Brakes on these monsters were thoroughly inadequate, although to be fair they are hydraulic. I painted the shoe material to look like a proper brake shoe, sort of. Perhaps a bit of weathering inside the drums will be appropriate.
Herr Porsche replicated the front suspension, with torsion bars and parallel trailing arms, on the Beetle, minus the friction shocks.
In the back the swing arms and torsion bars also turned up on the Beetle. Swing arms with 520+ hp!
The chassis is complete and (miracle of miracles) it all seems to sit square on its four axles.
Next was to fit the floor pan temporarily thanks to the two or three screws involved. This allowed the body, engine cover and the rear nose cone to be trial fitted. I also trial-fit the front cover and nose cone. Some bending, filing and grinding was required to get it all "pretty close". The final assembly involves several M1.4 screws so it should be reasonably straight and stiff, something I am guessing the 1:1 car was not.
As always at this stage the potential for a major screw-up looms large, as any mistake will be immediately obvious, unlike stuff I can hide inside the engine bay. The metal bits have all had a good coat of metal etch primer, then metal and resin bits have had a coat of Tamiya grey primer in order to start with the same colour base. Finally a couple of coats of AS-12 Bare Metal Silver have gone on, followed by one coat of TS-30 Silver Leaf.
Next the dash board and interior will get done while the paint dries. Stay tuned!
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