VW BEAT-LE

[dantewallace]

It's pretty beat!!

[dantewallace]

[dantewallace]

Edited May 15, 2014 by dantewallace

[rmvw guy]

Nice weathering, it looks pretty realistic.

[Danno]

Nice. Well, not nice, gnarly, but a good build!

[fitforbattle]

What Technique did you use for the rust? Looks really to scale.

[cobraman]

Poor little V Dub. Nice job.

[TFchronos]

Very nice weathering!

[dantewallace]

What Technique did you use for the rust? Looks really to scale.

To replicate the rust I used Sophisticated Finishes instant rust and instant iron solutions.

[geras24]

Looks like this beetle had a hard life. Great job

[Dale W. Verts]

Looks ugly. Neatly done, but ugly.

As an owner of many a beetle, and more than a few BEAT-les, you need to almost completely remove the floor pan underneath the rear passenger seat, where the battery is. Trust me- that's the first place to go.

I'll re-iterate. Poor beetle...

Dale

[Guest]

Well done.

[crazyjim]

OMG does it look terrible. Poor little bug. Nice job on making it look well used and beat.

[dantewallace]

Looks ugly. Neatly done, but ugly.

As an owner of many a beetle, and more than a few BEAT-les, you need to almost completely remove the floor pan underneath the rear passenger seat, where the battery is. Trust me- that's the first place to go.

I'll re-iterate. Poor beetle...

Dale

You know Dale, I googled for over a week trying to find good photos of exactly where the floor rots the most on these, but all I kept finding were pictures of rot under the seats,or a complete floor replacement in progress. Thank you for telling me about the battery area as I was completely unaware. I did have a friend mention that to me awhile back but did not mention where exactly the battery location was. I am not knowledgeable on VW beetles in the slightest

[Harry P.]

You did a really nice job on this. Very convincing rust and weathering, well done!

[Ramfins59]

Dante, that looks really great. Wonderful job on the weathering.

[Dale W. Verts]

Well Dante, it seems to be what this forum is all about. And I know little, but I do know bugs. And you take the nicest, un-restored beetle in the world, and the battery storage will be rusted.

That just sounds weird.

Dale

Edited May 16, 2014 by Dale W. Verts

[62rebel]

as overheard in VW headquarters early on: "if we rustproof it, how can we ever sell more?"

[Foxer]

That's a wonderful weathering job!

[dantewallace]

Thanks for the comments guys, greatly appreciated!!!

[StevenGuthmiller]

I don't know, but I would say it's not worth restoring! Great job Dante!!

[bondo bill]

cool- i like the hub cap in the back seat

[DumpyDan]

Nicely done, you even got the rust hole underneath.

[slusher]

Very realistic. Great job...

[ChrisR]

Poor bug! Someone stamp on it and kill it!

Very nicely done.