Gone "Buggy"; Airfix Bond Bug finished!

[Faust]

There’s a fine line between dorky and quirky, between ridiculous and sublime. Sure, you can be all avant-garde and get away with it sometimes, but not always. Sometimes, a car is just so polarizing that it inevitably falls afoul of even the most ardent automotive non-conformist.

One such car was the Bond Bug, an outlandishly over-the-top take on the three-wheeler car concept that was so prevalent in post-war Britain. Shaped like a chunk of frozen Velveeta and coloured a similarly lurid orange, the Bug definitely turned as many stomachs as heads.

Well, now my own personal auto museum has one of these little blighters to proudly fill out its ranks! Check out my finished Airfix Classic Reissue Bond Bug at the link below, and let me know if you think time has been a mitigating factor, or if this this is still as whacked-out as it was when it was first issued!

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/airfix-1-32-bond-bug/

 

 

[slusher]

Neat looking build ver unique..

[Bainford]

Still whacked-out, I'm afraid. Nice work on the little critter. Thanks for posting this. I had no idea anyone ever produced a kit of this little weirdo. 

So weird it's cool? Maybe. I can tell you for sure that if I owned one, I would definitely cruise down to the next Cars & Coffee with it. I bet it would turn more heads than the Lambos and Porsches. 

[Model Guy]

Wild!

[Ragtop Man]

Oh, it's still ug-leee...

But a good build nonetheless.

BOB

[stavanzer]

Man, I missed this completion. What a Neat Build, Adam.

 

Good Show

[Faust]

Thanks Alan, and everyone!

Yeah, this thing is... unique, to say the least. 

I don't think I'd drive one, to be fair. I like my bumper cars in a controlled environment!

I would love to know if they float, though...

[iBorg]

I remember seeing this car in Popular Mechanics while growing up. I really wanted one as a first car. I'd still like to have one. I never knew a kit was available. I'll add it to my list to keep an eye out for.