randx0 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Is this kit on hobbyshop shelves, or due this month? I'm a bit confused by conflicting reports I have read. they are in the hobby stores. however the richfeild hub hobby is out of them so I would call ahead to whereever else you are planning on driving to.
VW Dave Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Ryan - Great casting! Wow! I'd love to have a set of widened smoothy VW wheels...for an eventual Herbie build. Those could serve as a basis with filled in slots, I'd think. I'd be interested in a set of stock and a set of widened or two... I sent him smoothies from both the Hasegawa Kübelwagen and the Gunze/Mr. Hobby '56 Beetle, so I wouldn't worry about having to fill any wheel holes.
Craig Irwin Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Finaly got one today, a red flake one. I was going to paint it but a change of plans.......... Edited January 29, 2012 by Craig Irwin
jaydar Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Has anyone created a list yet of the available or soon to be available aftermarket for the Manx? joe.
crazyjim Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 I'm bummed out about Manx buggies. There's one for sale on Ebay in Naples, FL but the body is cracked where the windshield attaches to the body. Both sides are messed up. I figure somebody was grabbing the windshield to hoist themselves out of the buggy and that caused the damage. I figure a real fix would require a whole new hood and where you going to find one. It's pretty too - SHINY :) red paint and has the side pods. Marcia is happy I gave up on it. But not all is lost. Since I saved over $6k, I think I'm going to buy a double action airbrush. Any suggestions?
crazyjim Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Oh oh. Still time to go. Maybe I'll get back into the bidding wars - or buy a new airbrush.
High octane Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 You could get the Manx and use "rattle-cans" instead of getting a new air-brush???
Gregg Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Grex makes good ones, great customer service. My "Cadillac" of airbrushes is the German one: Harder & Steenbeck Infinity. I love this airbrush, but I use it only for that "perfect" paint job. The Grex pistol type one is probably the most used one now.
unipart Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Hello to everyone, I am back to modelmaking after many many years and I love the VW bugs, my first driving experience( and my first crash at 14 years of age) and my first own car (an oval with hydraulic brakes). I ,would like to start the building of a Hasegawa 1966 beetle. I would like to know if empinut could help me with the rubber-chrome for windows. Thanks to all for a great forum. unipart
250 Testa Rossa Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 I finished molding the stock Fujimi 356 Wheels, now I can start converting resin copies to different widths. I have a bunch of Porsche 356 Abarth Carrera kits, and would LOVE to have a few sets of these resin stock 356 wheels.
RyanSilva Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 Hi Maxx, I will post here when I got the molds complete! just working on a few items I have to finish before I got these from Dave.
250 Testa Rossa Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 Hi Maxx, I will post here when I got the molds complete! just working on a few items I have to finish before I got these from Dave. Thank you
PatW Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 Well your very lucky in the USA. I'm in ther UK and can't get hold of one of these and that's all I want, just one. I've looked on ebay USA and seen numerous Manx kits available but when I add up the cost of the kit, the postage and the customs charges, that's more than double the price which is out of the question. I'm told we may get some in March but who knows! Has anyone other than the one already built on here, actually built another?
Jared Roach Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Thanks Dave, had a few fit issues but nothing major. It's a great kit.
VW Dave Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 manxclub.com has new hoods and dashes. If it's an original series 1 like mine, the dash is ABS; the replacements are all fiberglass like the Manx 2's.
Craig Irwin Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 If it's an original series 1 like mine, the dash is ABS; the replacements are all fiberglass like the Manx 2's. They are fiberglass, but have the shape and style of the ABS ones.
PatW Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 Well Jared, that looks superb, thanks for sharing. It's nice to see one built.
Dr. Cranky Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Just go mine! I tucked it under my pillow last night and had these great California dreams of beaches, surfing ladies, and dune buggies kicking up quite a bit of sand. Funny, I woke up thirsty. :D
Danno Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Nice, Jared. Mine's nearing completion, but I've gotta find some way of beating the 'die cast' pinned headlamp lens look. It just cheapens the whole kit, IMHO. My Approval -
Dr. Cranky Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Well, I opened it and when I looked at the body parts they are all molded in clear red styrene with glitter on it. I don't know exactly how to feel about it, except I hope primer covers it all up without any problems. Some of the parts do have a rough texture to them because of all the glitter. Hum . . . .
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