MATCHBOX Restoration & Custom : 2006 Volkswagen Beetle 4x4
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MATCHBOX Resto & Custom : 2006 Volkswagen Beetle 4x4
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In this episode I’m restomodding a 2006 Matchbox Beetle into a Tamiya Monster Beetle replica. Not an out and out exact replica but along the theme. I’m also adding some very basic weathering techniques with more planned on this in later episodes.
Removing bodies tutorial…..
• 'HOW TO' remove Hot Wh...
Removing paint tutorial…..
• 'HOW TO' remove paint ...
How to make decals tutorial…..
• 'HOW TO' make water-sl...
Parts Used
Kyamsil Designs wheels and tyres…..
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Evergreens Scale Models Styrene…..
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Tools Used
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Chop-It cutter…..
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I watch a lot of builders and I can say without a doubt your videos are my favorite
Thank you very much I really appreciate that :)
i agree!! fine piece off art!
Wire looks like Sparkler handles. My dad is railway modeller and always used to get us to save ours at bonfire night! Awesome Beetle - great idea to do baby Monster beetle!
Yes that's exactly what they feel like. Easy to bend yet still strong if that makes any sense LOL!
Yet another of my childhood memories recreated in 1:64 scale. Tamiya RC cars were an unfulfilled passion of mine. I was completely into the whole scene, but alas, the pennies didn't stretch far enough to actually buy one. I would have sold my Granny for a Rough Rider when I was 12! Grandad would have gone too for a Mabuchi RS540 motor. lol
Another superb video Chris, once again, thank you for sharing the experience with us.
Thanks as always Pete..... They were so iconic weren't they, still are I suppose. I went overboard with it all and ..... well ...... glad i got out of it towards the end !
My first RC was the Grasshopper. I loved that car. I worked at a hobby shop for about 5 years as a second job just to cover the cost of new cars and mods to them.
Great cars indeed. There's lots of memories surrounding Tamiya RC cars, I'm glad I wasn't the only one :)
I'm sure any fan of the Tamiya Monster Beetle would love to have 1 of these sitting on a shelf in there man cave. Awesome stuff.
Thank you very much.....:)
I see! - Showing off again!! - as per the norm!!! 😂😂😂
Brilliant as ever bud - loving the Tamiya Homage too! - I could watch and listen to you doing this all day! 😈😈😈😈
As always thanks for the great words. I feel a wild one coming on :)
Awesome job mate great fabrication. Spent many an hour playing with Monster Beetle, Midnight Pumpkin and Lunchbox. They were all the same thing underneath. I also had all the bigfoot Jnrs.
Thanks Danny. I was mad on RC's as well until a few years back. Great times indeed. All the best :)
@@SidewaysKing75 Tamiya RC's were like the coolest thing in the world when i was about 11 - 12 so the late 80s
@@DannysDiecastDisasters Loved them too..... went a bit overboard with them when I was older looking back at the ones I couldn't have as a child. I looked up one day and thought 'this is ridiculous' I hadn't used half of them but just enjoyed building them. Works of art I think :)
The Monster Beetle didn't share the same chassis as the Lunchbox and Pumpkin, its chassis was shared with the likes of the Bush Devil & Blackfoot.
As always - click the link, like and then watch 😂
Fantastic work. A model I always fancied, but never picked up. That Tamiya weathering paint is great stuff. I've used it on 1/76 world war 1 tanks, which were usually hanging with filth, and on world war 2 D-Day armour - 76th Armoured Division 'Funnies' mainly. It looked great applied to the road deck, and splashed up the side rails of an old Airfix Pontoon bridge I had, and whilst still moist, I pressed various tank tracks into it, and rolled an old Hasegawa GMC CCKW 6X6 truck through it. When dry, it looked fantastic. I'd recommend that paint to anyone.
Many thanks as always. Thats a great suggestion for the tracks. I've always done it a long and messy route with plaster of paris, then paint it, weather it.... that seems such a prefect way. Thanks for sharing :)
I had the Tamiya RC Sand Scorcher beetle when I was a kid, rebuilt it many times, before I moved to RC helicopters.
