Tamiya Volkswagen Beetle in Coral Blue

This Tamiya kit is right near the top of my all-time favorite kit list. If you like VWs, German cars, historically significant cars, or super-cute cars, then get this kit and build it.

For this one I used Tamiya TS-41 Coral Blue for the exterior and Tamiya AS-20 Insignia White for the interior. I used BMF for interior trim and window trim, and aluminum foil tape for the trim on the running boards. Chrome is Alclad II. I added some wires in the engine bay and a few decals. I put a lot of work into the wired distributor, which disqualified itself from being used by agitating me during construction, which, in turn, led to its destruction (stupid thing!). I added valve stems and used photoetch wipers, the blades of which are a weird rubber material used by fisherfolk in making lures.

These pictures come pretty close to capturing the actual color, but I'm not really satisfied with them. I'm using a new and better camera though the light refused to cooperate. Enjoy:

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Several more photographs can be found here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ChillyB1/library/Coral%20Blue%20VW%20Beetle?sort=3&page=1

Great work! Love the color.

Look really good. Like both color and total appearance!

You made a nice looking VW.
Congretz

Great looking bug! I could almost have gone for the wheels being body color though...

ianc

Very nice job! Looks like the real car :)

awesome looking VW ChillyB
John

Thanks, everybody. It is a really great kit of a really cool car. I have a bunch more in the stash and I don't think I'll ever get bored with it as a kit.

Awesome work,

Any chance of a detail pic of the engine?

Very nice!

I think VW called that color Bahama Blau- great choice.

Classic old school air cooled awesomeness. I have this one in my stash also, great kit. It's very clear that whoever did the kit design loved the original Beetle. I'm looking forward to it.

Very nice. The detailing you've done for the rubber around the windows etc is particularly effective.

you did a great job !!!, congratulations!!, would you tell me how you did the black line between the fenders and the body?

you did a great job !!!, congratulations!!, would you tell me how you did the black line between the fenders and the body?

Thanks, everybody. It's a great kit and everyone should build it.

For the welting (the black line between the fenders and the body) I just used Tamiya masking tape and very carefully masked those lines and then used my airbrush to paint them.