Re: 65 vw baja build

by grease monkey253 Sat 24 Jul 2010, 11:52 pm

[img][/img] 65 vw baja build - Page 2 104_0112

heres some photos from today , good to be able to have some time to work on it.got the racing white painted on the sides and hope to do the green tomorrow.also done some more on the interior. more to come later

by allan Sun 25 Jul 2010, 8:53 am

looking good so far 65 vw baja build - Page 2 708873

by Geoff Sun 25 Jul 2010, 2:13 pm

That's comming up a treat Grease Monkey and i like the 1-1 baja as well.

by zenrat Mon 26 Jul 2010, 1:44 pm

grease monkey253 wrote:
zenrat wrote:Where'd you get that nifty looking clamping arm thing? I could use one of them.
oh that, there great! its for doing electronics any dick smith shop should sell them.

Thanks GM. Didn't see your answer until now. I'll go and look for one...

by boothy Mon 26 Jul 2010, 7:32 pm

shes coming along nicley mate verry nice

by grease monkey253 Sun 01 Aug 2010, 10:07 pm

hi guys just a couple of pics with the green applied.sorry for the drag along of this build hard to find time at the moment,havnt even got to the hard stuff yet like the roof rack and the front and rear bar work.stay tuned 65 vw baja build - Page 2 104_0117

by grease monkey253 Sun 01 Aug 2010, 10:52 pm

some more pics guys after the clear was applied along with the bare metal foil crome strips. 65 vw baja build - Page 2 104_0121

by boothy Sun 01 Aug 2010, 10:55 pm

mate that looks awsome well done and is that a real herbie bonnet in the back ground

by Bryce Mon 02 Aug 2010, 10:37 am

boothy wrote: is that a real herbie bonnet in the back ground

And a real bunch of bananas?

Are you trying to make Herbie go bananas?

rolf

by allan Mon 02 Aug 2010, 11:16 am

thats looking good so far 65 vw baja build - Page 2 8057

by Kynan Mon 02 Aug 2010, 11:23 am

Its looking fantastic 65 vw baja build - Page 2 12582

great build

by Chris Mon 02 Aug 2010, 10:01 pm

Tops! The green is a perfect match to the real one!

by grease monkey253 Sun 05 Sep 2010, 9:41 pm

hey all finally got some time again to make some more progress.scracthed built the exhaust added plug leads,aircleaner,remote
oil filter,parcel shelf , speakers and even a hula girl.stay tuned 65 vw baja build - Page 2 104_0210

by chromecop Mon 06 Sep 2010, 5:47 pm

Very good start so far! Keep up the god work!

by checkmate Mon 06 Sep 2010, 6:34 pm

Bryce wrote:
boothy wrote: is that a real herbie bonnet in the back ground

And a real bunch of bananas?

Are you trying to make Herbie go bananas?

Great build mate, looking sensational so far.

by boothy Mon 06 Sep 2010, 8:23 pm

comin up a treat mate well done

by Kynan Tue 07 Sep 2010, 1:54 pm

Great building mate I like the trumpet exhaust tips.

by Chris Tue 07 Sep 2010, 11:53 pm

Awesome, love the hula girl!

by allan Wed 08 Sep 2010, 5:05 pm

looking good

by Kane Wed 08 Sep 2010, 5:15 pm

Nice work, looking very close to the real thing.

by grease monkey253 Sun 19 Sep 2010, 9:04 pm

got some more progress done this weekend.front bar is done along with the kc spotties.still working on the wheels ,rear bars and roof rack.sat her on some stock rims for now. stay tuned she's nearly done. 65 vw baja build - Page 2 104_0310

by Paul Sun 19 Sep 2010, 9:43 pm

by Geoff Sun 19 Sep 2010, 10:13 pm

well done! 65 vw baja build - Page 2 238495

by Shoey Mon 20 Sep 2010, 12:21 am

You should stop building that right now and go do
whatever you were doing before you started building models.
or you will end up on Tubmans hate list with me!
Looking great Dude!

by grease monkey253 Mon 20 Sep 2010, 9:55 am

Shoey wrote:You should stop building that right now and go do
whatever you were doing before you started building models.
or you will end up on Tubmans hate list with me!
Looking great Dude!

thanks guys, ah well shoey its better to be on a hate list then no list at all, guess the title of that list would be.."those rockhampton modellers!" Laughing

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