Polar Lights Herbie The Love Bug

[crowe-t]

I just completed this one.  It's painted with Gravity Colors Herbie Off White, which is actually VW Pearl White. Clear coat is Gunze Mr. Super Clear.

Below is a link to my build thread:

Edited November 21, 2017 by crowe-t

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[bbowser]

A real blast from the past.  Great model.

[Classicgas]

Very cool. Well done. Where did you get decals? The kit I had years ago only had stickers.

[crowe-t]

Hey thanks guys!  I had fun with this one.  It was something I wanted for decades and I finally have a Herbie.

The decals were made by a friend a while ago.

[Terminator-Fox]

Looks great! I love the original movie from 1968.

[crowe-t]

Thanks Steve!  I modeled this one after the original movie version.  This is my favorite look for Herbie.

[Tom Geiger]

Very nice results.  The first time I've seen the cloth roof installed so that you don't see the pegs on the sides!   This is a great kit.  At the time Polar Lights was onto a new way to produce a kit... simple enough for the casual modeler to pop together in an hour or two, but detailed enough to allow us loonies to go wild on it.  

[crowe-t]

Thanks Tom!  Removing the pegs on the sides of the cloth roof was one of the first things I did.  The cloth roof piece still has the pegs underneath to position it.  I just glued it in place with some epoxy.

Mike.

[David G.]

Nicely Done! It really captures the feel of the 1:1.

David G.

[crowe-t]

Thanks David!

[DumpyDan]

Looks great, nicely done.

[crowe-t]

Thanks Dan!

[Dann Tier]

You did a fantastic job on one of my favorite movie cars!!!

[unclescott58]

Very nice job. It looks great. 

[crowe-t]

Thanks guys!

[El Caballo]

I was looking at a 1:1 '73 Super Beetle over the weekend, they sure are getting expensive.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Really loved this one. Brings great memories of watching the movies. 

[crowe-t]

Thanks Tulio!