Herbie, the Love Bug

[ChrisR]

This is the Polar Lights model with a few parts from the Hasegawa Beetle and Hobby Design decals. Exterior was panted with Tamiya Racing white and the interior with a mix of Tamiya Red and Hull Red.

Edited July 11, 2017 by ChrisR
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[MGL]

Wow, I love it! Great job on this, it makes me want to build one.

[stevehansen]

Really Cool, good job!!

[da Speedinger]

its nice, i like it. but somethings still missing - its not looking "racie" enough for me. i would have lowered the chassis, widened the wheel track and modified the wheels to give them a drop center rim look (i hope i googled that correctly).

but maybe its only, because i like cars wide and low ....
 

[GTJUNIOR]

Baie mooi Chris. I think you've nailed it.  Looks great.

[ToyLvr]

Outstanding job! 

(Of course, I'm a bit prejudiced. We have a 1:1 in the family which is dressed up in Herbie livery)

[Fanof69]

Great build!! Makes me want to go and watch the movie/movies.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Classic, nice version 

[slusher]

Great build. 

[Helix]

Nice one Chris, but as Michi pointed out, drop the chassis, put a set of deep dish steels on and it will complement the whole look 

[crazyjim]

Hooray., Herbie is back.  Love that car.

[Tom Geiger]

Very nice model of one of my favorite cars of my youth.  I like that you added the missing VW emblems too!

The Polar Lights Herbie is a very nice kit.  It was designed to bridge the gap between an easy to assemble snap kit for beginners and having enough opening parts and details to satisfy more accomplished modelers. Tom Lowe's angle with this kit is that he is a movie/tv memorabilia guy, and along with a lot of Round 2 and prior Playing Mantis releases, were aimed at that huge market.. which is actually much larger than our model car hobby.  The kit, with it's multiple color plastic parts, can be snapped together right out of the box in an hour or so and results in a pleasing replica.  They did this very well and it could be the way kits should be done in the future!

This kit also represents the first time the VW soft top has been modeled in 1/25 or 1/24 scale!  

Edited June 3, 2016 by Tom Geiger

[Hubert Rollins]

Nice.

[Drake69]

Got one of these in my stash, may have to be next.

Nice job!

[Dann Tier]

This is the Polar Lights model with a few parts from the Hasegawa Beetle and Hobby Design decals. Exterior was panted with Tamiya Racing white and the interior with a mix of Tamiya Red and Hull Red.

Extremely cool, and well done!!  -after reading the remarks of people suggesting you shoulda did this, or done that, my response would be, "do it your way". ive studied all the movies and discovered that there were numerous Herbies, ALL were slightly different from each other, even when it wasn't suppose to be. I bet when I finish the one I started 10 years ago, people are gonna have a fit, because when I build T.V / movie cars, I take all the things I like about ALL of them and put them together in the same build. You did a fantastic job on this build, keep'em comin!

[darthsideous]

Extremely cool, and well done!!  -after reading the remarks of people suggesting you shoulda did this, or done that, my response would be, "do it your way". ive studied all the movies and discovered that there were numerous Herbies, ALL were slightly different from each other, even when it wasn't suppose to be. I bet when I finish the one I started 10 years ago, people are gonna have a fit, because when I build T.V / movie cars, I take all the things I like about ALL of them and put them together in the same build. You did a fantastic job on this build, keep'em comin!

I agree with Dan, good job! 

[crowe-t]

Nice job Chris!

Did the Hobby Design Herbie decals include the license plate decals?

Edited January 25, 2017 by crowe-t

[DumpyDan]

Nice work on the bug

[ChrisR]

Nice job Chris!

Did the Hobby Design Herbie decals include the license plate decals?

Michael I can't remember, but I think it was from the kit stick on stickers.

[David G.]

Excellent work!

David G.

[Davewilly]

Looks Great!

[Eric Macleod]

I like it exactly the way it is. This is the second model I've seen today that made me smile.  That's what a hobby is all about,  right? 

[MAGIC MUFFLER]

Outstanding ..!!!!  Really love this.

[Dave42]

Great job. Love that dash!

 

[CapSat 6]

Really nice work- I think you really captured the look of the car from the earlier films. 

Not long after this kit came out, I went to Disney World and saw that they were selling these kits there. Now, they're a little hard to come by. I wish I bought a few when I was there.

Years after that Disney visit, I had Triplet girls, then another girl two years later. We got the Herbie films on DVD and it turned out that they loved watching them. I must have heard "Herbie Rides Again" from the back of my minivan about 40 times. 

They're Herbie fans as a result, so whenever we see a vintage Beetle, they say "Herbie!!!". I have had to scare up a few of these kits for them. They have built a few models with me, but I'm saving these for when they get a little older, since they're a little more complex.