1950 VW Beetle - Printable Version

1950 VW Beetle - Printable Version

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1950 VW Beetle - KensRedZed - 30th-Dec-20

There's a car that's been on my radar for quite a while. It's not a Lamborghini, Ferrari, or Maserati. It's a VW Beetle from the 1954 Carrera Panamericana. An ARII static kit with an oval rear window seemed an obvious choice for a good start.

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The livery I would like to make is number 262. You can clearly see it's red from this black & white photo. Thumbup

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This next photo helps show the colour better.

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The body was molded in red. But it had no shine. Nothing a can of Tamiya bright red won't fix.

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A chassis was created.

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More details to follow... Eventually.

The only hint that this was made on a new milling machine is the crown gear relief.

Thank you very kindly for looking.

RE: 1950 VW Beetle - Scuderia_Turini - 30th-Dec-20

Hello Ken,
I would guess that the lives of many of us here have been touched by a Beetle. I learned to drive in one.

Have you painted this car or has it only been lacquered? The crown gear slot looks really neat.

Leo

RE: 1950 VW Beetle - BAracer - 30th-Dec-20

Is this the first milled chassis for you?

How did you live without crown gear slots before?

RE: 1950 VW Beetle - KensRedZed - 30th-Dec-20

Hi Jeremy.

Yes this is the first one for me. As soon as I bought the milling machine. Fellow club members ordered/bought 12 chassis. I came in second place to my new customers.

This was the first set of chassis's made on the mill. They all went to friends.

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For the crown gear relief. I used to drill 3-holes, then used a flat file between the holes.

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Thank you very kindly, Leo. A can of Tamiya TS-49 bright red came to rescue the flat, red plastic.

RE: 1950 VW Beetle - KensRedZed - 30th-Dec-20

Hi Leo,

Here's a photo showing the colour of the unpainted plastic inside the body. I should probably take before and after photos. I tend to skip over things I assume everyone knows. My humble apologies.

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I have helped several of my fellow club members get the most from a rattle-can. I seem to do okay with them.

RE: 1950 VW Beetle - KensRedZed - 8th-Jan-21

A little progress. It was not a pleasure to paint over aluminum wheels. I would have preferred to leave them. But then the car would be less accurate than it already is for the Carrera Panamericana. So white they went.

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The original static chassis was cut up to use the bumper supports.

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More details to follow.

Thank you very kindly for looking.

RE: 1950 VW Beetle - BAracer - 9th-Jan-21

Sweet

RE: 1950 VW Beetle - KensRedZed - 9th-Jan-21

Thanks Jeremy.

Now comes the fun part of figuring out how to print those challenging white decals that cover the entire CAR! My weakness...