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Finished up the Revell Baja Bronco kit. I replicated my dad's old Bronco. Had a tough time getting the kit for a decent price. I thought that too many mod add-ons would be needed for the stock bronco and it would be more expensive in the end, so this was cheaper and easier than cutting the fenders and adding after market flares. I don't know why this kit is over-priced. I matched the color and white interior of the real one as close as I could. No pics of the real one unfortunately. It was a great off-road vehicle as I drove it many times out in Ocotillo Wells and Salton Sea way back in the late 70's. His was a '73 I believe. I bought after market tires (solid) which were just cast so horribly and in white! Won't mention where, but I will not be going back there. The rear gas cap went flying off to Neptune as I tried to glue it on, so I used chrome pen for that. LOL. Thanx for looking.
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I'm working on a Baja off-road Beetle, made from the Revell 1/24 scale Beetle kit. The kit is so nice I almost didn't want to hack it up, but I can always get another kit to build stock! I cut down the fenders with a Dremel tool, then cut a hole in the front deck lid for the spare using a hole saw on a drill press.....very.....carefully! The rear seat was cut off, and different seats used up front. The exhaust pipes are made from solder. I botched the first set, and these aren't the best, but I'm tired of bending solder! Rear wheels and tires are from an old Manx kit (I think). front wheels are from the Little Red Wagon kit with parts box tires. Gas tank is a cut down 32 Ford tank. A friend gave me the two race driver figures. Neither of us knows what they're from. I put them in the seats and plan to make a small diorama of the Bug in a desert race. Still some work to do - make an engine guard, front brush guard, light bar on the roof, install headlights, windows, decals, etc. Fun project, but more work than I thought it would be!
