SWG’S BAA HAA Update

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:22 pm

I wish I had bought one sooner this little thing is one Bad “A” Mo Fo!

Of course when I got my Micro-T the first thing I had to do is get rid of the body that was on it I am not a fan of the stadium truck so I had to find a donor body and I had to have a VW Bug!

I found my the perfect donor body in the 1/32?? Herbie VW set it has the white VW and the black one. I chose to use the black one because I liked the vents on the side. I proceeded to chop the VW up and Dremel the heck out of it!

It did not take me long to figure out how to mount it I wanted to use the same type of mounting so I just extended the rods with tube aluminum and drilled holes in it for the cotter pins. The aluminum was attached to the chassis with the help of some small screws.

Now for some pictures:

This is what the body originaly looked like:

First Test Fit:

The pics of the chassis and how the posts were attached:

The sanded and primed body:

And the final fit before It goes to the paint stage:

And so ya'll know it has full range of motion:

I hope ya'll like it I am working on the paint job right now I will post more pics soon!

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:26 pm

Awesome work SWG! Do you have pictures of the pakaging? How much was it?

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:31 pm

The herbies came in little boxes nothing fancy I also got a VW bus. They were on sale at my Wally World for $4.95 each. The bodys are tough I slamed it into the wall on a test run and no problems. I wish I had gotten some more!

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:44 pm

I gotta pick up one or two or three.

Thanks

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:09 pm

looks great man.

I agree on the side scoops. they look more Baja-ish.
What are you planning on with the paint? I'm going with a solid color. I had thought about a 2-tone.

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:12 pm

Anyone say "SMURF"????

I'm soooooo Blue...................

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:15 pm

Woah.

I didn't expect you to respond in 3 minutes.

The blue looks good

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:20 pm

Sweet! needs some black now.

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:35 pm

SHAUN wrote:Sweet! needs some black now.

The chassis is black.

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:42 pm

I meant the details would look neat in black, I went to my walmart and they had some damn golf

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steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:07 am

SHAUN wrote:I meant the details would look neat in black, I went to my walmart and they had some damn golf .

The Chassis details are in black?

ynad · Post by **ynad** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:51 am

NICE bug!

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:03 pm

Got more work done on the body the color came out just the way I wanted and I added vinyl decals and KC headlights. I still have more detail work to do and will post when that is done.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:42 pm

WOW! That's one helluva sexy Micro-t!!!!

Post by **CaboWabo** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:52 pm

Hells yea, that's awesome man.