I had a one of the re-releases not the original. Loved my RC years ago but now have no interest at all anymore. I tried a helicopter once, and man was it difficult! Hardest things to control but rewarding if you can use them..... I sadly could not LOL!
@@SidewaysKing75
I stared with helicopters when they were literally impossible to fly, but today they almost fly themselves.
But I moved to RC gliders, I live 780ft up a hill on the moors so perfect for them.
Keep making the videos, I am enjoying watching you work.
I may have a go at another match box.
Great Grand Master Sideways King ✋😎 our minds have been blown, exploded and warped with Your Skill once again 😯😲😥🤔😮😃 ... 😀👍
This is the skill of a Legend ladies and gentlemen.
Hope you all taking notes ☝🙂
Amazing Video once again 😁👍
Thank you Sajjaad as always I really appreciate the kind words :)
Great result mate as always
Thanks buddy :)
Takes me back always wanted the van the Lunch box was my favourite again amazing build
Thank you.... there is a Lunchbox planned 😉
@@SidewaysKing75 I was thinking of doing one as well I've the mbx 4x4 chevy van dipped n stripped :-)
Great job! Even though the monster beetle wasn't really popular with RC enthusiasts here in Australia it's still cool to see a homage to it here.
Thank you Robert :)
Awesome as ever- your detailing is second to none
Thank you again Rich. I appreciate the comment :)
Tamiya nostalgia!...those two look great parked next to each other!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Pleasure....... It was great times wasn't it :)
You are so correct about less is more when it comes to weathering. I see so many that look like the chassis is about to break in half there is so much rust.
LOL.... I'm not the only one then !
So that’s how your supposed to wrap them, I think I might have to stay to electrical tape, I love the weathering effect, great as always keep it up.👍
Thanks as always my friend :)
Love it..chuffin brilliant...you have a great work area from the little glimpses.nice little spray booth too
Thank you Leslie. It's my little place of peace. I've built real bikes and cars in there and slowly the area is getting bigger and bigger. Dare I say it as well but I enjoy it more too this way.
wow, awesome makeover! Looks like a proper monster beetle. the wheels and weathering really do the trick :)
Thanks as always :)
Great job SK . I used to have the Sand Scorcher . Happy Days 😉👍
Thanks Jerry 👍🏻 It's one Tamiya that eluded me as a child and an adult sadly. Still loved it though.
As per usual your attention to detail is tremendous,looking forward to the next video.
Thank you very much Brian :)
I used to lose myself to pure imagination looking through the LEGO, Tamiya, Scalextric, and Hornby catalogues.
WOW yes I did too Dave I totally forgot all about that until you mentioned it!!! It was amazing imagination like you say. Thanks for sharing and reminding me !:)
Awesome, man. Reminds me of my friends and I getting together all the time in the early/mid 80's, also.
I had a Tamiya Hornet. I would rip that around the woods with my friends and their Tamiya machines.
Thanks for this video, dude. Good stuff.
You should do an old "Group B" Rally car custom build.
Thanks Mario. Similar memories too, they were great times indeed! I've already done a Group B in my other videos but there will be more to follow 👍🏻
Absolutely awesome restoration of a Volkswagen beetle 4x4 Sir. I am also a child of the 80's, an i know exactly what you are talking about the fun times back then. Keep up thr amazing custom builds Sir.
Thank you Jerry. It was indeed great times. It helped my friends dad was a huge RC fan and he used to fly a helicopter around with our action figures hanging underneath...... It was brilliant !
Fantastic job on this one, mate! Really enjoying these beetle creations of yours!
Thank you so much Harrison :)
Damn ! thought finally a Herbie build! I can only wait or dream lol
One will appear eventually..... I promise you that :)
Really bloody impressive, Sadly you made me think back the the Mardave Renault Megane I built when I was younger, I now have to try to find another one.
Thanks Rob..... Theres lots of these old RC's that spark an interest again I think. Sorry mate :)
Can't go wrong with the (air)coolest car on the planet :D
Excelent job there mate, thumbs up!
