Well it ain't James' 550 'til I get the decals printed. I need a bunch more for the clear sheet before I'm able to go to print. So now she's just a silver Spyder. I cut the back off opened up the grill work back there by grinding the underside of the deck down with a grinding wheel. When I got it thin enough I carefully cut the holes out with a single edge razor. I believe an Xacto would have been too thick and damaged the ribbing. Since I've yet to find a VW pan motor casting I molded one from Magnum Steel. Looks OK if you don't look close. The wheels came off another Kids Connection VW. I think they look much better than those huge suckers that came off of it. They give a much lower ride.

Yeah. I Photoshopped the back ground.

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nice work,love the detail!:thumbsup:

The shorter stance makes all the difference in the world.
I'm likin the wheels too,where'd ya snag em?

I went to a hobby store and found a package of ( rub on, transfer) numbers.

It has all sizes and fonts so I can replicate the scale and style of the numbers from hood to doors.

Very nice. That reminds me, I found my Brumm 1:43 of that car (finally) and it was made without the red stripes on the rear fenders. If I could post a pic from home I would show it to you, but my computer is goofy. Maybe I can do it from here at work tomorrow.

Woo :eek: looks nice!!!

:cool: ----Midnightrun---- :cool: :wave:

I've got a pic of the stripes. I may just tape 'em off and hand paint 'em with one brush stroke. The numbers and the "little Bastard" decal will have to be water slides. When I do that I'll probably epoxy the head lamps too.

I love it! There's so much potential in those Maisto castings- it's a shame most don't have clear windows or interiors.

I got a five pack all of them were convertables. A Prowler, BMW, Porsche, New VW and a Lotus. A lot of stuff to hack up. I may even get rid of some Dubbs on one or two of them.

looking good there CH :thumbsup: Those wheels are so much better than those fugly originals and great job on the tilt clip. I really am surprised that nobodys done a "Little Bastard" in 64th before, considering it's infamous status in both pop culture and the racing world.

I suppose if your talking about a company marketing it in 1/64 there probably would be a pretty big rowe when it went onto the pegs at Wally World, K-Mart and Target. :cool: