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Thanks Carl! I have yet to see a VW T2 Bus kit in the USA packaging. Only in the RoG flat box. Keep hoping...

Thanks Mike and Trevor! I got this kit for Christmas and my wife had ordered it from Scale Hobbyist which is about a 1 1/2 miles down the street from us. Good prices, too! https://www.scalehobbyist.com/

Thanks for the tip, Mike C. I'm trying to do as little as possible painting on this model. Some parts need a little bit of paint and some are not getting any paint at all.

Yesterday, I applied the decals to the dash panel and then I added the steering wheel and column, the parking brake and dash panel support and I did a little paint detailing. More Volkswagen to come...

I learned to drive in my mother's '65 Buick Wildcat 4-dr and my father's '71 Mercury Cougar. Both were automatics and my first car was a manual.

This is coming along just fine, John! Looking good! A former friend of mine had an Hugger Orange SS396 with a black vinyl top and a 3-speed trans. He got rid of the car after he was hit in the driver's side rear quarter. He traded it in for a dark green '71 SS with a 402 and a 4-speed.

Thanks Carl! I hope for better results from these decals! I got the body, roof and doors in primer. Soon to be ready for Tamiya TS-26 Racing White for the upper half of the VW T2 Bus. The bottom half will get a coat of Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear. More Volkswagen to come...

I found new whitewall decals in my parts box and I believe they came from the Revell '68 Dodge Charger R/T. I had mounted the spare tire on the left interior sidewall, but as I looked at it, I didn't like the fact that it was too close to the sidewall. I made a bracket to space the spare tire away from the wall some. This will allow some room when the body is placed over it. I used Model Master Semi Gloss Clear on the seats and the paint ran which indicates that the clear is too hot for the paint. I'll repaint the seats and use Tamiya TS-79 Semi Gloss Clear instead, which shouldn't be as chemically hot. More Volkswagen to come...

Thank you, Ron! Nice Dodge Monaco! Looks to be a Hot Wheel size die cast. Most likely a 1/64 scale. Thank you, Chris!

Thanks Carl!

Thanks Scott and Mike! I'm not 100% sure of the year, but it really doesn't matter to me. I went and used Tamiya X-26 Clear Orange on the plain seats of the VW T2 Bus. This changed the look of the interior! I just need to tone down the glossiness with some flat or semi gloss clear. More Volkswagen to come...

Looks great! I built mine in the same color combination, but box stock several years ago for a Classic Plastic Model Club Expo Club Challenge.

Thank you David and Larry!

Thank you Larry!

Thanks guys! I want something a bit more graphic in appearance than the plain seats. I'll either get some graphic contact paper or paint the seats with a contrasting color.

I got all the seats installed on the VW, but they do look somewhat plain. I dug into the parts box and I found these decals from two Revell '29 Model A Roadsters and I thought that they would look good on the seats. That was when I discovered the two different decal colorings. Time to rethink my process! I removed the decals from the tires since I found some new decals in my parts box. More Volkswagen to come...

The Camper version does not interest me like it would for others.

The interior is underway as we speak. All the seats are complete and I added the spare tire to the interior. The chassis is underway as well. I added a tool box to the drivers side of the engine compartment. The wheels and tires will need a coat of flat clear as one of the whitewall decals came off. I tried to replicate the whitewall with some flat white paint since my white Jelly Roll pen didn't want to work properly. More Volkswagen to come...

Thank you David!

Thank you Hector and Carl!

Some masking and the interior got a bit of Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. I painted the wheels with Tamiya TS-26 Pure White. Now to add the tires. More Volkswagen to come...

Thank you James, David, Mario and Ron! The MPC Dodge Monaco had its roots in the TJ Hooker Police Car from the early 80s. There is more than just swapping the grille and rear bumper. The Plymouth Fury had a different interior compared to the Dodge Monaco. The Yodel Monaco/Fury kits shared everything, but the grille and bumpers to save money. It was primarily a motorized model.

Thank you Carl and David!

This VW T2 Bus is coming along smoothly! I added the whitewall decals and I tried to get them centered and round since there is nothing on the tire to line the decal up with. The engine has been painted, assembled, decaled and modified to a dual exhaust vehicle. The front and rear suspension have been painted and assembled. More VW T2 Bus to come...

Thank you Bill and Rusty! This was a fun build. and I finished it during a Club sponsered Build-A-Thon on Sunday. I foiled and polished and fitted a few remaining pieces during that time.