1968 Beetle

Mona
I own a 68 Beetle , a bug from California ..it's presently sitting in a very cold garage , and when I go outside to check on it I swear I hear California Dreaming (by the Mamas and the Papas ).

Mona
slow day at the beetle works ,didn't notice the paint flake on the door area till after I uploaded pic's . its from the spray can top I placed inside the body to hold while priming ,stuck there as sliding it out ..but its a flake blew right off

Ben M
Watching… my older daughter is building this one too

Dominik Weitzer
very well made kit, i had a lott of fun building it.
Like your work, looks good.

Mona
Thank you Dominik ,I like this kit as well seems to be going smoothly

Jv
Looking good
Taking a seat

Mona
this project has been going well.. putting the chrome bits on ..but dropped the tiny VW emblem took awhile to find (good thing I keep area clean) silly item wound up under desk in back behind my compressor ,should have stopped afterward and then disaster strikes broke the passenger door handle ugh! overcoming adversity 👍

Jv
Ohh not good hope you can fix it

Mona
oh it broke into tiny pieces ..not sure what I'm going to do .may have another

Jv
If you can't fix it you can contact revell and get a new part

Jv
Or see if anyone has some spare for this kit on scalemates

Mona
I didn't know that was a option ..thank you, feel better knowing that ..that's what I shall do (yay !)

Jv
Like the first build I started i managed to mess up the body and hood
So will steal it from another kit
Luckily I got a few of that kit
So I will have all parts of a new kit in spares
Als there is many that do interesting builds and don't use the full kit
So I'm sure someone can help you out

Jv
But I know many companies do seport you if there is missing parts or broken
And also if you need just 1 part
Or if you know someone whed a printer you can get it printed
So plenty ways to do things

Jv
I just got 2 kits whed missing parts
I got them secondhand
Thay are older kits so it will be interesting how I go
So I will be going through same as you lol

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀 👍

Ben M
Hi Mona I've seen some on here make castings, like make a copy of the handle on the other side. For a beetle door handle I think you can carve something acceptable out of a piece of plastic , won't be perfect but I bet also won't be noticeably out of place.

Mona
@BenM ,woke up (to my neighbors Dog !) thinking about carving one out of styrene , or milliput ...going to contact Revell (e-mail ) ..all fails , I have resin I will cast one ,depends how well the drivers side is stuck one 👍

Mona
hooray !..I solved my door handle problem .

Mona
I'm calling this one done, was a nice break now back to the T-54 build (turret time),and then the camo paint pattern

Ben M
Needs a license plate or you'll get pulled over 🙂

Mona
@Ben M, Yes still need to put on the license plate/ light housing it needs to be repainted and forgot (ugh) the muffler too ..tomorrow . But to pull me over they have to catch me (lol) ..I'm putting a AMR supercharger on mine ..it's a sleeper 😉

Jv
How did you sort your part problem

Mona
@ Jv , I pieced the largest parts remaining together ,CA glued them in place then used .025 dia. styrene (evergreen) rod to form the balance CA glued it to the existing pieces .( It was a very short piece about 5mm long ,folded a hook on the end (2mm) ,bent that back glued it to it self ) in pic # 14

Jv
Well that was a great save

Mona
@ Jv thank you , for me there is a element of "end" of the build anxiety ..as I don't want to ruin my project at hand 🤔 overcoming little obstacles like these are a great (skill?) confidence boost 🙂

Ben M
Nice job on the door handle. Decals are the part that makes me anxious.

Mona
@ Ben M thank you this was a fun build , one thing about building armor few decals ..and no windows, most of the time

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Very nice Beetle 👍

Mona
thank you White Glint

Spanjaard
Looks good!

Mona
thank you Spanjaard

Tini Hendriks
Ohhh, you got one! Very nice! Think big💪🏼

Peter Mollenhauer
Reminds me of my first car with 18 years....well done!

Lochsa River
...there was a day i had the torque values for the cylinders in my head....for a total of five different bug engines...mostly type III

Thanks for the memories!

Neuling
Schöner Käfer ..........

Mona
Thank you, guys the finish could be better , but it is most certainly better than the one out in the garage (still in progress)

Christian W
Now there probably could be pictures added with the real "thing" 😉 outside in the garage. the cold garage 😄

Well done so far. Do you paint the running boards black at the end? Did you complete the lighthouse for the licensplate on the rear lid?
I love this kit - doesn't matter, which version Revell brought to us. It is very well designed. The proportions are pretty good and it fits well together.

Mona
@ Christian W, hi on my 1:1 Beetle "outside"..I deleted the running boards due to their condition (just after purchase) ,an presently don't plan on replacing them ..intend to make a "cap" to cover the recessed area where the body bolts are ,an fill' in the holes in the fenders ..don't really like those running boards . my bug is a sun faded multi shade red ..and I like it they way it is presently , more concerned about ..purchasing a supercharger and components for my "extra" engine , last summer it was the suspension and braking system ,summer before I made my wiring harness . perhaps I will upload some pic's .. yes I did complete the license plate light house on the model (it sits in a cabinet in my living room) no i didn't paint the running boards or the marker/turn signal lens or photographed to update the album ...I also like this kit ,as it was enjoyable build motivation ..to work on my "sleeper"

Mona
@ Christian W I updated this album by adding a few pic's of my 1:1 Bug ..as it sits today 1/9/23 , yes it's cold (34 F) an wants to be inside where it's warm , although the bug is still WIP ,the "well done so far "model in this album isn't its done and I haven't any intentions of doing anymore to it or posting any pic's of it sorry 🙁

Christian W
Sweet 🙂 Thank you for the update! Your unpainted / left away running boards making definitely sense to me now.

You guessed my thought: I'd love to see your bug. Thank you! I'll call it a "rolling restoration". I'm smiling about your sentence, that your bug will be in the warm house 🙂 Like a cat: looking through the window from the outside *lol*.
It looks like, that you added some wider wheels on your 1:1!? That what I see is super cool. I love every Beetle, which I see. Since 1992 we (my brother and I) owned more than 20 Beetles easily. We had 13 at one time for years. From 1950 up to the 1985 50th anniversary Bug. Today I only have two left, my brother none. Times changing.

Thank you for the pictures 🙂

Lochsa River
very cool work...

Donald Dickson II
Very cool. I had a 74 Super Bug. Would love to find another.

Kyle DeHart
A lovely beetle.

Mona
thank you guy's ,@Donald D It took me a few years to find mine ..who'd believe they made around 21 million of them ..and yet in some places they are rare as hen's teeth ..wonderful the models are easy to find

Mona
for those looking to see the difference in the front fenders ..over the years see pic's 29 thru 32 ..an those "California" wheels are in one of those pic's

Bozzer
Mona, you're the best 🙂

Mona
no Bozzer you are 😉 ....I didn't include pic's of the rear fender ident info ..there are differences over the years like the fronts also

Michael Kohl
I like the pics from model and 1:1. Your 1:1 bug is the type I like most, particularly with the small bumpers. And the engine sound... unbeatable.

Mona
thank you Michael I really like the 68 model year also ..

Jennifer Franklin
That is absolutely stunning; the paintwork is breathtaking.

Mona
hi Jennifer thank you its has flaws (a little orange peel) I should have taken the time to wet sand and clear , always room for improvement