly everything on this kit is a close tolerance fit. The windshield for example, inserts from the inside of the cab and snaps into place so securely that I was nearly unable to remove it. Once I did get it out, I made a point of enlarging the opening so that the paint was less likely to be damaged during final installation Thank you Janne. Interesting. On the hood, the texture I observed coming through the paint was a series of fine diagonal lines. They looked similar to what is frequently seen on 3-D printed objects. Three coats of color-sanded paint took care of most of the problem. Given that, it was acting more like a ghosting issue than a texture issue, though I'm not certain that there is any fundamental difference between the two. Thanks for the explanation, it does make sense. Thanks Mike, I'm glad you like it. David G.

Thank you Peter, I am rather happy with the way it came out. Thanks Steve. I notice that you're in Medina (That's muh-Dine-uh, not meh-Deen-uh), Ohio. I was born in Youngstown and I'm familiar with pretty much the whole NE corner of the State. I moved to Arizona almost thirty years ago, but in many ways, I still think of that part of the world as home. David G.