More Airfix Beetles

Indeed.....as I have watched the hybrids at LeMans, they have started to accelerate like slot cars.....using the electric motors. Scale speeds are quite amazing.

I find that Milliput needs damp fingertips or tools to work well. It can get thick, and too much water does make it run and take a very long time to dry. A damp finger helps to smooth seams and fillets, although I have only used it a few times.

Clearly there are much more experienced artisans than me.

Looking scuffed and ready for primer. And a trio in the mountains, with a perhaps slushy lake........what have we in mind?

A mid-engined Beetle.....how lovely!

That's quite a crew....as many hands make light work, it will certainly be finished in a jiffy.

Carrera did the Gr5 Beetle several years ago.

You simply need a large airbox/scoop to feed it....

Truly a "chop top" version in the veld. Some significant flares, nearly Group 5 variety there.

Economic value is only realized if you sell it. At that point it's no longer yours....so it has no economic value when it's yours (only potential value to someone else). That's where sentiment plays a role.

Do as you wish with the kit you own.

I could only count 11 on The Mess.....surely there must be an even dozen, if not a baker's dozen?
Or is this a goal?

Hopefully the slotting was a success. I expect time on The Mess is always enjoyable.

I come daily to this thread. The antics never fail to make me smile and laugh.
The Captain has certainly put his....er....foot....in it this time.

It is well the the Junkers encounter was not more devastating to the Beetle. Art cars are sometimes interesting but 'twould be a sad thing to have the orange bundled away from an airborne assault.

Ahhhh....camp songs. Ditties for the campfire, not the home hearth. We grandparents sometimes enjoy passing them along....
Hopefully the gator know the difference or he will be disappointed by the chunk of Beetle he looks prepared to take off.

Did the braying alert the cab driver to reverse?

The monoposto gathering looks quite sheltered and close in the courtyard.

That would result in the rope ladder presenting an extremely hazardous situation, I suspect....no breakable wings or exhaust pipes below, methinks.

Falling asleep is seldom a minor drinking incident....but at least they did not attach the wishbones backwards which deleterious effect would doubtless be ascribed to the alcohol.

The woodpile is a better place for that, indeed.

The chassis should give that car some scoot, with those wider tires. A suitable livery for a fast Beetle....hmmmm.

Funny how a little fuel in the chip truck all of a sudden results in a reversed hysteria. Plastic fools indeed. Ghandi should take care he doesn't disable the van entirely. He would need to make lots of sandwiches then..