Lowlife ! ! Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 Picked this up recently ( from Doomcrew on here, cheers mate! ).... ..... Its Revells 1/16 VW Kafer... For some reason I cant find a single kit that has been completed on these forums, it looks a great kit, so I will let you know how it goes together... Im not going mad with this, but its got to be slammed ! ! Still looking around for wheels and tyres although I have some that I may use... Possibly going for some more accessories too, roof rack, that kind of thing ! Pics soon as Ive just started the engine......... Lowlife ! !
Art Anderson Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 Now, IF ONLY Revell-Germany would do this very same subject in 1/24 scale!!!! Art
Foxer Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Please, please .. 1/24!! I'd still like to see yours come together Martin!
Dominik Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Now, IF ONLY Revell-Germany would do this very same subject in 1/24 scale!!!! Art New Job for you Art? Martin, the kit will go fine together. I built mine Yeeeeeears ago, as it was the first issue on market. I made mine a custom "Ovali". The only Thing are the hinges from the doors if i trust my brain´. about the authentic thing...the beetle...no words. its a mix of three years (1950/51/52)...perhaps my brother writes some words about it. Looking forward, what you're doing with it
Lowlife ! ! Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 Thanks guys, ( and I will take extra care with the doors thanks Dominik ! ) Slowly piecing the engine together, I was watching some utube clips on 1951 beetle engine builds, so im following this, and am going to try and add a bit more detail to the little lump ! The covers should have a single bar which is molded in on the kit, so I removed this and added metal pieces instead. Painted up the main parts (except the gearbox which is a temp handle to hold the engine with ! ) The next bits are more fiddly but should be fun ! More soon......... Lowlife ! !
microwheel Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Nice work so far Martin, I'll sure be watching as you go.
Foxer Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 The valve cover clips are awesome! ... I forgot all about them since I haven't worked on a 1:1 Bug in 30 years .
jacoballardtattoo Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Beautiful work on. I'm building a dub right now and my kit provided little to no real detail on the heads and block, was the detail on yours there to start, or did you add to it? If so what did you do and how? As you can see mine is rather basic, I couldn't figure out how to detail out the heads. Any tips or help would be amazing.
Lowlife ! ! Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 Jim, Mike, thanks guys ! And Jacob, bear in mind this is 1/16 scale so the detail is fairly good already ! I only spent time cleaning up any joints, then added the metal valve cover clips and black washed the details in. As far as advice goes, try utube or flickr etc etc and search for pictures or videos of what your building, copying real engine pictures are the best way to get the details right and will help you out more than I ever could ........... I will be adding to this soon, and will show each step, so hopefully this will help you too ! I hope this does help you out, anything else just let me know ! Lowlife ! !
Lucas van H Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I did one of these last year, decent kit. The hinges on the doors are a bit fiddly, and mine came out of the box broken, so I glued the doors shut. Here,s mine.
jacoballardtattoo Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Thank you Martin you have given me some good direction here. I am looking forward to washing your build progress.
Zarana-X Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Nice work on the valve covers. I can't wait to see more work on this. My friend has an original release, I tried to buy off him. He's not a modeler, and will never build it. Jacob, what you have is the OLD Revell '68 Beetle engine. It is a bad engine, from a bad kit . My suggestion is to glue the deck lid shut, (From the exhaust, though it looks off-road, though... ​ )or get the Tamiya, or new Revell engine and go from there.
jacoballardtattoo Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Yeah Jason I'm doing a Baja so I'm kinda stuck showing, just trying to do the best I can to improve it. It's am older kit that was given to me. It is a Revell just not the 68. It's a generic 60s, the kit is slightly confused as to what it should be. It's titled as a 60s beetle and is a full or hippie bug complete with the peace and flower decals but the kit includes a roll cage, after market bucket seats and the mold was set with a 70s style fuel door up front. Kinda why I wasn't afraid to start chopping on it.
superbike-shaun Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Hey v dub peeps,what about TDR 3d printed VW motors super-bitchen stuff for sure,I think that they are available in 1/24 & 1/16 as well.but as always a bit pricey .good luck superbike-shaun
Lowlife ! ! Posted May 4, 2015 Author Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys...... .... Lucas I really like your version, its very tempting to do a rat bug with this ! And Shaun yes it would be nice to run a TDR full race 2 litre in this, but im trying to keep it fairly out-the-box, just detailed a bit !! Bit more done on the engine, the kit goes together well so far and is fairly accurate , ive not painted the exhaust yet although it has a metal tail pipe added ! Also added a couple more metal brackets and mocked it up for a pic ! Just detailing the carb next and scratch building a distributor cap as the kit ones wrong. More soon .... ..... Lowlife ! ! Edited May 5, 2015 by Lowlife ! !
