VW Kübelwagen in progress - Chromecop

[Chromecop]

1st one is a Gunze 1956 being backdated to 1949/-50 specs. It'll be a cal-looker.

2nd one is a Blue Tank VW Kubelwagen in 1/24th scale. This one will be a "primer-rod"

Engine-dummy from Hasegawa/Revell Germany VW Bus with minor mods by me....

Lotsa scratchbuilding to the interior:

Edited July 16, 2009 by Chromecop

[Tumbler75]

Lookin' good! I have a soft spot for the Old V-Dubs. You are doin' an awesome job on these li'l guys. I can't wait to see more on them. Keep up the great scratchbuilding skills as always!

[Harry P.]

Nice work so far!

Did you do the renderings too?

[Chromecop]

....Did you do the renderings too?

Those were made on the PC from this internetpage:

http://www.busselecta.com/

[Scott H.]

Those are going to be sharp! I've always liked the old VWs in almost every shape and form.

I do have a question though, where did you find the Kubelwagen in 1/24th scale?

I've seen them in the smaller scales, but I've never seen one in the larger scales.

-Scott H.

[Chromecop]

I do have a question though, where did you find the Kubelwagen in 1/24th scale?I've seen them in the smaller scales, but I've never seen one in the larger scales.

-Scott H.

I have 2 of these "Blue Tank" (manufactor) VW Kubelwagon's. I bought both of them from Ebay and they are quite HTF. However, Hasegawa have recently produced a much better and Highly detailed Kubel in 1/24 which shouldn't be to hard to find in a local Hobbystore or Ebay.

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

[VW Dave]

I agree, the Blue Tank kit is pretty HTF; he's also dead-on that the Hasegawa kit is better and likely easier to find.

Darryl - I'm really looking forward to seeing more of these two projects as they evolve, and I'd like to see how you handled the oval-to-split conversion on that Gunze kit as well.

[Chromecop]

Darryl - I'm really looking forward to seeing more of these two projects as they evolve, and I'd like to see how you handled the oval-to-split conversion on that Gunze kit as well.

Well Dave, I didn't take very much pic's of that particular operation. But, I simply made a "divider" for the stock oval window from plastic card. Then I made new "rubber" seals from Evergreen-rod. These 2 pic's are all I have:

[B-dub]

you said back to 40/50 specs... does that mean your going to put the original style suicide doors on it?..just curious

[RodneyBad]

Great looking VWs

The Oval Window looks stock.

Sweet job on the mods.

Love the Kubelwagen (Thing)

Wish they did more of them.

Glad I have 1

[Chromecop]

you said back to 40/50 specs... does that mean your going to put the original style suicide doors on it?..just curious

Only the pre-war Kdf-wagen Prototypes had suicide doors. This will be a 1949-1950 year model, and the VW type 1 (Bug) never had anything else but regular doors.

Edited March 6, 2009 by Chromecop

[Nick F40]

I've always loved the old VDubs, just something about them, especially done up like this.

[Chromecop]

Finally..... I put primer on the body this morning. Now It's easier to see all details like:

Scratchbuilt "nose" on the enginelid

Modified enginelid with "molded plateholder" and a small ridge above the "nose"

Scratchbuilt taillights (with round lenses)

Scratchbuilt "signal-grilles" (round in stead of the oval ones) in the front

[Custom Hearse]

WOW!!!! That looks great! You are doing some awesome work Darryl! That back window is perfect! I'm definitely looking forward to more!

[Dr. Cranky]

Nice work, looking forward to more!

[Tony T]

Love what you are doing. I'm a VW fan myself. I've got a '70 Revell convertible on the workbench right now, and a few un-built VWs in the pile! Will keep an eye on your builds. Thanks for the tip about Hasegawa releasing a 1/24 Kubel. Will have to look for one for sure!

[Chromecop]

Just a little update on the Kübel:

Lotsa scratchbuilding so far, and more to come......

[RodneyBad]

Those are looking Sweet.

Hard to tell you modified the bug.

I didn't realize the Kübel was a bad kit.

your doing alot of work on it and it looks Great..

I love those THINGS.

and the Manx

[Chromecop]

I didn't realize the Kübel was a bad kit.

your doing alot of work on it and it looks Great..

Well, I guess the Hasegawa Kübelwagen is quite a good and detailed kit, but this "Blue Tank" Kübel is more of a "toy" that you build Yourself ! That's why I thought It'd be a great start for this project

[09WNS/14BRK]

getting there mate

looking good so far

[Chromecop]

First coat of paint went on today!

[jbwelda]

>Love the Kubelwagen (Thing)

thats a common thought, that a "The Thing" (as they were officially known) was somehow equivalent to a Kubelwagen.

examining them side by side reveals them to have pretty much zero similarities except perhaps in the pressed-ribbed body panels.

I owned a "The Thing" for 20 years and kinda got into them. I always hoped a credible 1/24 kit would appear and even helped some early work on an ill-fated attempt at a trans kit for the tamiya Karmann Ghia (which is the chassis The Thing utilized) to build a true type 181, aka The Thing in the USA only; known as a "Safari" in South/Central American and "Trekker" elsewhere, but we never followed through unfortunately.

killer builds by the way!

[Terror]

I love the rear window divider,very custom lookin,nice work.

[Chromecop]

Some progress on these two V-dubs:

[Foxer]

Yay VW's! good to see these coming along ...

Hard to tell from pics, but do you have real VW rims on the bug? I'd love to find a set of those steelies.

Edited June 3, 2009 by Foxer