Volkswagen Beetle 1303S Rally

Needed another quick no hassle build after the Porsche Carrera 6.

The kit is by Imai, is curbside and once again very basic. The interior is of the shallow type to allow for batteries when it was sold as a motorised kit. The instructions are copyrighted 1979.



Built entirely box stock except for the 'Bungie' ropes for the roof rack spare wheel. Those I made from anglers power gum.

I was expecting trouble with the decals but with the exception of the door numbers, they were strong and conformed well without decal softener. The white door squares for the numbers, were translucent and let the red bleed through quite badly but they don't look to bad since I applied the weathering.

Here she is in the shop almost complete:





And here she is after several hard stages on the South African Rally.

i'm not a beetle fan but this is coll. i love the dusting

Thanks Dirk. The dirt was fun to do.

I always loved Bugs, and how can you beat a Baja Bug!! Love the build.