Blitzer Beetle (Now Parted Out)
Orig Descritpion: This is a Blitzer Beetle built up as a wild desert racer. It is a runner and puts up with a lot of abuse. Most of the details are scratch-built or kit-bashed. Features a roof rack, spare tire, engine scoop with duct work, debris netting, rear exhaust header, other little bits and some weathering. I have made changes since my last series of photos to improve the scale appearance of this model. This includes a TA03 (2WD only) chassis as opposed to the Blitzer and a scale flat 4 engine. Update 4/7/11: I still have this up for reference but this model has been parted out.
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Comments
Bill Wessels
Now That's a REAL dune buggy! EXCELLENT WORK!
Shodog
That is one of the coolest bugs I have seen. Great work on it.
ShowRide
Very nice Beetle! Gives me a lot of inspiration for my next one.
rc-martin
looks great! Nice work.
DJTheo
Very nice one!
Volksrod
that looks top! kinda thing you'd see in a computer game, looks ace that mate. top job
petercabrio
i like it, very original, looks mean. got a view of engine / rear cage
peter
jozza
Superb job. different to anything else I've seen and really effective.
Stefan
nice job, like that used & abused look!
Twmaster
Very slick. Mikie Likes it!
mud4fun
Love it!! Dirt on shell makes it look really realistic, 1st piccy is A1, Would love to have that sat on my driveway in 1:1
Great work!
Flerbizky
That is Wicked cool... Nice work mate !....
Volksrod
Absolutely fantastic! has a cartoon look to it, totally ace, well done mate!
Whisky_Buggy
Excellent! Just Excellent!
Franklin
Thanks for the feedback!!! Gives me inspiration to do another project!!
DJTheo
Wow, thats the best BB I have ever seen!
technical.burP
Looks absolutely fantastic. The exhaust is a bit 'ol smokey joe' style, but that's great!
scoobs
Hey, this is a proper MadMax machine! We need some pictures or video or it running through sand dunes and stuff. Superb job!
micha500
It looks very original!!!
First picture I think ist a real car.
AAAA
I like it! Best Blitzer I've seen and good to hear you actually use it!
micha500
great car !!!!!
first I looked i think ist a real car!
RedFrits
Verry original! Like the tire on the roof
Ridgeback Racing Team
That looks really amazing, you really can't tell from the pics whether it is a real car or not. Great job!
Burn Out Boy
Good looking piece of kit
WILD WILLY
This is one cool beetle ! where did you get the engine from ?
Franklin
Engine was from the GI Joe Sand Rail that Hasbro made a few years back. It's 1/6th scale so the engine had to be sectioned in both directions and fudged a little to make it more in scale. I bought a few basket cases off eBay. Exhaust is actually bent brass rod with scratch built stack. I wired it up as well, added belts and pulleys.
Lancia-Rally
Awesome work. Totally in tune with the current real beetle trend of 'Rat look!' Would be proud to have that on my shelf!
Badboy
Where did you find the engine?
Cool!!!
Cheers
Badboy
Franklin
Please see comment below regarding engine-Thanks!
Toykid
just found this. Seems like you haven't been on here in a while. I hope things are still going well at Hasbro?
Franklin
I have been on RCCrawler.com building another Bronco. I guess I could post it here-it does have TLT axles but that's about it.
Franklin
This one's been all parted out-
mhbmxr
great work. beautiful detail too, pic one looks real. I like the chassis swap idea, does ti take much modifying?
Franklin
Thanks for the comments. It was not too hard to swap the chassis out. I cannot remember too much other detail since this one is long gone.
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