GLMFAA1 Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Curiosity has set in, Does this kit have mechanical brakes or hydraulics? I had a 1-1 bug convertible and it had hydraulics, I heard that the converts were the only ones with hydraulics. greg
christian-w Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Pretty cool, that this "old baby" is on someone's workbench When I see your fine work, I probably have to restore mine I like the valve cover clips - good idea! about the authentic thing...the beetle...no words. its a mix of three years (1950/51/52)...perhaps my brother writes some words about it. So I was forced, to tell something about the authenticity and here I am. I will do it in short sentences. The body of the Beetle is definitely a 1951 - only in 1951 they had those ventilation things between the front fenders and a-post. But if it's a 1951 Beetle, there are some details wrong: - the fenders were produced from 10/1952. To see on the oval grille underneath the headlights. Earlier Beetles had them round and only the left fender had a hole for it (because the horn is located behind). The right fender didn't have a hole. - the same with the bumpers. Before 10/1952 they had ribbings in the bumper and the vertical things ("Hörnchen") where smaller. - the rear lights are wrong too. Before 10/1952 it hadn't this lens in the top of the housing. They were more round than oval. You could say "Ok, then Revell brought us a 10/1952+ Beetle!?". Ehm. No. Barely, but no The dash board is correct in this form up to 10/1952 (afterwards it changed into the dash board of the Beetle with the oval rear window - with tiny differences). Also the dome lamp is incorrect - take a look at the cover picture: it's located between the two rear windows - after 10/1952 it's located above the drivers door till the production stopped. Main different: the ventilator windows in the doors are missing. They appeared first in 10/1952. By the way: the exhaust changed to it's typically double tail pipe and the air cleaner changed completely different (similar to the younger Bugs in the 1960s). If someone wants to build the Beetle correctly, he has to choose, which year. Before or after 10/1952. Based on this date, the changes are clear to see. Nevertheless: I built mine out of box - 20 years ago. Didn't care about the details although I'm owning a 12/1952 Beetle..... Stupid. @Greg I don't really not know what the model kit has. Can't remember. Have to take a look underneath. But I know, that hydraulic brakes marching in 10/1952 into the Beetle's life Edited May 5, 2015 by christian-w
christian-w Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Man, I forgot to mention something: the antenna. Please, please don't put it on the spot, where the box cover shows it. It never was mounted on the left corner in front of the wind shield until the early 1960s. Another tiny detail: the "Wolfburg" emblem on the front hood. I can't see it clear enough to judge: is it black/silver on the cover? It should be colorful
Lowlife ! ! Posted May 5, 2015 Author Posted May 5, 2015 Thanks for clearing that up Christian, interesting that the manufacturers can produce a model with inaccuracies like this ! Thought they based the model on one original car ? And Greg, im not sure bout the brakes either, but stay tuned and they will be shown when I get around to adding the wheels / suspension ! If anyone wants to show their completed builds of this kit on here, feel free ! ........ Lowlife ! !
Zarana-X Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 I think a lot of the inaccuracies occur because they use multiple cars, or pictures for reference, and not all are the right year. Worst case scenario I know of is actually a toy, but a good example. The Ghostbusters Highway Haunter. The rear is a '50-ish cabriolet, the body a '67, the windshield and interior a 1303 Superbeetle, and it has ugly 4-lug wheels.
christian-w Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) @Martin ... Thank you for the invitation to present "our" Beetles. I want to say another word to the kit: it's not that bad anyway because it's a good scaled Model kit and everything could be opened. There is a lot of room to make it better or historically correct. Who knows, what kind of "Bastelbude" (don't know a English word for it - a car, which is built out of other cars to get one) Revell got for the forms. I built mine a lot of years ago - and stupidly out of box. In that times I didn't take care about correctness . And colors ... But it's on my schedule this year: to restore it and make my Bug out of it. A 12/1952 - therefore I have "only" to change the dashboard. This is how I built model kits ~25 years ago. Sorry. I know. It has a lot of potencial Edited May 11, 2015 by christian-w
Drake69 Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 Who knows, what kind of "Bastelbude" (don't know a English word for it - a car, which is built out of other cars to get one) Revell got for the forms. We call them "frankensteiners", usually with good reason....
Lowlife ! ! Posted May 12, 2015 Author Posted May 12, 2015 (edited) ha ha love the pic above........ ....... Thanks again Christian, your bug looks great ! Im liking this kit more and more, its generally well detailed and so far fits together very well. Ive added a carb with metal linkage, (fan assembly not finished yet ) fuel pump etc and im just starting to wire it all up now. Heres a quick pic of the bug engine now, more soon...... Lowlife ! ! Edited May 12, 2015 by Lowlife ! !
Lowlife ! ! Posted May 12, 2015 Author Posted May 12, 2015 Also heres a couple of my Tamiya 66 bug, for those of you that might not have seen it before....Crusty outside with smoothed and painted engine, interior etc. Oh and slammed as much as possible.......... .........
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