VW BEAT-LE

[PappyD340]

Excellent job Dante!

[FullTimeHobbiest]

Your weathering is awesome! Great build

[Dominik]

Your weathering looks awesome. Like this.

But the interieur looks "new" - to the body, you know what i mean?

[Tom Geiger]

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.

Back in the early 1990s I entered a car with a VW chassis and drive train in a long forgotten contest. After not winning anything, one of the judges seeked me out to say that my car would've won first in my category, BUT I had forgotten to include a battery so he DISQUALIFIED my car. He seemed very pleased with himself and eager to share that news. I just looked at this putz and said, "It's a Volkswagen, the battery is under the back seat." The guy had nothing to say.

Edited May 19, 2014 by Tom Geiger

[dantewallace]

Your weathering looks awesome. Like this.

But the interieur looks "new" - to the body, you know what i mean?

I understand what you are saying. I wanted to model the interior as well used, but not exposed to the elements as the full up top was included. Had it not been included, the interior would have definitely been made nearly non existent due to being exposed to the elements.

[Mannyp1980]

For a rust bucket, the interior is pretty clean, guess thats the only part the owner took care of. LOL

[southpier]

that's some proper rust, not the "sanded through to the primer" junk I see everywhere

Edited November 10, 2014 by southpier

[bobthehobbyguy]

Definitely poor little beetle. Great job on the rust. Too often I see rust on top of the paint rather than under it.

[David G.]

Nicely done!

David G.

[Deathgoblin]

Great weathering!! Looks like the one Harry Dresden should be driving.

[PatW]

Now that is really rough and good. Well done.