Meyers Manx

[crazyjim]

I think the last issue I got had Hudson's on the cover. I can hardly wait for a new MCM issue. I wish they came out twice a month, every month.

[Jon Cole]

Dave, that is a great vintage build! Heck, it's better then some new stuff we see out there! Plus a 'Vair pancake!

[Foxer]

I have the Porsche 356 wheels and will be casting them soon, and will be also modifying them for fitment to the manx kit when I get a hold of one. I will also have some wide versions for the rear too

Yahoo Ryan!!!! Now, my 356's will be safe.

[Craig Irwin]

Found this, 162.8 HP normally aspirated.

[Danno]

Great looking buggy, Dave!!

Issue 163 arrived here last Thursday (subscription); been busy reading it ever since. Another great one!

[crazyjim]

How would a person go about making side pods for the Manx kit? Any thoughts?

[VW Dave]

Roger, a friend of mine has a Subaru turbo engine in a clone buggy, SCAREY FAST !

My friend Kathleen's Manxter runs a Subie too....just a tick over 300hp, last I knew, and there were hints that she was going to chip & intercool it next. She's done Hot Rod's 'Power Tour' twice now.

Edited December 28, 2011 by VW Dave

[VW Dave]

To make side pods, if you weren't concerned about casting them, I'd make 'stringers' like you see in model airplane construction and skin them with thin sheet styrene. Some people refer to this style of construction/fab as 'trellis' work, like you see in prototype car building.

Exoto made a 1:18 diecast replica of the prototype Cobra Daytona Coupe, referred to as a 'rolling trellis:'

Edited December 28, 2011 by VW Dave

[Gregg]

Here's the three stages of trying to undercoat the Purple Metallic Meyers Manx Dune Buggy Top:

Unpainted:

Painted Tamiya Silver undercoat:

Sprayed Tamiya Semi Gloss Black on top of Silver:

I agree with Jairus, you have to sand down those sink marks from inside, and polish them up enough so that they don't show.

Thanks, Jairus!!!

[Danno]

Shades of the old Revell Metalflake kits!

Great idea, but all those compound curves played havoc with a nice, uniform appearance.

[Rob Hall]

Sounds like they are out now..people have found them at various hobby shops around the US. Will to check my LHS and see if they have it.

[Gregg]

Okay, did a test.

Do not paint the purple metallic with just black.

It ruins it!!!!

Stock chassis, unpainted

Painted semi-gloss black from underneath:

Ouch!!!

That ones is getting painted black top and bottom!!!!

[Gregg]

I found my old Revell Dune Buggy that I had worked on before. It broke a few moves ago....

[VW Dave]

I have the Porsche 356 wheels and will be casting them soon, and will be also modifying them for fitment to the manx kit when I get a hold of one. I will also have some wide versions for the rear too

I'd like to do the earlier 'solid' Beetle wheels for a Manx application, using either the Hasegawa Kübel or Gunze '56 Beetle centers, and Arii/Otaki rims like I did for my Charger(minus the weathering, of course):

Arii wheel & tire:

And my modded deep Cragars for the Charger:

[RyanSilva]

Nice dave!

I got a lathe so I make all my outer hoops, just use the kit parts/resin copies for the centers and then production mold them after.

Edited December 28, 2011 by RyanSilva

[VW Dave]

Thanks for the compliment, Ryan. Lemme see what I've got for kit or resin centers...maybe we can help each other out. You have a PM, sir.

[jbwelda]

i may have posted these before (ahem) but you dont need no stinkin vair motor:

had something roughly similar in my Thing:

Edited December 28, 2011 by jbwelda

[Gregg]

For those who didn't see Tim Boyd's article in the November 2008 issue, here it is:

DuneBuggyNov2008.pdf

[VW Dave]

is there a source for those white 5-spoke wheels that were on a ton of these things?

You're most likely talking about the Jackman 5-spoke; my 1:1 has chrome ones, but no kit ever had them:

empinut(Bill) was working on them, and he sent me a nice pre-production set of his resin centers for my replica, but I haven't heard anything since.

[Chuck Most]

Those Tamiya Beetle wheels are VERY nice, just a bit more narrow than what you'd usually see on a buggy. Though I don't suppose widening them would be too far beyond the skillset of most modelers.

[Craig Irwin]

The widened VW wheels I remember on early glass buggies were the 65 and earlier smoothie wheels, like the love bug kits.

[Foxer]

Thanks for the compliment, Ryan. Lemme see what I've got for kit or resin centers...maybe we can help each other out. You have a PM, sir.

Just a quick note on my buddy Ryan, Dave. .. he is a superb resin caster! His wheels are smooth and clean as silk (or injected plastic, if you will)

. I'm going to love seeing what comes of this !

[Craig Irwin]

OK, the good news for the Corvair swap guys is that AMT Meyers 'Toad kit has a VW transaxle with a 6 carb Corvair Mill.

The bad news is that kit is as rare as hens teeth.

[Craig Irwin]

1968 for US models, other markets got changes in different years.

[RodneyBad]

AMT BluePrinter Parts pack "145" Corvair engine

Any good?

OK, the good news for the Corvair swap guys is that AMT Meyers 'Toad kit has a VW transaxle with a 6 carb Corvair Mill.

The bad news is that kit is as rare as hens teeth.