Thank you... Very much appreciated 👍🏻
Love the mud effect
Thank you
It's Ok? It is absolutely fantastic!
Hahah thank you :)
Amazing job as always, very good choice of car as well, have to love the Tamiya Monster Beetle. Maybe a future one could be the Bull Head 👍🏻. I would have liked to have seen you do the full wrap.
Thanks as always Phil. I'm aiming to do a full range at some point. I got carried away with the wrap but to be honest it makes it more watchable when there's more graphics/colours/patterns involved as its easy to show it butting up to each other. I thought it would be a bit boring for everyone being one colour, but I will do it on a future build. All the best :)
The wheels look great!
Thank you Carl :)
Amazing build, end result looks fantastic.
These old Tamiya liveries are so nostalgic, would love to see a Rough Rider inspired one.
Speaking of which this is really giving me the urge to dig my Rough Rider out of storage and have a blast with it!
Thank you very much I appreciate it. I loved messing around with them back in the day. I really did use them and abuse them and loved every minute of it :) Go on.... get it out for a blast :)
Really Nice build! I like the weathering! I find your videos quite relaxing to watch! So don’t change the way you make them!... ;)
Thank you very much I appreciate it. I'll always keep the format and experiment with camera angles. Glad you like them 😁
SidewaysKing75 You’re welcome! That sounds great! 😃
Great looking restoration, well done!
Many thanks :)
Top job!! I'm very Tamiya minded so these beetle's are it! A mini Vanessa's Lunch Box is on the list to :D Man... every video that i see is just superrr :D
That was the next Tamiyaesque one actually before a scratch-built Boomerang ;) Glad you like them :)
@@SidewaysKing75 That's wicked!! I'm really keen with the idea of creating micro Tamiya RC's! This gives me enormous motivation, which i had lost for some time. I'm truly happy with your channel :D
@@JarcodeRover Glad you're here and enjoy it too..... I suppose I should make replica Techinplus handsets too :)
@@SidewaysKing75 Yess please :D Both, stick and trigger versions hahaha, nice thinking!!
Amazing work, congratulations.
Thank you very much :)
Two engines.. impressive
Now that is what I call a offroad beatle
Thanks Kyle :)
very cool ...
Thank you :)
Really cool, great detail.
Thanks as always Weston :)
Another great build top work!
Thank you Stuart :)
Awesome work as always!!!
Thank you Laurent 👍🏻
Cool video
Thank you
What an awesome custom😋🔥🔥🔥
Thank you :)
Superb!
Thank you Pablo :)
Just found myself a Matchbox Flareside Pick Up orange with the Baja Bouncer livary not an exact match being a different model year but its goung to become either the Tamiya Ranger XLT or Blackfoot! Cool video by the way love your restorations 👍👍
Thank you... that would be great to see when finished.
Great video, turned out great.
All the best.
Thank you Martin :)
that paint is from the tamiya 1/10 scale remote control cars. my dad has one.
Yes that's correct :) Great little cars :)
I really like your vids, I was going to comment that I would like to see you do a gaslands car, I think this "could" count. Though I wouldn't complain if you made more ;)
Thank you 😁 I have one planned. Until I found where to get some of the wheels and tyres I hadn't heard of the Gasland game. In my head I have Mad Max / post apocalyptic cars which I'll scratch build some parts for.
@@SidewaysKing75 that would be AMAZING. Thank you! :)
Great job as always
Thank you Rob
Another nice car😉
Thank you Sharon :)
they have rereleased the monster beetle and i own the 1st ever released it
Very nice job
Thank you Mark 👍🏻
very cool :D
Thank you :)
I still have my boomerang in the loft.. and the batteries still work.. may get it out and tart it up a bit now you reminded me.
That was my first RC car and still my favourite. Loved it. I had a Sierra Cosworth bodyshell for mine too and it looked ace !
Looks great
Thank you :)
Awepic
Well done SidewaysKing75 a solid built on vw bug i am loving it looks so much that for second there you are going to RC park and having some fun but anyway great job on this one can't wait for next one see you later.
