Many thanks for the kind words! The glovebox "thuingy" is actually the gastank! The letters stand for (I think...):
R= Rezerv (reserve or extra)
Z= Zu (on, as the gastank on these cars had a tap just like a motorcycle)
A= Aus (off)
More pic's:
Well, I guess the Hasegawa Kübelwagen is quite a good and detailed kit, but this "Blue Tank" Kübel is more of a "toy" that you build Yourself ! That's why I thought It'd be a great start for this project
Finally..... I put primer on the body this morning. Now It's easier to see all details like:
Scratchbuilt "nose" on the enginelid
Modified enginelid with "molded plateholder" and a small ridge above the "nose"
Scratchbuilt taillights (with round lenses)
Scratchbuilt "signal-grilles" (round in stead of the oval ones) in the front
Only the pre-war Kdf-wagen Prototypes had suicide doors. This will be a 1949-1950 year model, and the VW type 1 (Bug) never had anything else but regular doors.
Well Dave, I didn't take very much pic's of that particular operation. But, I simply made a "divider" for the stock oval window from plastic card. Then I made new "rubber" seals from Evergreen-rod. These 2 pic's are all I have:
I have 2 of these "Blue Tank" (manufactor) VW Kubelwagon's. I bought both of them from Ebay and they are quite HTF. However, Hasegawa have recently produced a much better and Highly detailed Kubel in 1/24 which shouldn't be to hard to find in a local Hobbystore or Ebay.
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
1st one is a Gunze 1956 being backdated to 1949/-50 specs. It'll be a cal-looker.
2nd one is a Blue Tank VW Kubelwagen in 1/24th scale. This one will be a "primer-rod"
Engine-dummy from Hasegawa/Revell Germany VW Bus with minor mods by me....
Lotsa scratchbuilding to the interior:
Yeah, that's inspector Closeau behind the steering wheel. It's a modified PEZ-figure that had his hat removed and got an old german policehelmet from an old, quite scarce, Pyro-kit.