1946 VW Beetle

[feretzrus]

Made use of the old Gunze Sangyo kit.  Removed the ventwings and split the rear window using sheet plastic.  The "sickle" bumper guards are also sheet plastic.  The pleats in the seats were filled in and sanded down.  The dashboard was the kit board sanded smooth, then converted using sheet and rod plastic.  This was then molded/cast for use in future projects.  A fun exercise in monocolor!  Also, the color meant I didn't have to worry about painting black rubber gasket around the windshield and rear windows!

[Chuck Most]

Very cool!

[Foxer]

yes black!

[Harry P.]

Nice early Beetle. Love the "sickle" bumper guards, which didn't last long in production!

[Tom99]

Great build!

[ningoth4]

You have done a nice job on your conversion! I am a big VW fan, so always like seeing this type of project.  Just ordered some resin conversion kits a company that included an early ragtop bug, a Hebmuller, and a '49 split. Looking forward to getting them and hoping they are nice. I also picked up bodies for Nothchback and Type 3 Ghia a while back. Need tofind time to work on some of these projects!

 

Kevin 

[Volksfan]

I love Volkswagens. You did an exquisite job on your '46. A while ago, I was considering converting revell's 1951/52 beetle into a 1938 model.

[su27rules]

Nice!!

[Hubert Rollins]

Cool.

[rmvw guy]

Very nicely done!

[Tom Geiger]

Very nice work!  I enjoyed seeing that!    I'm still amazed that no company has done a split window in 1/24 or 1/25 scale! 

[FordRodnKustom]

Very nice conversion work. You nailed the basic utilitarian look of these early cars.

[unclescott58]

Interesting.

[slusher]

Real nice model..

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[Chromecop]

Very nice and well done! I have made several similar conversions to the Gunze Bug. One of them was made into a V303 Prototype from 1938.

 

[DumpyDan]

Looks real good, love the oval window

[vintagercr]

That's cool!