1/18 KDF wagen "army beetle"

bananapirate · Post by **bananapirate** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:03 pm

Just a fun little custom. Found a maisto beetle at a thrift shop for super cheap and it's the right body style (split window)

I used tamiya gunship grey and it matches my minichamps kubelwagen almost perfectly.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:31 pm

Pretty sweet but you need to ditch the hub caps if you can.

bananapirate · Post by **bananapirate** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:04 pm

pickelhaube wrote:Pretty sweet but you need to ditch the hub caps if you can.

Yeah I wish I could but theres no detail underneath them

bananapirate · Post by **bananapirate** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:07 pm

I actully finished something for once, markings added!

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:16 am

That's cool. Are these 1:18th Maisto Beetles still in production?

bananapirate · Post by **bananapirate** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:35 am

normandy wrote:That's cool. Are these 1:18th Maisto Beetles still in production?

Pretty sure they are, and if not they churned out thousands of them anyways

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 7:29 am

Thanks, I'll have to look around for one. With the lack of 1:18th armor these days this VW look good in the collection.

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:23 pm

* Here's my Beetle. Beautifully recreated in SS camo & markings by our very own "1958Zelda".

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[+] Custom SS 1:18 Maisto Beetle </center>

- MG

bananapirate · Post by **bananapirate** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:50 pm

VERY nice beetle there MG. Wheels off a kubel?

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:56 pm

* Thanks "bp" ! ... Yep , a resin mold set from an XD one , from just using the spare off it.

.......... yours is really nice too ! ... I like the dark panzer grey. I prefer Humbrol Tank Grey though. I'll have to get me another one an paint it grey.

- MG

ram04 · Post by **ram04** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:31 pm

USCGSARdog · Post by **USCGSARdog** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:22 am

Good stuff guys! Its nice to see something a bit different, not to mention the fact that these are custom pieces too. Very nice work!

-Rob

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1/18 KDF wagen "army beetle"

1/18 KDF wagen "army beetle"

[+] Custom Maisto 1:18 Beetle

[+] Custom Maisto 1:18 Beetle

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