68 VW Beetle

[bluestringer]

My wife wanted me to build this, and wanted it pink. It's a nice kit, went together well, nice details. Paint is Tamiya X-17 pink. Lots of small fiddly parts can easily slip out of your fingers and get lost, I did drop a few but managed to find them. All comments welcome and thanks for looking. 

[TransAmMike]

Great job on the little fella James.  I do know what ya mean about the "fidly" parfts.  I did mine as a kind of a hot rod. Was fun to do.

Looks terrific?

[Joe Nunes]

Nice looking model for your wife. Was good of you to build it for her. ?

Joe 

[happy grumpy]

Always nice to see a bug. This is a good kit, I built several as well as tamiya's 66. I like the pink idea. really good job on this build, like the movie; pretty in pink.?

[Zippi]

Nice lookings VW James.  I'll bet your better half digs it.  

[Andrew McD]

Nice job!  It's curious how different light and different computer monitors effect the color we see.  On my screen the VW looks more orange than pink.

[Slotto]

Neat little bug. You scored some major points with the wife I bet

[Calb56]

I hope she loved it, you did a great job! You done her proud with that build...and man, that's one pink bug!!!

[Classicgas]

Very nice.

[XYHARRY]

Nice build James. I'm currently building the Tamiya 66 beetle and enjoyed following your wip.

Cheers, David. ??

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[bluestringer]

15 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

Great job on the little fella James.  I do know what ya mean about the "fidly" parfts.  I did mine as a kind of a hot rod. Was fun to do.

Looks terrific?

Thanks Mike.

 

15 hours ago, Joe Nunes said:

Nice looking model for your wife. Was good of you to build it for her. ?

Joe 

Thank you.

 

14 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

Always nice to see a bug. This is a good kit, I built several as well as tamiya's 66. I like the pink idea. really good job on this build, like the movie; pretty in pink.?

Thanks Mario.

 

14 hours ago, Zippi said:

Nice lookings VW James.  I'll bet your better half digs it.  

Thanks Bob. Yea, she really likes it.

 

14 hours ago, Andrew McD said:

Nice job!  It's curious how different light and different computer monitors effect the color we see.  On my screen the VW looks more orange than pink.

Thanks. It does look a little more orange in the photos for some reason. I took the photos with light coming in a window, no flash or other lights. Could be my camera, I need to check the settings. 

 

13 hours ago, Slotto said:

Neat little bug. You scored some major points with the wife I bet

Thanks. Yes I did.

 

13 hours ago, Calb56 said:

I hope she loved it, you did a great job! You done her proud with that build...and man, that's one pink bug!!!

Thanks, yea she loves it. 

 

12 hours ago, Classicgas said:

Very nice.

Thank you.

 

3 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

Nice build James. I'm currently building the Tamiya 66 beetle and enjoyed following your wip.

Cheers, David. ??

Thank you David. 

 

1 hour ago, ChrisR said:

Very nice!

Thanks.

[slusher]

Beautiful little Volkswagen!

[PappyD340]

Real nice bug!!

[espo]

Great looking paint finish and trim looks really clean. 

[TooOld]

Great looking Beetle James , I like the pink and that you painted the rubber seals . . . Great Job !

One suggestion is to find some small diameter wire and make your own antenna , that monster one really looks out of place .

[bluestringer]

On 11/10/2022 at 8:03 AM, slusher said:

Beautiful little Volkswagen!

Thank you Carl.

 

22 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Real nice bug!!

Thanks.

 

20 hours ago, espo said:

Great looking paint finish and trim looks really clean. 

Thank you.

 

9 hours ago, TooOld said:

Great looking Beetle James , I like the pink and that you painted the rubber seals . . . Great Job !

One suggestion is to find some small diameter wire and make your own antenna , that monster one really looks out of place .

Thanks. I noticed the antenna did look too big. I'll remember that next time. 

[TransAmMike]

36 minutes ago, bluestringer said:

 

 

Thanks. I noticed the antenna did look too big. I'll remember that next time. 

I started using a straight pin. Cut the top off with a wire cutter, drill a tiny hole where you want it and a dab of glue, push it in.  

[jdhog]

Love it in pink!

[KWT]

Very nicely done

[Street Rod]

Super cool! Like the smooth paint and the detail work.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice build. Don't think I've ever seen a pink one. Looks nice.