Meng Model Kits

[Rick Lowe]

Put the tracks on a Type 87 4WD Kommandeurswagen.

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The pose in that photo gives me a 'Cars' movie echo...
Maybe a WW2 version of Herbie, with eyes and a grin?
And a Monocle. Maybe a Cigarette holder...

[scooter]

Put the tracks on a Type 87 4WD Kommandeurswagen.

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The pose in that photo gives me a 'Cars' movie echo...
Maybe a WW2 version of Herbie, with eyes and a grin?
And a Monocle. Maybe a Cigarette holder...

And Luftwaffe reg numbers.  He could be Colonel Klunk

[Rick Lowe]

Put the tracks on a Type 87 4WD Kommandeurswagen.

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The pose in that photo gives me a 'Cars' movie echo...
Maybe a WW2 version of Herbie, with eyes and a grin?
And a Monocle. Maybe a Cigarette holder...

And Luftwaffe reg numbers.  He could be Colonel Klunk

Yes! I like the way you think. 

Now it depends whether I want to try and source a 1/25 model (which will be an 'only child' in my collection), just for the one joke...

[scooter]

Put the tracks on a Type 87 4WD Kommandeurswagen.

You cannot view this attachment.

The pose in that photo gives me a 'Cars' movie echo...
Maybe a WW2 version of Herbie, with eyes and a grin?
And a Monocle. Maybe a Cigarette holder...

And Luftwaffe reg numbers.  He could be Colonel Klunk

Yes! I like the way you think. 

Now it depends whether I want to try and source a 1/25 model (which will be an 'only child' in my collection), just for the one joke...

[jcf]

There is a resin conversion kit to convert the Tamiya 1/24th scale Bug into a split-window bug.
It's only $70.00


'49 Split Window Bug Conversion

[Rick Lowe]

'Only'... yeah, no thanks.

With all the parts you have to replace, it would have been easier to have made a complete kit and saved you all the bother...

[zenrat]

'Only'... yeah, no thanks.

With all the parts you have to replace, it would have been easier to have made a complete kit and saved you all the bother...

I was just thinking that.  What's left?  Engine, chassis and suspension, front bulkhead (what would be called a firewall normally), and the under bonnet area.

[Rick Lowe]

Bonnet and Tyres too. So yeah, not a lot.

[zenrat]

While poking about on line I found these.

[jcf]

While poking about on line I found these.

Type 166, the photos were taken during testing on Großglockner in Austria during June 1942.