JollySipper

Hey, Friend..... It might would! I'm unfamiliar with that kit. It sounds vintage and rare, though...... I believe I'll just grab a Tamiya kit, since they're cheap and readily available....

I think what I should probably do is get the MPC Coyote kit first since I'll definitely be needing it, then I could figure out the wheelbase needed and go from there.....

I have those, too..... and I'm barely in my 40s!

Thanks for the responses, Fellas...... This is all most helpful! I have it from a very reliable source and wealth of info that the engine in the hero car wasn't the basic VW engine, it was the 411 series engine, which has a lower profile........ (If I understand that correctly)

Would it be this kit, Les man? https://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/tamiya-24136.htm

Hello, guys.... I have planned for a future project the Coyote X from the old '80s TV show. The car in the first season was based on a VW pan. I'm in need of a Beetle kit that has a full pan assembly that is separate from the body. One that carries all the suspension and drive train on the pan assembly. I'll be trying to join this with the body from the MPC kit....... Thanks for any info.........!

A lot of getting a nice shiny paint job has to do with how smooth your primer is...... It's really mostly in the prep work! That, and spray technique... When I spray anything, I always shoot for close, fast passes. That goes for primer, too. Clear especially gets sprayed "wet" so there's little if any polishing needed. This model wasn't polished, I just shot the coats of everything as wet as I could without getting runs. Again, close fast passes will get you less orange peel than "mist" coats.........

and If you're better than them at something, they won't let you do it....... I am/was a house painter (no, I don't drink....) by trade. My cousin runs a little painting business. The guys that help him aren't the greatest. When they saw that I could paint quarter-round shoe molding without getting any on the floor, they flat out refused to let me work!

Some 'soft rock' is just prog rock in disguise......... Alan Parsons Project, 10cc, it's what the progressive rock turned into...

Oh, Lord........ You guys wouldn't believe some of the stuff I've seen from backyard mechanics........ I've seen welds like the ones pictured called "Gorilla Welds", as in Big, Ugly, but Strooooong! More like Inept, Stupid, and Wrooooong!

Yea, you'll need to cover the floor stampings somehow...... Thanks!

I'm the biggest Steely Dan fan, man..... I've never heard of this album! Does anyone cover "Do It Again"? Gonna need to check it out........

Carpet is all done........ Now to just build up the interior!

You must use that to help you sleep! I listen to all kinds of stuff, from Afro Pop World music to free form Improv Jam/Jazz........ Napster has all that stuff.... I'm talking with a guy that I got my current computer from, He's gonna work out a deal for me. I'm not looking forward to switching everything over to a new unit, though!

I usually don't have much to gripe about, but......... My preferred music streaming service (Napster) has changed hands. The new owners have "improved" the site to make it more phone friendly. I can't even access the site anymore from my Win7 desktop. I'm gonna have to upgrade to a Win10 unit....... High time I do that anyway! I'm hoping that Napster is just being glitchy, but I doubt it.........

Thank You, Fellas! Right now I'm working on making some carpet........ The material is from a large felt mat that you roll a puzzle up in.

I've been making a bit of progress with the interior! The dash isn't completed yet, but you get the idea..... I'm toying with the idea of making the carpet out of some material I have here..... We'll see how that goes.

That's really good! It even looks like Michael Keaton......

The BMW is double parked.......... Typical......

Let's hope this is NOT what you're supposed to do with the stuff in Snake's sign!

These are all really good....... I especially like the BeetleJuice! I was not aware that there was a kit of him.... What scale would that one be?

The kit still had the Ford engine in it, if I remember right. I don't recall what engine the Coyote X had, but I do remember an "experimental gearbox"......

Yes, they did! The Coyote kit isn't the greatest, though....... Not sure about the pickup........

Thank you, Anton! It should look right handsome with the black interior trim......

As a kid I got to watch a lot of those old shows..... The old man enjoyed them. The one I always looked forward to watching was Hardcastle and McCormick! THE BEST looking hero car ever, in any series.......