Finished VW Golf IV

Well, this is the Tamiya Golf V5 "converted" to an Euro spec. 1.4 Confortline. You can check the progress thread here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=282013).
It's a very basic build. I only modified the wheels, dash and removed the small mounting point on the front grille for the V5 symbol.
Anyway, here are the pics.

Constructive criticism is highly appreciated :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/pettercardoso/Golf/completed1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/pettercardoso/Golf/completed3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/pettercardoso/Golf/completed4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/pettercardoso/Golf/completed2.jpg

Basic but very clean build ! Almost look like the real one.

Nice job Pedro it looks really nice. That paintjob is like a mirror!

looks great. one little thing...i would have sanded off the lisence plate mounting thing. those two holes. otherwise perfect :smile:

Oops, I forgot to mention one thing! The license plates will be, also, a 1/24 replica of the real thing (a tribute to my friend's car). I'm still waiting for the laser-printed licenses....eheheh

Thank you for the comments anyway!

Pedro.

Nice work!!
I built the Tamiya kit before and notice that it has different wheels from yours? Hv you changed it??

Veeery nice built! The wheels would interest me, too. From Tamiya´s Beetle or scratch?

Nice clean build! Great work!

I love the way you've done the side markers. Top notch!

It seems to me that the rear end is lower than the front, at least looking at the wheel-arch gaps... Though I guess the wheels are turned in the pics...

I might recommend a tiny dot of silver paint for the keyholes on the doors/hatch.

Superb paint work!! Whatever you did to get it, keep it up!!

:bigthumb:

Very nice looking "normal" car, only thing I couldn't help noticing are the brakes (they are definitly not 1.4 brakes) but hey it could be tuned 1.4 ;)
I love the paint job, real killer

Thank you all for your comments. That is exactly the kind of things that I like to hear :)

About the wheels: I just filled the gap between the double spokes of the original with putty and sanded smooth. Nothing fancy :)

Yes, the keyholes would benefit from that silver dot Jay says....I seem to forget something in all my models, I guess those tiny dots are one of those things :rolleyes:

The side markers have nothing to it...I cut the part from the tree, clean it up as usual, and glue it on place with a little silver paint. That's it!

And now that I look more attentively to that last pic, I see that I should have polished a little more..That orange peel is not very nice...Oh well...I'll live with it :rolleyes:

Again, thank you all!


Pedro.

Very nice :bigthumb: Clean and shiny :)

Your pics look like a factory catalog ;)

Looks very good.... very realistic look to it. I like it.

Don't even know what a classic 1.4 is !! We don't have it here (Canada)... we have the basic 2.0L, the TDI (1.9L), the 1.8T (4 doors) the GTI (still 1.8T but 2 doors) and the VR6 (normal or 4 motion) (ho, the R32 is comming soon). But your built is just beautiful, clean and lifelike. I think your friend will love it... I do and I'm a pretty big VW fan... even if I don't know what's a 1.4 !!!

Well, here in Portugal we have these low displacement engines due to our tax policy. Our Golf IV range is/was:
Gas
1.4 (75hp) , 1.6 FSI (100hp) , 1.8T (150hp) and R32 (241hp)

Diesel
1.9 TDi (105hp, 110hp, 130hp, 150hp) and the newly introduced 2.0 TDI with 140hp

I think you forgot the 1.9Tdi 115HP 6 speed manual gear. Or it was not distributed in Portugal?

You are absolutely right! I completely forgot about that. Thanks :)

The side markers have nothing to it...I cut the part from the tree, clean it up as usual, and glue it on place with a little silver paint. That's it!Then the clear part must have a locator pin? It's that one spot of perfectly round negative space in the center of the light that looks like a bulb; really looks the part! :D

Nice build. All the lights look expecially good.