Found my old Stash of Parts - BRM's on my VW

[CWD]

Well, finally coming back to my modeling hobby roots, and I'm so amazed at how far things have come! I started back when I was around 10, started with planes, like most, but never much of a fan of building things 'out of the box. Then, someone gave me a car to build...

I walked away from the plastic for a long time, still building an occasional model, even when I was in the service (barracks life is not condusive to model-building), but really left when my kids were old enough to reach my cars and smash 'em. That was when I packed all my model gear and went on to VW drag racing, RC cars, and a lot of painting, airbrushing.

Now that I'm back, I've started reading up on stuff, and also went back into my parts stash for a quick prerusal. Lo and behold, I found a set of wheels I'd hoarded away for almost 20 years.

More pics to come... the car these belong to is in another box in the garage.

[CWD]

Anyone know if someone still makes these? I bought them off ebay, way too far back to remember from who.

[Zarana-X]

I've only seen those in resin. Not sure where they came from or who made them first. There's a few other VW folks here, somone will know.

[SoCalCarCulture]

Looks like the white metal ones Herb Deeks sold, don't know if he still does but do a search for him - he lives in Anaheim, CA

[CWD]

Thanks! I feel better knowing I have a possibility of acquiring another set in the future.

[Skip]

He still sells on ebay.

[CWD]

Finally got a chance to piddle around with the car. The dusty old Aoshima was still there, waiting for some attention!

The body color originally started as a purple base, with a blue over it. The purple shows through as red pearl in the light. I'm actually debating stripping it and doing it in a solid color.

Edited December 20, 2012 by CWD

[CWD]

Thanks! Found him, he's listed in a store under deeks2

[CWD]

Here are the wheels with the first coat of black paint in them for the insets. Love the bigs and littles on early VW's.

I believe this one will be slipping more into the Cal Look style, maybe fabbing up a little cage.