1956 VW by Chromecop

For the last 6 months or so I've been really blocked when it comes to model-building. To get out of that mode I started av curbside VW-build a couple of weeks ago. The Gunze VW will be built more or less OOTB but have some minor changes. First I narrowed and lowered the front, then I lowered the rear end. Next step was to find some nice bucket seats and I'm now looking for a nice small steering-wheel in my stash. I have narroed the front steelies and widened the rear ones. I've opened up the roof section to make it a ragtop. I'll probably shave the stock bumpers or scratchbuild some T-bars. It'll be flat black with flat (rust) red/brown steelies, wide whitewall tires and a sand-coloured ragtop.

Like were you going with this.

Here's a bit of inspiration for you

WOW !!! That's almost spot-on what i'm doing in 1/24!!!

I've "re-started" this build. Will try to build it as simple as possible as I'd like to finish it pretty soon. I have put a lot of work though, to build a new dashboard:



...and right now I'm shaving the bumpers and later on I'll paint them with "alclad" chrome.



I have also scratchbuilt new "grilles" for the openings in the front fenders:

Made a new "nose" for the decklid, shortened the parallell-bar for the steering and scratched a new shifter:

Been doing quite a lot of work on the bug today. Pics speek for themselves I think:

Lookin' Kool as always ,"chromie"

I messed up the front bumper so now i'm redoing it using a new one!



interior will be 2-tone, white and grey, for an "almost stock" look:

Coming along nicely Darryl!

Not much left to do now. Will probably finish this before going to bed this evening!