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Builder Last Online: Jun 2019
Model Scale: 1/8
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Started: 03-06-11
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Volkswagen : Bus/Vanagon VW VAN VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON PHOENIX BUS MICROBUS CAMPER | Buy a Volkswagen Classic Car for Sale at UsedCarsPlus.com
Still trying to decide where this build will go, it hasn't started talking to me yet
I figured the best way to begin was by chopping up a VW, right?
This one's been sitting around approximately forever with the ESC and receiver out of it. Old Kyosho body on a Wild Ceptor I bought for the tires, back when that was the only way to get Sand
Blasters. 20 bucks for a brand-new kit ain't a bad deal :D The Ceptor ([color=red]*[/color][color=red]*[/color][color=red]*[/color] does that word even mean?) has no suspension, so the floor is nice and flat and I can build the wheel wells nice and tight. Other than that it's pretty much worthless.
So I got this far:
... and ran out of glue. The front end needs a bit of tweaking, either it needs to be longer (but I think it's plenty long enough) or the angle needs to be changed, to get the front panel slimmed down to headlight size. That will come in time.
The Phoenix never came as an assembled vehicle or even a kit; just a set of plans out of a 1978 issue of Popular Science, so no two are alike. I don't know how many are out there.
For paint, disco stripes seem to be called for
Not sure if I'll build it with a fold-out tent, or regular van style. Time's gonna tell. But first I need more glue.
Still trying to decide where this build will go, it hasn't started talking to me yet
I figured the best way to begin was by chopping up a VW, right?
This one's been sitting around approximately forever with the ESC and receiver out of it. Old Kyosho body on a Wild Ceptor I bought for the tires, back when that was the only way to get Sand
Blasters. 20 bucks for a brand-new kit ain't a bad deal :D The Ceptor ([color=red]*[/color][color=red]*[/color][color=red]*[/color] does that word even mean?) has no suspension, so the floor is nice and flat and I can build the wheel wells nice and tight. Other than that it's pretty much worthless.So I got this far:
... and ran out of glue. The front end needs a bit of tweaking, either it needs to be longer (but I think it's plenty long enough) or the angle needs to be changed, to get the front panel slimmed down to headlight size. That will come in time.
The Phoenix never came as an assembled vehicle or even a kit; just a set of plans out of a 1978 issue of Popular Science, so no two are alike. I don't know how many are out there.
For paint, disco stripes seem to be called for
Not sure if I'll build it with a fold-out tent, or regular van style. Time's gonna tell. But first I need more glue.Show Complete First Post
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