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Old 03-12-2017, 10:10 PM
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Dickie toys of germany makes a 1/14 scale Bay window 1967-71 Volkswagen Type-2 Transporter. I got mine off amazon, but apparently they were available at walmart for a short time.





It has a friction drive gearbox with a flywheel, and steering rack and knuckles with 3 position posing. Everything is screwed together or plastic tabs.

All the doors work, 7 passenger interior, detail is very impressive, and it can seat bruder figures. I'm glad it's more of a normal bus than the export model 19 window sambas with sliding top that are normally done as toys.
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Yes it a cool toy, I have one. It can be found in many EU supermarkets.
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Old 03-14-2017, 06:06 AM
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I pulled the transaxle out. Unscrew body from pan, unsnap rear seat tabs, unsnap engine cover tabs. rims pull straight off, 3 screws and the transaxle comes out. 3 screws and you can pull one side of the gearbox apart, pull out the flywheel.

I used a mitsumi pancake motor out of a CD-rom drive. Some 0.040 styrene was laminated to the center beam for motor mount. Then the side plate that supported the flywheel was clearanced and reinstalled.



Needed to do some trimming and put some color on the dash details.
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I picked up a horizon hobby SPMS401 mini servo. Trimmed away stuff until it fit. I punched a servo mount ear through the right wheelwell and built up a stack of styrene to secure a screw. I mounted the other ear to a styrene plate that i brought forward and screwed into the tunnel between seats. Draglink needed a little clearancing and an oval hole for the servo since i'm using the wrong arc of its swing





Trim seats for clearance.


While i was in there i also raised the steering knuckle supports by a bit less than the amount hanging below the knuckles. Clearanced the supports that tie the front and middle of the pan so the draglink could articulate. Drilled through the stop plates above the steering knuckles so they can articulate up.
I'm going to drop some pen springs in the front and cap the top. Or maybe i decide it has drop spindles and forget to do it.

Then i loosened the forward transaxle mount screw, and put springs between screw head and transaxle at both rear mounts.
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Yesterday a 20amp reversable esc with brake option showed up. (i like overkill better than magic smoke.) It's made of chineseieum, so no documentation at all and not labeled on the wires. I learned that a male JST connector would be battery, therefore female got chop off and changed to male deans. Moved fem jst to motor for easy mx later. Then it all dropped into place.

http://www.mitsumi.co.jp/latest/Cata...lseries_e.html my motor looks to be up to the task, and i've got spares even if i were pushing it.

It's got a brake switch mounted on the board, but i forgot to play with it to see if mine has a dragbrake, or a double-pump to reverse, or a race switch. -- edit Double Pump Brake --

All the components tuck away nicely into the engine bay, i did notch the package tray near the spare tire to route my battery wires up. I punched a hole through the floorpan for rx switch. I didn't even have to lose the upright engine plate, so that's going to need more detail when you pop the hood.

I really get why these are so frequently converted by the germans over on modellbau! It's a very slick and minimal pain build for what I think is a great looking model.

She's a runner. Now i can start planning crazy things like dual carbs, pretty interior, improved tires, roof load...

What do you guys think?
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Old 04-14-2017, 11:19 PM
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Surfboards are stupid, but it could work IF i could have found 1/14 bikini girls. The surf rack looks wrong for topracks, or a cargo rack, maybe a ladder rack...
i'd rather a slick top, but then you've got to fill holes and repaint, and the rack keeps it off the table when you have to split body and pan. Grrr.

Screw it, let's just go ride bikes.





Spinmaster made 'finger bikes' a while back. I'd bought a few of them for my 1/10 crawler (scaler cherokee), but couldn't scale them right. Turns out in 1/14 scale i've got a 20" bmx/mountain, 24" bmx/mountain, and 26" road bike.

0.040 styrene, bonder, and some vague idea. With some careful planning, the bike racks still can slide out the back of the rack so it still protects the roof upside down. The bikes are secure but still removeable
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Anybody know if there's going to be a camping area near the show?

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I picked up some cheap clicky-pens to gut for the springs. Pulled the front seat out, dropped springs through the kingpin hole. Took a couple tries to get spring length right to get the front of the bus off the bumpstops. Atleast the front seat can go in/out without splitting the body/pan.







****. Uh, anybody have a tow-truck?
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Let's add some more skookum...



Kind of a pain to install lights, the lenses are stickers between the lens and housing. I'm using 3mm led. Putting in headlights, front turn signals, and red tail lights.

I don't feel like rear yellow turn signals, there's not that much room for the lens retainer and 2 leds. But i'm thinking dome lights might be cool.
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People keep giving me a hard time about no Hippies or Surfers around my bus. They're also saying bikes don't make sence. Ugh. I don't want dirty hippies on my restored Type 2, so...

I had to hit the beach and pick up some girls




These girls are really sweet, and said their sister also loves cars. Hopefully she'll be along for another photoshoot sometime.
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It finally stopped raining, so they wanted to swap bikes for surf boards and all go to the beach.





Not much new on the bus, i just thought it needed a change of scenery
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Very cool....
Where did you get the 1:14 scale girls?
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Isn't this the same van that was in the Scooby Doo cartoon?
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Very cool....
Where did you get the 1:14 scale girls?
I second that question. I'm curious to know as well
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All I've found so far is this one
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Yvo...8AAOSw~uxZiADe
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Thanks guys

Not the Mystery Machine..
https://jalopnik.com/public-service-...not-1723185791

They're part of a Japanese line "story image figure". First couple i found at Suncoast movies when they started doing anime. The rest i've found on amazon
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Try here..
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Kia-Asamiya-C....c100005.m1851

or here
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Story-Image-F...19.m1438.l2649

Please note, these are only about 4" tall (less than 14th scale or these are short girls.
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Mr Bruder is 1/16, the girls are a bit storter than he is.
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Are they like Mr Bruder, able to be posed in different positions, or are they in a fixed pose?
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