Retro VW Van

twoninety · #1 08-07-2002, 12:53 AM

I was in the small town of Malacca in Malaysia about a month ago and I saw this cool VW van parked at the hotel I was staying in. Naturally I took some pictures of it.

Very psychedellic and rare, especially in this part of the world. It was very well done, with sofas and a table inside.

Thinking of building a replica of it... if I can find a kit to convert.

hirofkd · #2 08-07-2002, 01:22 AM

My friend owns a 21 window of the VW Van. Naturally, I was asked to make a replica of his car, and he provided the kit. Hasegawa makes 1/24 kit of the 23 window, as well as several variations. Revell used to make 1/25 scale kit, also.

twoninety · #3 08-07-2002, 02:07 AM

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Originally posted by hirofkd
My friend owns a 21 window of the VW Van. Naturally, I was asked to make a replica of his car, and he provided the kit. Hasegawa makes 1/24 kit of the 23 window, as well as several variations. Revell used to make 1/25 scale kit, also.

Yea. I checked with HLJ and 1999.co.jp sites but they do not have any left in stock. Will keep looking I guess.

Jay! · #4 08-07-2002, 02:44 AM

I have the Hasegawa 23-window kit. I picked it up for $19 instead of $30 because the box was damaged.

I do believe Revell (of Germany?) had picked up/licensed the Hasegawa mold and is re-releasing the bus. I've seen them recently, but I never checked if it was 1/24 or 1/25.

http://www.revell.de/cgi-bin/kat/kat...=&showall=true

ales · #5 08-07-2002, 03:10 AM

1/24

Purpura Delujo · #6 08-07-2002, 06:23 AM

My dad had 4 Kombis at the same time about 15 years ago

I WAS BOUGHT UP IN A SPLIT SCREEN!!!You are right about that being rare, even for that part of the world, the split screens are worth around $25,000 AUSD in average-good condition.

flyonthewall · #7 08-07-2002, 06:39 AM

Ahhh the VeeDub "passion wagon" split screen camper, i love em!!!

Indeed revell also have it in thier current line up (hasegawa tool) and they also have one very similar to the one u saw. http://www.adamsonreplicas.net/Gallery/vwbus/index.html

hrmodeler · #8 08-07-2002, 06:45 AM

I have that one at home, too.

But my wife don't let me to build it. She wants to build it yourself.

Let's wait and see what will happen.

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