VW Bus

[Tossedman]

Don't know what's going under this body yet but it's going to be a panel van and not a Kombi with windows. Gotta love having access to a laser cutter. Made cutting the styrene a breeze.

[snapon boy]

Wow that is awesome man! I'm going to be following along with this.
Fish

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[Brake Weight]

Sheeeeiiiiiit. Love me a 21 window van.


In for the build regardless.

[Zukiiholic]

Looking good.
Nice VW matching wheels too.

I have a RC Hardbody about that size..
Lil Narrow tho.

[robbark34]

Nice shell dude!! You thinking crawler or road chassis??

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[M and M]

Definately watching this one, and expectining results as your others. By the way which body is thar?

[Brake Weight]

I think it’s a Maisto 1/10.

[Brake Weight]

@Tossedman

What is the wheelbase and width of this body? Just curious as to how narrow and if it could possibly be used as a street chassis body.


Found this when googling....

[Tossedman]

Originally Posted by snapon boy

Wow that is awesome man! I'm going to be following along with this.
Fish

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Thank you. Be patient though. This’ll be slow.

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

Sheeeeiiiiiit. Love me a 21 window van.


In for the build regardless.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Zukiiholic

Looking good.
Nice VW matching wheels too.

I have a RC Hardbody about that size..
Lil Narrow tho.

Thanks. Those are the wheels for my sand scorcher build. In fact, it's sitting on that chassis just to see how it'd look. And yeah, it’s uber short and narrow.

Originally Posted by robbark34

Nice shell dude!! You thinking crawler or road chassis??

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Most likely a crawler. I seem to have a thing for turning non-4wd Volkswagens into 4X4 crawlers for some reason.

Originally Posted by M and M

Definitely watching this one, and expecting results as your others. By the way which body is that?

Thanks Mike. It’s a Maisto 1/10 body.

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

I think it’s a Maisto 1/10.

Ding ding! You are correct. Come up and collect your prize!

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

@Tossedman

What is the wheelbase and width of this body? Just curious as to how narrow and if it could possibly be used as a street chassis body.

Found this when googling....

Wheelbase is 242 mm ish and it’s about 170 mm wide. You could definitely use it on a street chassis. In fact it comes on a toy quality street chassis. You can find them on Amazon and eBay but i got the body from a fella locally. He found it in a thrift shop. Here’s what it looked like new. I don’t have that chassis though.



I’m thinking it might end up on an MST CMX chassis. Something like this. First thing though is to finish filling in those windows.

Cheers eh,

Todd

[Tossedman]

This one's also going to have a 3D printed engine. And probably sound too.

[smog]

I am right in for seeing this build progress. Your builds are always inspiring and I have wanted to build a VW bus for some time

[Tossedman]

Thanks Smog. Ever since I saw Norton's "Dub" I've wanted to build one too.

[Tossedman]

Here’s a real one.



Now waiting for glue and primer to dry. Filling in windows. Sanding coming up.

[Tossedman]

Well, I'm on my usual timeline for a project, it's been over a year since I've updated this van project. I'm making a panel van out of the window van. I started by filling in the windows and the using a sheet of 0.10" styrene to cover them. I then tried to putty it all up and make it flat. After messing with Bondo and other putties I just couldn't get it flat. I spent the last 3 weeks screwing around sanding and filling and sanding and filling and sanding and then two evenings ago said this sucks and ripped it all off. I've replaced the 0.10" styrene with 0.40" sheet and it seems to stay flat. Now I just have to blend it in at the ends. I'm much happier.

I'm using some Proflex Flexible Finishing Putty, made for automotive use. So far so good. Here I've put on too much.





Sanding again.




Time for another coat of primer and then more sanding.


And with primer all flaws are revealed. Need a bit of glue and a bit more sanding.






Stay tuned, more to come, in between building CrawlerBug II, my teardrop trailer, rebuilding a Slash and getting out crawling and bashing.

[Brake Weight]

Oh, boy. If it’s just a fraction as cool as the Bug it’ll still be great.

[Downfall]

As cool as this looks like it will become, I can't stop thinking it would be even better looking as a mudder truck with the trans dropped and lifted. ��

[Tossedman]

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

Oh, boy. If it’s just a fraction as cool as the Bug it’ll still be great.

Thanks. Hopefully it turns out OK.

Originally Posted by Downfall

As cool as this looks like it will become, I can't stop thinking it would be even better looking as a mudder truck with the trans dropped and lifted. ��

I hate the mud so I'll guarantee you that won't happen. Maybe it'll inspire you to make one. Build one and post pics. I don't want one but would love to see one.

Here's the chassis it'll sit on, an MST CMX with a 242mm wheelbase.


The smallest wheels I have are these 1.55" wagon wheels with RC4WD Mickey Thompson MTZ tires


Now to figure out the ride height and a way to mount the body. Do I need to make the wheel openings bigger? Fender flares perhaps?

[Brake Weight]

Front wheel wells will be hard to pull off and keep the door seam. Maybe add flares but then the rear wheel well won’t be as accurate. Flares could pull off bigger tires though. Maybe a rounded one in the front and some of those Jeep ones in the back.

[Downfall]

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

Front wheel wells will be hard to pull off and keep the door seam. Maybe add flares but then the rear wheel well won’t be as accurate. Flares could pull off bigger tires though. Maybe a rounded one in the front and some of those Jeep ones in the back.

You could putty the door seam, cut bigger wheel well and then recut the door seam a little higher?

Or, you could do like the rear door seam like on a jeep xj where the wheel well attaches to door and is two pieces for door to open.

By cutting front wheel well a little higher, you could raise rear well higher and still look scale.

Just a couple of more options.��. Looking great though!

[Tossedman]

Well, it's been a while since I've done anything on this project. I've redone the panels and windows three times to get them right(ish). Used thicker styrene and didn't take any pictures during the process. Sorry about that. It was just more of the same though.

Picked out some colours for the project. Now to figure out wheels and such and how to mount this chassis. Also need to look at windows. Nice thing is that they're all flat.

Question. Do I hinge out the front windshields? Easier to break and harder to make. Also need to figure out a simple interior. Maybe a 3D printed dashboard? Anyone seen an STL for one of those?