Tamiya 66' VW Beetle 1300 - Fitment Issues

[Badge73]

Hey Crew, anyone experience this issue with this particular kit? I have had to fix these sorts of things before but I bought this specific kit because of all the good reviews on it. How would you fix primarily the rear end trunk fitment/gap? Hood as well....

[stitchdup]

I usually file a little from the body at the rear. The front doesn't look bad and once its painted it will have a better fit anyway, you just need to be sure the edge clears once the hinges are on. If they dont you'll need to bevel the rear edge of the front hood for clearance

[sidcharles]

you might want to glue a strip of styrene on edges of the body & panels after getting an approximate 90 degree surface. file or sand the the shim to hood/ trunk lid thickness, and only then start scribing it to the body.

do the vertical [wall thickness] work first, and then get the parts to mate correctly in the horizontal plane. if you do it bass/ ackwards, you run the risk of making the panel too short..

the operative word if "kit". by nature it will take energy and patience to make it look good.

become One with the styrene.

 

[peteski]

I have couple of those kits but haven't tried to build them yet. That doesn't look like a typical Tamiya kit fitment problem.  Is this the original release of that kit, or a newer release (assuming there were multiple runs)?

The gaps seem uneven, almost as of there was flash in the openings.  Have you done anything to either the hood/trunk or to the body openings, or all the parts are untouched kit parts?