[Rich Duncan Jr]

This is a model my son Sam made from a Revell convertible kit. See if you can guess what car he was trying to replicate. The turbo motor I made years ago for a dragster model I was trying to build, but could never finish. One of the things Sam was not able to do was build a roll cage, but he sure nailed the rest of the car.

 

[Jason Lindquist]

That is sweet! Where do you find cool vw models anyway? RC country or other hobby shops?

 

[eric madson]

soft brass tubing and some soder...done cage. Old slotcar building stuff. I like the model.....cool

 

[Rich Duncan Jr]

That is sweet! Where do you find cool vw models anyway? RC country or other hobby shops?

Lanky, I have been collecting VW models for years. Any time I found them for sale when they were still priced under 10.00 I would but as many as I could or they had for sale. Most of the time I found them at drug stores of all places. Hobby shops always thought their plastic models were made of gold and were way over priced.

 

[Rich Duncan Jr]

soft brass tubing and some soder...done cage. Old slotcar building stuff. I like the model.....cool

Eric, thanks for the tip. I have heated up the plastic round stock for frame building, I am sure I can make that work, not sure I can work brass tubing.

Thanks
Rich

 

[eric madson]

Hobby lobby sells soft brass rod that can be bent anyway. Then just sweat the tubing together and paint. Its easy. I have been racing hard body 1/24 slot cars and building modified bodied cars with nurf bars. It works well and people dig it.