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Well done krishna, good paint finish and simple but effective decals, nice!

Superb pics, It's good to see what's going on , on the model show scene over the pond.

Well done Pete. I'd seen one for sale but your the brave one, amazing!

Well done krishna, superb camo. I just did mine in metalic red!

Super looking bodyshell, yes I might be looking for one ----or even two!

Brilliant combo! Right subjects, right glossy colour and a mountain bike!

Super build I was trying to find one here in the UK to add to my aircooled car collection.

Superb work so far. The artists impression looks like the Japanese sports car series.

Yes the battery was in the boot and we had twin fuel tanks, one each side of the boot on the circuit racers and on the rally versions. My elder brother bought a new mini van in 1963, it just had a strong thin sheet of hardboard over the spare wheel painted the same colour as the body.

Here's just one pic of a resin plaster sidepod, I hope to start casting in resin soon, Manx bodies 2 and 4 seaters, the 2 seater first then cut it and add a centre section and cast that. Yes the plumbing of the turbo set up took a few weeks. Bending the plastic rod by candle, using 90degree corners from sprue mouldings and slotting the alloy tube over the top. I'd seen the engine, or something like it on the back of Volksworld magazine here in the UK, so I thought I'd have a go!

Hey I've just come across this thread and yes I would certainly like to see and hopefully buy a few sets of parts. I have built a turbo Type 1 into an AMT Manx using various scratchbuilt bits of my own in both plastic and alloy. I'm also looking at initially resin casting Manx bodies both in two and four seater versions. I already test casted seats, surfboards and buggy sidepods but in resin plaster just to get the experience of casting, but the engines here are very intertesting. My one problem is that I am in the UK and shipping costs are the one thing that nearly kills all thoughts of buying from the US, as sometimes we get caught for customs & excise(import) duty. So we buy an item plus $27 shipping and £12 duty , then we pay nearly 3 times the value of the purchase!

Meyers Manx 4X4...

Did anyone take any photo's please?

Thanks for the pics showbuilder. It's good to see what's going on in the USA model show scene from here in the UK.

Thanks Felix.

Thanks Jonathan, yes a fare share of grime and a tyre rub when another racer got just a bit too close!

Thanks Glenn.

Thanks Dominik, well I have been to Le Mans a couple of times so I know how the cars look at the end of the race!

Thanks guys, yes there were a few of these racing at Silverstone circuit about 5 miles from here over the weekend. But I'm glad to say the weather was very good, the best meeting there this year, it overtakes F1 in spades (quality in this case) and very nice old money owners that have had and raced the same car since new. And that goes for nearly every other car there starting with cars from 1920's or even earlier!

Thanks Jeremy. I'm normally very fussy about the paintwork, but the side panels were so poor fitting that I had no choice but to paint it in post race trim to hide the joins.

I've not seen one, but I wish they would make one, OR supply a mould and I could cast one!

Thanks Jason, now I'd like a real one of those! I think your right with the design of the Gran Turismo, they tried to copy the SR2 but got it pretty well wrong. I've just Googled Images of the SR2 and it looks good with the lift up doors and with Centreline rims!

Very nice build as a Beetle lover both as a daily driver of five a few years back and in models, the engine also stands out as a work of art getting it all in. I also like the trailer hitch/tow bar as we used to have a sea blue Beetle (70's). We tried a roof rack first for all of our holiday kit driving up our A5 road to North Wales, which seemed to be the solution to our lack of interior space. But................on the return journey we wanted to call into a town to get food for home and the only place we could find to park was a multi-storey car park. I'd forgot about the roof rack and the height limit foiled me and the concrete overhang caught the rack and knocked it off it's legs and dented the roof! I then invested in a towbar which are so easy to fit and hiring a small alloy trailer from then on, a far better choice, although reversing into a space could be a slight chore at times!

Superb looking Beetle! I also had fit problem when putting wheels like this on a Beetle some years ago. I cut the rear wings off and added a narrow strip of plasticard onto the body and re-attached the wings, plus a little filler. The car sat lower still after that!