1966 VW BEETLE / 1971 TYRROLL V8 kit bash

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good day gents....

After getting some insparation from a fellow modler on this forum, decided to give this a go build something els.

I had on old TYROL 6 wheel F1 car that was a bit worse for wear, decided to strip out the motor, weels and rear wing and craft them onto a 1966 BEETLE. ;D ;D can only be fun!!!!

Kit comes from TAMIYA in 1/24 scale...


Kit unpacked..


Unmolested body..


Some of the parts....



Just a line up..


some work to be done here...


but looking soooooooo cool.... ;D


Trimming done on the front fenders..test fit of the bonnet and wing on the back..


back wing fitted....




front suspention assembly started


Some trimming to lower the front suspention..



Dremmeled of all the parts from the chassis that I did not need..


End of day...dry fitting the body to the chassis to make plan for fabricating the new rear end..




love this look!!!!! ;D ;D ;D




Thats it for now folkes.

thanks for looking.

Cioa Cioa.. ;D

 

[Leighbo]

Nice project? Great idea and I love the stance.

I'll look forward to watching this come together

 

[foenetik]

ha, thats awesome. i can imagine how crazy that would be to see in person. looking forward to future progress.

 

[Junkie]

Very cool.

 

[WebbyNZ]

That is crazy, crazy cool.

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good morning gents!! Thank you all for all the kind words....I'm having a blast with this kit.

Got some time in the pit last night....

Started modding the fire wall from the Tyrroll to fit the beetle...

Did some more cleaning up of the deck..

Painted and fitted the shock's to the front suspention....just noticed that the paint does not look nice on the front susspention....will be fixed asap.

will be fitting the pedal box from the Tyrroll as well.

Test fitment of the fire wall/ motor to the deck..


Figured out that after i had lower the suspention, I now had a body gap...so some styreen and fabrication to fill it up....

test fitting the body to make sure it all fits together...


and glued in place.... there is still a very tiny gap, that will be filled with some HUMBROL putty and sanded.



Thats all I have for you now folks...thanks for looking

Ciao Ciao... ;D

 

[Jqaprilia4601]

Good afternoon Guy's. sorry I have been so quite on this front, I have finished this project, and had some other comitments...I did take a stack of photo's though.....so here go's.....

This is sorta where we lwft off...got the motor mounted and started with the interior..




Fitted a management system... ;D

dash board completed.

pedal box fitted

test fit body.

dash fitted

managed to find a "heat shield " in the spares box.

fitted


body primed

radiator hoses fitted

test fit body ;D

and body painted and fitted.










And thats it for this one blokes! hope you like it ;D ;D
thanks for looking

Ciao Ciao ;D