StanGlover Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Here’s my AMT 1971 Coca-Cola Shorty Beetle! I have several Coke kits in the stash that will likely not get Coke livery, so I figured I should do at least one with Coke graphics. It was fun picking out which decals to use from this kit’s huge selection of wild “Unity Collection” decals. I love how you can make the body removable so you can see the dune buggy chassis. The red is Krylon’s Apple Red. The kit includes a stock-ish VW dashboard, but the instructions don’t mention where it goes (I think you’re supposed to glue it into the body, but I don’t know how you’d align the steering shaft properly). I cut it down and glued it to the tubular dash structure to give the interior more detail. I could not get those fragile individual exhaust tubes to align properly so I gave up and left them off. The Coke crate comes from the Dodge D-50 Coke kit. The body is painted Testors Extreme Lacquer “Bronze” with the inserts done in Tamiya TS75 “Champagne Gold”. Part fit up is not great. The fragile roll bars are a nightmare to align, the chassis/front suspension ended up warped and the engine cover won’t close. I cut the generator belt/pulleys off and shaved their mounts down to pull it closer to the engine. Both hoods are glued shut. Overall this was a fun kit to build despite its foibles, with lots of customization opportunities. I picked up another one cheap from Ollies that will get a whole different look (eventually). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozmodeler Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Great looking build Stan. And the comparison with the "new" bug. I still like the older ones better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah Nah Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Love it! Love it! Despite the usual AMT fit and build issues (which to me are something I'm quite prepared to put up with) you've ended up with a little gem Zack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 COOL!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Great looking body colors and decal trim. Like the Dune Buggy chassis underneath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Very Sharp! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 That came out fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicholiday Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 That looks terrific Zack! Great workmanship. I'm really digging the color scheme and decal choices. I'm working on the same kit and I'm having all kinds of issues with the front suspension currently. Could I ask you to take a close up shot of that area on your build? I'd like to see how you handled it. There's no positive locating point anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 nice, the Cokes won't stay cold next to the engine...LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanGlover Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 @atomicholiday Here’s a close up. The front suspension piece on mine isn’t sitting right, because I glued the steering rack to the suspension first before glueing the suspension to the frame. The steering rack kept the suspension from sitting square/level so now the front right wheel doesn’t quite touch the ground. Hope this helps! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicholiday Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Man, thank you so much! That’s really helpful. And it confirms some of my suspicions. Again, great job on this one. Hope mine turns out half as nice.👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanGlover Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 Good luck! Can’t wait to see it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 That looks fantastic. Nice build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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