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Hi folks, So, when I first bought the Mystery Machine kit, the intention was to build it with my daughter. Well… she’s about to turn 21, so that’s not happening. This has been taking up room in the stash for about 14ish years, so it was time to build it for something fun. The idea of the build was that Shaggy had bought the Mystery Machine from the gang and modified it a bit as a cruiser for him and Scoob. I had quite a bit of fun rummaging thru the parts bins and decal box finding “stuff” to put on it. I definitely wanted it to stay very “cartoon” looking as well. So…. I lowered it, added parts box wheels and tires, and the wing from “Jinx Express”. Other parts box items include, motorized surf board, air horn, rear view mirror, spot light, a styrene bolt for fuel cap, some salvaged 1/20 scale running lights, and a Peterbuilt grill. I also scratch built an antenna and roof rack. For fun, (and as experiment for possible future use), I also made some “tubes”. The trend from late 80’s, early 90’s ? of putting neon lights under your ride to give the illusion of the car floating. Evan’s Designs is fantastic site that sells all types of LED lights for hobby use. For the tubes, I used their “side glow” fibre optic and bulbs tinted with clear purple. The switch is mounted in the gas tank. Paint is Tamiya TS 24 purple, “lame flake”, pearl clear, and clear. Not sure why, but the multi colour flake does not show in photos, but it is very “glittery”. Enough rambling, here it is… And the best part…. TUBES!! you will notice that Scooby’s door has the K-9 unit decal, Shaggy has the Dare unit decal, also the license plate “gotcha” is a nod to the crime fighting duo. This was a fun, albeit ridiculous, build. Hope it put a smile on your face! Thanks for having a look, all comments welcome. Cheers, Steve