Thanks as always Lilliana glad you liked it :)
@@SidewaysKing75 thanks man for the nice words.
Ken Overby in the Gaslands community also does some fantastically detailed resin wheels and engine parts.
Thank you very much for sharing Dave, I'll take a look at him :)
Love your videos as soon as I see I roll me up one an enjoy cheers mate good vids
Many thanks.... I'm glad you like them :)
Nothing bad...
Mate that is Awsome I love it, like you I remember carving out a track though and around some trees in our back yard and bashing around with a hornet, so much fun
We all craved for more batteries, instead we charged them over and over again waiting 30 minutes for that 5 minutes of bliss. The children of today would never know our pain! Especially with 100 degree batteries in our hands trying to put them back in after its 10th charge of the day LOL!
If that's the case mate can you make me a few roll cages lol
Hahaha..... I've opened my mouth again haven't I :)
サイドウェイズキング!
;)
Would have been funny to not have an interior, but a scaled mechanical speed controller and servo ;-)
I'm afraid I'm not that clever 🤣🚙🚗👍🏻
Excellent as alway 👍👍
Cheers as always bro :)
I see you have an orange Corgi twin engine like I do... really looking forward to seeing what you do with it!
Thanks Rich...... Something will show up on it one day :)
Love this 👌🏻
Thanks Christian :)
You should try to make a 1:64 tamiya lunchbox!
YESSSSS!
Its on :)
WOW, espectacular 👌
Thank you:)
Amazing transformation. Love it. 👌🏻
Thanks as always Dave :)
My dad did the exact thing and still does when he was a kid lol
You can't find our type of cool anymore LOL!
Really really awesome car. Your models keep getting better.
Vanessa's lunch box next ??
Thank you :) Yes I reckon so too..... Would be rude not to hey :)
I did like this video, thanks. 👍🏼🙂
Thank you :)
Cool end result but not sure the wrap was the easiest route at this scale buddy! Could have painted it red but just cut out the printed bits and just used like the sticker sheet that would have come with the Monster Beetle kit originally!
Trust me trying to match paint to a printed decal sheet is a lot more hassle than this. Though fiddly its the best option for me to wrap every time when I want white text.
Awesome work yet again mate , a bit different with the weathering techniques 😉👍
Thanks as always Robert :)
The wire seems to be like coat hanger wire.
Awesome :)
Thank you :)
Another great video and I love how you've changed it up from 'pristine' race cars to a suitably muddy offroader replica. That added realism often takes what could be deemed as a toy car to something beyond.
What method did you use to create the windscreen wiper effect please?
Enjoying the videos and edutainment. Thank you!
Thank you. I edited out how I did the windscreen as it wandered on a little but I'll show it in another. I used some masking tape, cut out the wiper path then lighly airbrushed the screen. Remove the tape and voila :) Hope that helps.
Where do you buy styrene for these awesome creations?
You can get it at any model shop or Ebay, Amazon etc. I use mainly Evergreen Scale Model stuff but there are other makes.
Hey I’m back to compliment your videos again since that there awesome 😂
LOL Thanks buddy :) Its great you like them that much :)
what kind of solder did you use for the bumper bar?
300th like love your videos keep it up
Thanks Joseph :)
What’s better I was looking at my monster beetle when this video poped up for ne video from sidewaysking75
That's spooky...... Wish some of that luck would rub off on me LOL!
Off to ebay to look for a cheap monster beetle......
Hahaha ........ My work he is done :)
Do the monster beetles American broth the black foot sorry for all the requests it’s just I want to give suggestions
I'll get round to more I have no doubt of that :)
Please make a buggy look like a bigwig
The Boomerang I had planned first but still similar :)
I like your videos and I really like the build audio audible under your voiceover but I can hear you breathing and it bugs me
Hi
Big wig with rx540vz technigold motor lol
YES the 'Technigold'.... What a great first look into the tuning world :) Now here's a thought, thanks !
@@SidewaysKing75 I don't know if there's any base model that I can think of as a starting point for that though????
@@jamescunliffe9872 Its time to get scratch building but you've given me some ideas already :)
Looks great
Thank you :)