VW Beetle 1300 1966

Hello to everyone!
First I want to apologize, my english is not perfect, but anyway, I want to show you what I was making lately.

VW Beetle is one of the most known cars all over the world. It had been produced for more than 60 years, and during that time it's shape hadn't changed much. Especially the shape of this car is something special. Imade Tamiya's model in 1:24 scale, the 1966's version. :P
It is a good kit, plastic is not bad, I needed only little brushing and rebuilding. Kit includes many details to which I added quite a few detailswhich makes the model even better and more similar to the original. 8)
Final touch gives the photoetched decals, which were already included in Tamiya's kit.

Enjoy in pictures! :wink:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/matic176/Beetle/konec/1.jpg

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http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/matic176/Beetle/konec/motorkonec1.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/matic176/Beetle/konec/motorkonec2.jpg

After I'd made those photos i realised that I had forgotten to make wash here:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/matic176/Beetle/wash_spredaj.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p210/matic176/Beetle/wash_spredaj2.jpg
Repaired!
Now it really is finished. I hope. :P

Very nicely done. Excellent colour choice.

These are the type of models I enjoy seeing posted the most - cleanly built with a lot of attention to detail. It's really about the basics and not how much PE or aftermarket bits you put on..

Bravo..

Andrew

Looks very good! I agree, it's a good color choice! :thumbsup:

Very nice kafer!!!

it still looks cute til today!
very good modeling skills & paintwork.

say, the black lines running all over the car...is it by paint washes, black marker or real rubber strips!?

welcome to to AF!

cheers:runaround:

marc
SGP

Very nice and clean OOB build. Congratulations to a beautiful model, feel free to post more of your work here on AF. Oh, BTW..... welcome on board!

Fantastic job. Great color, fine details man.

Great work, nice and clean.

Alex

First, thanks to all.:iceslolan

...say, the black lines running all over the car...is it by paint washes, black marker or real rubber strips!?

I used a tape, which is used for isolating electrical wires. I made a very thin strips of it with a modelling knife, and then just put it on proper place. I didn't have to put any more glue on it, because it was already on tape.:smile:

If anyone is interested in working proces:) , you can look at it here:
http://forum.makete.net/viewtopic.php?t=3377&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90
It is not in English, but there are plenty pictures of details too.:p

Lepo, lepo:p

Wow that is one clean beetle! Did the kit come with the mudflaps?

Yes. They were included it kit. This Tamiya's kit is really good one, because there are many details already included.:wink:

Very nicely done, you made a great job of it. Extremely clean and the tape was a good idea, hope it doesn't move after a long period of time.

Well, now it is already few months since I finished it, and it still looks OK. So, I think it will stay there.:smile:

Damn!! It's Cute
Great Work!!

Quite beautiful. The color really does suit it well. :thumbsup:

I am looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Is that the kit chrome or did you re-paint it?

Thanks!:smile:
That is the original chrom, it is very nice, so I didn't repainted it.

BTW: Recently I started building my next model- Lamborghini Miura. I will publish the progress soon. Stay tuned.... :biggrin: