Hello everyone,
Its me again with more pictures of that Pseudo RSI Beetle. It started out being a Wings West Beetle but I stumbled upon some RSI photos from google and its been evolving into more of an RSI than a wings west beetle. After completing several kits box stock, several people were politely encouraging me to do something along the lines of the supra that I made (ehem… FOTW). I hope this is not a let down. Here are some of the details so far:
1. cut doors and created hinges using brass tubing and musical wire
2. cut the rear window so that it can also be open and installed hinge
3. wings west side accents made with styrene sheet backed by putty
4. RSI type front end constructed with more styrene sheet
5. RSI type tail made and installed. More detail will be added soon
There has been lots of sanding, puttying, and a couple coats of Mr. Surfacer and this is what it looks like at the moment. I have no idea what wheels to use at this point nor do I know what color to paint the car. When im closer to that point, I will set up a poll.
Other info:
Its basically a hodge podge of body parts. It doesn’t look like any of the reference pics I have chosen as reference but is more like a combination of a few. The RSI has flared fenders which my model does not. And the rear bumper of the RSI is much more complicated than the one I have on mine but I will add more detail as soon as I figure out how to do that. Finally I’d like to add that opening the doors on a Beetle is a real pain in the ass since the door is so irregularly shaped. There isn’t much room for a hinge and the mirror just makes it even more complicated. I think it works ok but I will probably stick to opening rectangular doors in the future. Thoughts, Comments and Suggestions are welcome as always.
