Wall

Peter Hardy
Listen to Alex G Martin. Ohhh! You did! Shrewd move mate!

Martin Oostrom Author
Almost there

Lode Schildermans
I do understand the reach to perfection. It is your DNA, Martin. As a not car builder, for me it is the closest thing to perfection, but I don't build cars, thus I'm a poor judge. Keep chasing that perfection mate, you're close

Bob Hall


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Martin Oostrom Author
With the racing seats, racing belts are needed. Having the choice between orange, black and green, green it was.
Fiddly work, but not too hard. Installing them would have been much easier, if I had done the roll cage after the seat belts. Now it was threading the belts.
The Aoshima wheels look nice, but both the kit and the wheels have a female connection. Some artistic liberties where used…

Spanjaard
they look great. and the candy you used on the body is fantastic.

Spanjaard
patience my friend, you can do it! do not rush
also do not take 4 months for a build that should take not more than weeks, like I do 😛 the more time in the bench, more chances of ruining something

Alec K
… said no modeler ever 😄 😄 😄

David Taylor
Watching.

Peter Hardy
Quite a twist in that Italari chassis. Hit a cow or a camel perhaps???

Peter Hardy
Looks great Marty!

Sander de Volder
Very pretty 2cv!

Martin Oostrom Author
For some reason I have three versions of this kit. So there should be 1 that's square?

Bozzer
Square, as in true? Just place it on a flat surface and check that all sides touch the surface. You can also now use your new 123 blocks, to check the sides.

Spanjaard
I am certainly in 🙂

Martin Oostrom Author
An extra layer of white was needed as the first wasn't opaque enough.

Sander de Volder
Off to a good start Martin! You're right, those backseats are really only suited for small children. Or someone you don't like very much🤣
It's a great kit to build, very detailed and with different options depending on the version you want to build. I see you are going for the optional sportsseats, what are your plans for the rest of the car?

Have fun building!

Martin Oostrom Author
Hi Sander,
No specific plans as of yet. I just started and liked these seats best 😁
It will be a left hand drive. Colour wise, I'm leaning to rsr silver with a black/grey interior.

Sander de Volder
Watching!

Martin Oostrom Author
Don't hold your breath. There are quite a few in the queue.

Spanjaard
we are patient, aren't we? 🙂

Martin Oostrom Author
Having to sit next to my daughter to help her with Physics when needed. That isn't ideal for airbrushing, so I opened another kit for prep.

Spanjaard
shotgun 🙂

Bozzer
Lol, he's at it again!
A friend of mine, back in the day, owned a Manta. Over here, Opel is actually Vauxhall, but the Manta was indeed an Opel. His was obviously the road version, but it kinda looked cool for it's time. His, was plagued with issues, especially rust. And naturally, it had to be black, so every bubble showed, on the paintwork. He probably spent more money on WD-40, than in petrol, on that car?
However, you are definitely keeping the model juices flowing, and when I've done the garden, and showed my truck to the public at the national meet, I'll be back behind the bench, infusing plastic and creating memories, just like you guys. So don't worry mate, your influences aren't passing my by! And I've also got to get the wife to take pictures of her KW, that I know she's going to hate doing, but that's what SM is all about! (And obviously the banter) 😉

George Williams
I have a friend who also had a Manta in the UK back in the day, let's not talk about the rust, I had a Lancia…….

Martin Oostrom Author
Not a favourite of mine. A lot of work to get an okay-ish result. Fit and decals aren't the best.
Maybe I have been Tamiya-spoiled?

George Williams
Looking good from here, as musicians say - "it's good enough for jazz".

Spanjaard
looks nice

George Williams
Decals look great.

Spanjaard
sweet! when are u starting?

George Williams
Classic.

Martin Oostrom Author
Well, the kit arrived yesterday and I do have some other builds on the way and planned. I guess somewhere between now and eternity 😄

Spanjaard
😄 😄

Bill Newcomer
Very nice detail work. All the lines on the chassis is way cool. I too could easily afford a 3D printer. I simply have no place to keep it. I could maybe rig one up in the attic to let it do its thing. However, at this point, I have SO much styrene to work on, I am not "needing" one as of yet.

Ben M
3d printing is more difficult than you might think, and resin printing is pretty messy and toxic. I have one but I find I don't use it a lot because it's such a finicky process.

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for sharing.

Jennifer Franklin
Thanks for sharing, some beautiful work there.

Jennifer Franklin
This is a great subject. I love the old VWs, and you've done it justice; it's very nice.

Martin Oostrom Author
Thank you. The kit is old and shouldn't be released anymore. But if you love a challenge and a 1/32 Beetle, go for it!