vw samba bus

[syd-baines]

hi, this is my first time here so i apologize in advance for any mistakes i am likely to make, i am going to build the samba bus by revell i did a dry run of the body work and looking at it i thought i would like to stretch it so i bought another one and hopefully join the two together, i have not done anything like this before as i basically build out of the box some times with a few after market parts with various degrees of success

[iggie]

This sounds like an excellent idea!

Really looking forward to seeing this progress; plenty of pictures please!

[syd-baines]

i tried to send pic but for some reason it did not send but it is only the bodywork of one of the kits taped together but pics of my progress will follow hopefully

[syd-baines]

[syd-baines]

[Clashcityrocker]

Nice. What scale is this kit? A fully restored full size one recently sold for a lot of dollars here in Australia.

Nigel

[Dazzled]

It's 1:24th isn't it? By all accounts it's a very nice kit and I'm looking forward to watching this one built.

[syd-baines]

it is 1:24 scale i did a bit more last night this is the length it is going to be i now have some decisions to make now as to whether to have both double doors in the side, also whether to have two roof openings and also how i want the seating arranged

[iggie]

That's going to be huge!

I don't know if your 'stretch' has ever been done for real, but I'm not sure that both sets of double doors would be feasible strength-wise. However, as it's a WHIF project, then who cares!

[Clashcityrocker]

Party bus Very nice.

Nigel

[VickersVandal]

That's going to be huge!

I don't know if your 'stretch' has ever been done for real, but I'm not sure that both sets of double doors would be feasible strength-wise. However, as it's a WHIF project, then who cares!

Not whiff at all:
http://vintagevw.com.au/from-our-instag ... arter-365/;

(plus any number of other stretch sambas can be seen in a google image search)

Great project!

My parents had a Type II kombi when I was growing up and I'd like to build a replica. Sadly there is no kit of it in 1/24, only of the Type I.

[syd-baines]

thanks for the pic, i googled and it came up with some weird and wonderful pics

[splash]

Nice work, this looks like a good build to follow.

Regards Splash

[syd-baines]

thanks for the vid that will help me a lot

[syd-baines]

hi i am sorry for the delay, i have been working on the roof, also i have been doing a bit of filling and sanding, also i have been thinking about the seating layout i think
i will have the front seats as per the instructions and the back ones along the sides and along the back this is where i am at the moment