VW Golf GTI, Mk1. “Silver”, Revell

[Zoom]

This was a nice kit and nice decals.
Some shoehorning to get the chassis in the body.
OOB except for the ignition cables.
Color is Tamiyas TS-17, “Gloss Aluminum”.

 

 

 

[Foxer]

Very nice.

I'm kind of a VW fan having had 3 Bugs, a Rabbit the same year as this GTI, and finally a 2016 GTI ... took me awhile to get one.

[Tom99]

Excellent!!

[Red318]

Excellent, looks just the way I remember them.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Deathgoblin]

Excellent job!    

[crazyjim]

Fantastic build.  Nice and clean.

[FabbricaP]

Nice clean build! 

[Scalper]

Sharp build looks super realistic .. nice work

[Tommy124]

Very clean build!

[Ich_Will]

Very well done. I want to do one of these at some point. I'm a recovering VW guy so it's got a great appeal, but mine would be "lightly modded"

[Jim Whalen]

They are nice kits, lots of parts and definitely capture the character of the car.  You've done a nice job on yours!

Here's a couple of the same kit that I have built, the second has been modified to represent a later Mk1 Golf GTI.  They've now released the later variant (which I have on order) but it would be great if Revell released a four door version - then I could do a replica of my first car, a 1983 GL.

[GeeBee]

Super clean build, I worked for V.A.G here in the U.K.for 6 years, so these models bring back a lot of memories, I've got a few of these to build.

[Classicgas]

Very well done.

[maltsr]

Great work!

[Safire6]

Very nice! I like the plaid seats.....just like on my 1:1 2015 GTI. Nice work!

 

 

[Tommy124]

12 hours ago, Jim Whalen said:

They are nice kits, lots of parts and definitely capture the character of the car.  You've done a nice job on yours!

Here's a couple of the same kit that I have built, the second has been modified to represent a later Mk1 Golf GTI.  They've now released the later variant (which I have on order) but it would be great if Revell released a four door version - then I could do a replica of my first car, a 1983 GL.

Yours look very nice too, Jim. The antenna rods appear to be a bit thickish though?

[peekay]

These seem to be excellent kits and you did a great job building one. Very realistic.

[Eric Macleod]

Excellent. I too had a Mk. I and Mk.II and loved them. Your model looks SOOOO good. I love the interior!

[Jim Whalen]

4 hours ago, Tommy124 said:

Yours look very nice too, Jim. The antenna rods appear to be a bit thickish though?

Thanks Tommy!  Yes, the antennas are a bit thick, they were built for a magazine and the editor didn't want too much done to the kits (the red one was virtually a box stock build except for the bumpers and registration plates).  If I was building one for myself and thinking about contests I'd use guitar string, stretched sprue or something similar.

[ATHU]

Beautiful work! Brings back memories as I was the owner of a '79 GTI in Inari silver metallic back in the mid 80's...

[Zoom]

Thank you!

[slusher]

Very Very Sharp!!

[oldcarfan]

On 11/29/2018 at 4:26 PM, Jim Whalen said:

They are nice kits, lots of parts and definitely capture the character of the car.  You've done a nice job on yours!

Here's a couple of the same kit that I have built, the second has been modified to represent a later Mk1 Golf GTI.  They've now released the later variant (which I have on order) but it would be great if Revell released a four door version - then I could do a replica of my first car, a 1983 GL.

Does the Revell kit come with a LHD dash as well as a RHD?

[GeeBee]

2 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

Does the Revell kit come with a LHD dash as well as a RHD?

Yes it does.